Newsmaker: Miranda Haymon ’16
Miranda Haymon ’16 is the winner of Columbia@Roundabout’s 2019 New Play Reading Series for her directing of The Colony. The reading series awards three playwrights from the current Columbia MFA program and recent alumni with a cash prize as well as a reading in Roundabout’s Rehearsal Hall, followed by a post-reading reception. Haymon’s recent projects include Everybody at Sarah Lawrence College, In the Penal Colony at Next Door @ NYTW, Mondo Tragic at The National Black Theatre, and Eclipsed at Dartmouth College, where she co-taught Contemporary Theater. She has held residencies and fellowships with New Georges, Roundabout, NYTW, Arena Stage, and more. Haymond is making her off-Broadway directing debut this spring at Roundabout. At Wesleyan, Haymon double-majored in German studies and theater.