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ROADKILL PREMIERES AS PART OF PLAYSONOS AUDIO PLAY FESTIVAL
November 8, 2021
Produced by Tony Award winner David Henry Hwang, Columbia University's inaugural digital audio play festival PlaySonos features Sam Kressner's Roadkill, now live for streaming. Roadkill was directed by Spencer Whale, starring Christopher Cassarino and Anita Abdinezhad.
SELF TAPE (SHORT FILM) WILL PREMIERE ON CURIA, A NEW STREAMING PLATFORM
May 26th, 2021
Sam Kressner's short film, Self Tape, will debut on the new streaming platform, Curia. On August 1st, 2021 as part of the curated “Short Stories” collection, Sam’s award-winning short film will be available for streaming on all your viewing devices.
THE PLAYWRIGHT’S ROOM: SAM KRESSNER
May 20, 2021
The Playwright’s Room is a series featuring the newest cohort of Columbia Playwriting students. These playwrights study under the tutelage of Associate Professor David Henry Hwang and Associate Professor Lynn Nottage.
This week, Playwriting student Sam Kressner sat down with us in The Playwright’s Room. Kressner is a playwright and screenwriter who recently wrote his first feature film, Light On Broken Glass, starring Patricia Clarkson. Kressner has worked with a host of international film directors such as Isabel Coixet (Elegy), Peter Sattler (Camp X-Ray), and Claire McCarthy (Ophelia).
CANNES: PATRICIA CLARKSON, CHRIS COOPER, ELIZABETH OLSEN BOARD 'LIGHT ON BROKEN GLASS' (EXCLUSIVE)
May 12th, 2016
Isabel Coixet ('Learning to Drive') is directing the Broadway-set drama from a screenplay by Sam Kressner.
Patricia Clarkson is ready to take the stage for Isabel Coixet’s Broadway-set drama Light on Broken Glass.
The Maze Runner and Pieces of April star has signed on to play an acclaimed Broadway actress in the drama that will also star Chris Cooper and Elizabeth Olsen.