NYUAD Alumni: On Training and Becoming Professional Artists

NYUAD Institute

This panel focuses on the journeys of four outstanding theater professionals who found their voices at NYU Abu Dhabi and are making their way in the US as playwrights, screenwriters and actors—each unique, but having shared the experience of studying and exploring the arts in Abu Dhabi. Image credit: Rubén Polendo Panel Members Fatima Maan, Playwright, NYUAD ’18 Adam El Sayigh, Playwright, Screenwriter and Dramaturg, NYUAD ‘18 Arianna Gayle Stucki, Actor and Playwright, NYUAD ‘18 Attilio Rigotti, Theater Maker, Game Designer, Teacher, NYUAD ‘14 Moderated by Rubén Polendo, Associate Dean for the Institute of Performing Arts, NYU Tisch School of the Arts; Founding Theater Program Head, NYUAD