Month: June 2015
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Columbia College Chicago Teacher’s Walkabout Theater Company Performs at Links Hall Through June 28, Then Leads Workshop in Physical Theatre Festival in July
The Walkabout Theater Company, whose co-artistic director Thom Pasculli teaches movement at the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, is presenting the world premiere of its latest physical-theatre piece, Storm, running June 25-28 at Links Hall at Constellation, 3111 N. Western, Chicago. Storm is a collaboration between Walkabout and Moon Fool, an international theatre and music exchange based…
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Columbia College Theatre Department Teachers Onscreen and Onstage at June 23 Screening of Documentary on Pioneering Chicago Improv Troupe, ‘Compass Cabaret 55’
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member James Sherman will be on a panel discussing Chicago theatre and improv history when the Jewish Community Centers of Chicago’s Jewish Film Festival screens Compass Cabaret 55, a documentary about the fabled Compass Theater. The film, directed by Mark Siska, includes interviews with Chicago theatre notables, including the…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni Highlighted in RedEye Feature on ‘Sci-fi and Fantasy Plays to Geek Out Over’
Several current theatre productions involving Columbia College Chicago alumni and faculty members were featured in a RedEye newspaper article highlighting science-fiction and fantasy shows on Chicago stages. Headlined “6 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Plays to Geek Out Over,” the story by reporter Samantha Nelson (published June 17, 2015) noted, “With Avengers: Age of Ultron and Mad…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Co-Hosts Physical Theatre Festival July 7-12; International Event Includes Workshops and Performances
The second annual Physical Festival Chicago takes place July 7-12, with workshops at the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department in the city’s South Loop and performances at Links Hall at Constellation on Chicago’s north side. Under the leadership of co-Artistic Directors Marc Frost, a Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member, and Alice de Cunha,…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni in Hypocrites’ Remounted ‘All Our Tragic’ June 20-Aug. 9
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are in the cast and production team of The Hypocrites‘ remount of its acclaimed 2014 production All Our Tragic, running June 20-August 9 at the Den Theatre, 1329 N. Milwaukee, in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. All Our Tragic got rave reviews and full houses in its original run in…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Voice Program Coordinator Cecilia O’Reilly Featured in Chicago Tribune
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department associate professor Cecilia O’Reilly, coordinator of the voice training component of the Acting Program, was interviewed in the Chicago Tribune in an article about the challenges British actors face mastering American accents. O’Reilly is the dialect coach for the Royal National Theatre of Great Britain‘s production of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright…
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Columbia College Alumni Featured in Chicago Musical Theatre Festival, Featuring 13 New Works June 30-July 19
Alumni and students from the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, Music Department, and Dance Department are involved in the Underscore Theatre Company‘s second annual Chicago Musical Theatre Festival, running June 30-July 19 at the Den Theatre, 1333 N. Milwaukee, in Chicago’s Wicker Park community. The festival features 13 world-premiere musicals by local artists, selected from…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni, Faculty, and Students Take Part in Theatre on the Lake Summer Theatre Festival; Bailiwick Chicago’s ‘Murder Ballad’ Launches Festival June 17
Two of Chicago’s strongest selling points are its vibrant theatre scene and its beautiful lakefront, and the Chicago Park District’s annual Theatre on the Lake Summer Theatre Festival, which showcases encore performances of some of the most exciting professional productions from the previous Off-Loop theatre season, celebrates both. Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, faculty,…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Teacher Stars in One-Man Show in Los Angeles July 24-August 16
Actor-playwright James Sherman, a Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member who teaches playwriting and improvisation, will star in the West Coast premiere of his one-man play The Ben Hecht Show, a portrait of legendary Chicago journalist-turned-Hollywood-screenwriter Ben Hecht. The show runs July 24-August 16 at the Zephyr Theatre, 7456 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles.…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Faculty Direct Shows at Wisconsin’s Peninsula Players, America’s Oldest Resident Summer Theatre
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty members Tom Mula and Linda Fortunato are directing two of the five shows in this summer’s lineup at Peninsula Players, America’s oldest resident summer theatre, located in Fish Creek, Wisconsin. Mula is staging the season opener–the world premiere of A Real Lulu, a new comedy by Paul Slade…