Join the Department of Performing and Media Arts for an Evening with John Cameron Mitchell, Carol B. Epstein Guest Artist. The event will take place on Friday, March 7, at 6:30 PM in the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts. The evening will feature a talkback conversation, moderated by PMA Professor Nick Salvato. Mitchell will also be participating in a masterclass with PMA students.

This ticketed event is free and open to the public. Get Your Free Tickets Here.

John Cameron Mitchell wrote/directed/starred in the rock musical and film Hedwig and the Angry Inch for which he won the 2014 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical and a Special Tony for his performance, Best Director at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival, and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor. He wrote/directed the improv-based film Shortbus (2006); Rabbit Hole (2010) which garnered a Best Actress Oscar nomination for Nicole Kidman; and the punk YA romance How to Talk to Girls at Parties (2017) starring Kidman and Elle Fanning. His TV roles include: Girls, Shrill, The Good Fight, Mozart in the Jungle, Yellowjackets, The Sandman, City on Fire and Joe Exotic in Joe Vs Carole. His scripted podcast series include the musical Anthem: Homunculus (2019) starring Glenn Close, Cynthia Erivo, Patti Lupone and Laurie Anderson; and the satirical comedy Cancellation Island (2025) starring Holly Hunter.