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I’m back with a quick roundup of notes from our classmates.

Adam Cayton-Holland wrote the film See You When I See You, directed by Jay Duplass—it had its world premiere at Sundance in February! This film was based on his 2018 book, Tragedy Plus Time. Adam says “the cast is incredible and I’m thrilled for people to see it . . . really excited about the start of this journey. I was a big indie movie kid growing up, a film major at Wesleyan, so this is, needless to say, a dream come true.” The film will next play at SXSW.

Radhika Singh’s debut novel, Earthly Playing Field, is forthcoming May 2026 from Common Notions Press. Set in the sci-fi present, the novel ruminates on Sufi poetics and the role of faith in resistance, while speculating on a bioengineered technology to hack AI warfare. Her second novel, Weirdly Tuned Antennae, is forthcoming November from FC2 Press. Set in the future in the hills of India, it speculates on a post-imperialist world enabled by ongoing people’s movements and by a ubiquitous plant-based technology that fosters gender magic, healer witches, and interstellar romance.

Lydia Menendez Parker is working with The Nature Conservancy in Vermont on land protection, and loves keeping in touch with friends from Wes, while skiing and hiking in northern New England as much as possible with her family.

As for myself, I also debuted a project at Sundance—the first episode of a three-part series called The Oligarch and the Art Dealer—about a Swiss art dealer and a Russian oligarch caught in a web of secrets, lies, and money. Last year, amongst the projects I produced, I just wanted to give a shout-out to my faves: Stiller & Meara: Nothing is Lost, Apple TV’s number one film, directed by Ben Stiller about his famous parents; Champions of the Golden Valley, a feature documentary about the Afghan ski team, also produced by Malala; State of Firsts, a doc that premiered at Tribeca about Sarah McBride, the first trans member of Congress; Trophy Wife: Murder on Safari, a Hulu stranger-than-fiction true crime series; and animated short All Heart, about a father grieving his daughter. I also produced a podcast about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for Paramount, which was really fun to work on!

Wow, it’s almost time for another reunion! One year away.

JUSTIN LACOB | justinlacob@gmail.com