Events

Past Event

Directing Thesis: 'Light Shining in Buckinghamshire'

September 18, 2025 - September 21, 2025
7:30 PM - 4:30 PM
America/New_York
Lenfest Center for the Arts, 615 W. 129 St., New York, NY 10027 Flexible Performance Space (Fourth Floor)
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Columbia University School of the Arts presents Light Shining in Buckinghamshire, a directing thesis production directed by current student Talia Feldberg and written by Caryl Churchill.

When old powers fall, who decides what’s next? In this kaleidoscopic portrait of the English Civil War era, radical ideas flow freely, leaders debate the way forward, and some people think it’s the end times.

Caryl Churchill’s early masterwork is a fiery, eerily resonant vision of a country in flux, and a population navigating a strange new world in search of a better future. With sharp eyes, a curious heart, and a big toolbox, this formally imaginative production cracks open the past for today’s audience in search of a light shining back at us.

Showtimes
Thursday, September 18, 7:30 PM
Friday, September 19, 7:30 PM
Saturday, September 20, 2 PM
Saturday, September 20, 7:30 PM
Sunday, September 21, 2 PM

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