Alisa Solomon

Alisa Solomon teaches at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, where she directs the Arts & Culture concentration in the MA program. A theater critic and cultural and political reporter for the Village Voice from 1993 to 2004, she has also contributed to the New York Times, The Nation, Tablet, The Forward, the Daily Beast, howlround.com and other publications. Her first book, Re-Dressing the Canon: Essays on Theater and Gender, won the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism. Alisa also works as a dramaturg, most recently with Anna Deavere Smith on her one-woman show, LET ME DOWN EASY. She serves on the Scholars Council of Theater for a New Audience. Alisa lives in New York City. She likes to cook and she has been practicing Seido Karate for 30 years.