Month: September 2015
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Sheldon Patinkin Theatre Dedicated at Columbia College Chicago; Event Raises Funds for Sheldon Patinkin Award
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department hosted a reception on Monday, September 28, to celebrate the legacy of the late Sheldon Patinkin–teacher, director, friend, and mentor to thousands of theatre artists around the world, and longtime chair of the Theatre Department. Columbia College Chicago‘s president, Dr. Kwang-Wu Kim, formally dedicated the department’s lower-level studio performance…
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Columbia College Chicago Alumni and Faculty Bring World Premiere to Steep Theatre Sept. 26-Nov. 7
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and faculty are joining forces to bring the world premiere of The Cheats, by Hamish Linklater, to the stage of Steep Theatre, one of Chicago’s finest Off-Loop companies, this fall. Joanie Schultz (BA ’00), a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing Program, is staging the production. Her assistant…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumnus Michael Matthews Nominated for Top L.A. Theatre Award
Michael Matthews, a graduate of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s BA Program in Acting, has been nominated for an Ovation Award for Direction of a Play for his staging of Failure: A Love Story, by Chicago playwright Philip Dawkins. The play was presented in July and August by the Coeurage Theatre Company. The production…
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Columbia College Chicago Alumnus Aaron Nelson Returns as Simba in ‘The Lion King’ Dec. 2-Jan. 17
Columbia College Chicago alumnus Aaron Nelson (BA ’12) returns to his hometown in December to play Simba in the North American touring company of Disney’s The Lion King–a leading role Nelson has been playing in the show’s Broadway production for two years. The keenly-anticipated touring production runs December 2-January 17 at the Cadillac Palace Theatre,…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Directs Neil Simon Comedy at Royal George Sept. 24-Oct. 11
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumna Skye Robinson Hillis (BA ’11), a graduate of Columbia’s Theatre Directing Program, is staging the Spartan Theatre‘s production of Neil Simon’s Jake’s Women, running September 24-October 11 at the Royal George Theatre, 1641 N. Halsted, Chicago. The comedy concerns a struggling novelist who handles the women-packed world in his…
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Columbia College Theatre Alumni Create New Comedy with Music About Chicago’s Punk Scene Sept. 22-Oct. 10
Columbia College Chicago alumni are collaborating on the world premiere of Punk Punk, an interactive comedy with music about Chicago’s punk scene. The show is presented by Nothing Without a Company, whose artistic director, Anna Rose Ii-Epstein (BFA ’07), is a graduate of the Columbia College Theatre Department‘s acting program. Ii-Epstein plays Mindy, a young…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Teacher Appears in ‘Cowboys and Vikings’ Performance Sept. 24-25
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus and faculty member Brian Shaw (BA ’86) will appear in the second part of the “Cowboys and Vikings Across Chicago Trilogy,” Trials and Trails, presented by Erica Mott Productions as part of Chicago’s 2015 Night Out in the Parks Festival. In partnership with the Chicago Park District, the performance…
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Columbia College Alumni Discount Offered for Physical Theatre Workshops Led by Master Teacher Norman Taylor Oct. 9-11
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department is offering a 10 percent discount to Columbia College Chicago alumni who register for a series of workshops in “The Art of Movement at the Service of the Actor” by master teacher Norman Taylor, widely regarded as one of the finest international ambassadors of the pedagogy of Jacques…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumnus Featured in U.S. Premiere of Canadian Thriller Sept. 17-Oct. 24
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Joseph Stearns (BA ’98) is featured in the U.S. premiere of Butcher, by Canadian playwright Nicolas Billon. The show runs September 17-October 24 at Signal Ensemble Theatre, where Stearns, a graduate of Columbia’s BA Program in Acting, is co-artistic director. Stearns, a graduate of the Columbia College Theatre Department’s…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Grad Arianna Soloway Joins Haven Theatre’s ‘Director’s Haven’
Haven Theatre Company, whose executive director and co-founder Carol Cohen studied Theatre Design at the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, has established “The Director’s Haven,” a showcase for emerging directors. Dedicated to putting early-career directors at the forefront, “The Director’s Haven” debuts with a program of three one-act plays, each helmed by one of Haven’s…