Month: March 2015
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Columbia Chronicle Profiles Theatre Department Alumni
The Columbia Chronicle, Columbia College Chicago’s award-winning student newspaper, highlighted three Columbia College Theatre Department alumni in its March 30, 2015, edition. In “Columbia Alums Shine in Goodman Theatre Play,” contributing writer Sadie Miller interviewed Columbia grads A.C. Smith and Chester Gregory, costars of Goodman Theatre’s acclaimed new production of August Wilson’s drama Two Trains Running, which…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumnus Michael Matthews Directs L.A. Premiere of ‘Sons of the Prophet,’ Extended Through April
The Los Angeles premiere of Sons of the Prophet, directed by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Michael Matthews, has been extended through April 26 at the Blank Theatre in Hollywood. The dark comedy by Stephen Karam, winner of the 2012 New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play, has won rave reviews in its LA production. “Director…
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Sheldon Patinkin Celebration Video Posted
An archival video of “A Celebration of the Life of Sheldon Patinkin” is available for viewing at the Columbia College Chicago web page for the Sheldon Patinkin Endowed Award. The memorial tribute to Patinkin–longtime chair of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, who died September 21, 2014–was held on January 26, 2015, at the North Shore…
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Columbia College Chicago Alumnus Stages Fights for World Premiere at Actors Theatre of Louisville’s Humana Festival
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Ryan Bourque was fight director for The Glory of the World, now receiving its world premiere at the prestigious Actors Theatre of Louisville in Kentucky. Based on the work of philosopher Thomas Merton, the play was written by Obie Award-winning playwright Charles Mee and directed by Les Waters. It…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Faculty Bring ‘Side Man’ to Greenhouse Theater Center in April
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member and Joseph Jefferson Award-winning director Jonathan Berry will stage American Blues Theatre‘s upcoming production of Side Man, Warren Leight’s Tony Award-winning drama about the splintered marriage of a jazz trumpeter and his alcoholic wife. Theatre Department faculty member and interim associate chair Heather Gilbert will design the lights for the show,…
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Columbia College Theatre Alumni, Students, and Faculty Bring ‘The Mikado’ to American Repertory Theatre
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty, alumni, and students are helping bring a playfully reimagined production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s operetta The Mikado to the American Repertory Theatre at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Presented by The Hypocrites, one of Chicago’s most adventurous and acclaimed ensembles, The Mikado features musical direction by Theatre Department musical…
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Columbia College Theatre Alumni ‘Pioneer’ Bold New Theatre in Chicago
Jackalope Theatre Company, a collective founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, has announced a new initiative to “cultivate bold new theatre in Chicago,” according to an announcement. The Pioneer Series, hosted in Jackalope’s newly upgraded storefront studio The Frontier, will present a season of work produced by guest theatre companies for a…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni–Actors, Designers, Entrepreneurs–Gear Up for a Busy Spring in Chicago Theatre
Columbia College Theatre Department alumni–performers, designers, and entrepreneurs–are gearing up for a busy Spring 2015 season in Chicago’s vibrant theatre scene. Acting alumna Lindsey Gavel will play Masha in The Hypocrites‘ production of Chekhov’s Three Sisters, running April 17-June 6 at The Den Theatre, 1329 N. Milwaukee, Chicago. Tickets are available here. The Foundling’s Theatre Company, whose cofounder…
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Glowing Reviews for Columbia College Theatre Alumni in Goodman’s ‘Two Trains Running’
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni Chester Gregory and A.C. Smith won glowing reviews for their performances in Goodman Theatre’s production of August Wilson’s drama Two Trains Running, playing through April 12. “For anyone still in need of an explanation of why August Wilson should be on the very shortest list of the greatest American playwrights…
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Columbia Alum Stages ‘Hauptmann’ in Tel Aviv
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumna Amber Carey Gitter is directing a production of John Logan’s drama Hauptmann for The Stage in Tel Aviv, Israel. At Columbia, Gitter was a student of Chicago director Terry McCabe, a Columbia Theatre faculty member, who directed Hauptmann‘s premiere in 1986 at Chicago’s Stormfield Theatre and later directed the show’s remount by Chicago’s Victory Gardens…