RADIO ISLAND by Liza Birkenmeier (MFA '12) will premiere in New York Stage and Film's mainstage season at the Powerhouse Theater on the campus of Vassar College. Powerhouse is known for nurturing the development of shows like HAMILTON, THE HUMANS, THE HOUSE THAT WILL NOT STAND, THE WOLVES, JUNK, BRIGHT STAR, and THE FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE.
Fun facts: Rob Handel, who was Liza's teacher at Carnegie Mellon, grew up in Poughkeepsie and was a member of the Powerhouse apprentice company in the 1980's. He returned twenty years later for the mainstage premiere of his own play A MAZE.
Liza will herself return to the Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama in 2018, when her commissioned play THE WAY OUT WEST is given its world premiere as part of our own mainstage season.
