SDA Community Celebrates Emmy® Award Nominations

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Three USC School of Dramatic Arts alumni, one faculty member, and a member of the School’s Board of Councilors were among those nominated for awards this year for the 74th Annual Emmys®.

Alum Danny Strong BA ’96 received multiple nominations, including Outstanding Directing For A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie and Outstanding Writing For A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie for his work on Hulu’s Dopesick. The series received a total of 14 nominations and Strong (who served as the series’ executive producer and showrunner) recently won the Peabody Award, USC Scripter Award, and others for his work.

This is the second year in a row that alum Madigan Stehly BFA ’14 has received two nominations – this year he is nominated for Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction For A Variety Special for his work on the Annie Live! and The 64th Annual Grammy Awards. Stehly has two Emmys for lighting design work on FOX’s RENT (2019) and Grease: Live (2016), and a total of 11 Emmy nominations.

Alum Erin Anderson BFA ’12 received her first two Emmy nominations this year. She was nominated for Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction For A Variety Series for work on NBC’s The Voice and Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction For A Variety Special for her work on The 64th Annual Grammy Awards.

Faculty Member Colman Domingo is nominated for Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series for his work on HBO’s Euphoria, and Connie Britton, a member of SDA’s board of councilors is nominated for her work on HBO’s The White Lotus.

The Emmys will be broadcast live at 5 p.m. PT on Sept. 12 on NBC and will be available to stream live on Peacock. The 2022 Creative Arts Awards will be broadcast at 8 p.m. PT on Sept. 10 on FXX.