Monthly Archive:: September 2015

Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni Bring Midwest Premiere of ‘Washer/Dryer’ to Rasaka Theatre Sept. 17-Oct. 11

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are helping Rasaka Theatre Company, the midwest’s only theatre ensemble illuminating the South Asian American experience, to bring the midwest premiere of Nandita Shenoy’s Washer/Dryer to Chicago September 17-October 11. Kaiser Ahmed (BA...
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Columbia College Musical Theatre Faculty and Alumni Bring ‘Spamalot’ to Theatre at the Center Sept. 17-Oct. 18

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        Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Musical Theatre Dance teacher Linda Fortunato is choreographing Monty Python’s Spamalot, the opening show in the 2015-16 season at the Theatre at the Center, located at 1040 Ridge Rd. in...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Faculty, Alumni, and Students Salute Female Pirates in ‘Nobody’s Wench’ Sept. 17-Oct. 4

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A crew of Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department teachers, alumni, and students are on board for Nobody’s Wench: Six Tales of Pirate Women on the Rolling Seas, presented by Fury Theatre and Badass Broads September 17-October 4 at Chase...
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Columbia College Chicago Students Help Bring ‘Scottsboro Boys’ to Raven Theatre Sept. 16-Nov. 14

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Raven Theatre‘s Midwest premiere of Direct From Death Row The Scottsboro Boys (An Evening of Vaudeville and Sorrow) employs the talents of current and former Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department students. The production employs vaudeville-style music and dance to...
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Columbia College Chicago Alumnus Behzad Dabu Featured in Pulitzer Prize-Winning Drama ‘Disgraced’ at Goodman Theatre Sept. 12-Oct. 18; Special $10 ‘College Night’ Set for Sept. 29

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Behzad Dabu (BFA ’08) is featured in the Goodman Theatre‘s keenly anticipated fall opener — the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Disgraced.  The show begins previews September 12 and opens September 20, running through October...
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Columbia College Chicago Musical Theatre Alumni Help Bring ‘Side Show’ Back to Chicago Sept. 11-Oct. 18

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Graduates of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s Musical Theatre Program are in the company of Side Show, the first show in Porchlight Music Theatre‘s 2015-2016 season. This production is the exclusive first post-Broadway staging of the newly revised version...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumnus Michael Stahl-David to Play Bobby Kennedy in Rob Reiner’s Film ‘LBJ’

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Michael Stahl-David (BA ’05), a graduate of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s BA Program in Acting, has been cast to play Robert F. Kennedy in Rob Reiner’s forthcoming film LBJ, according to a September 9 report in Deadline.com. The...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumnus Jesse Klug Designs Lights for Two Major Openings in September

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Jesse Klug (BFA ’05), a graduate of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s Theatre Design Program, is designing the lights for two major Chicago-area stage openings in September. Funnyman, a world premiere, stars George Wendt as a vaudeville comic...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Featured in August Wilson’s ‘Gem of the Ocean’ at Court Theatre Sept. 10-Oct. 11

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus A.C. Smith (BA ’86) is featured in August Wilson’s drama Gem of the Ocean, being presented in a major revival at Court Theatre in Chicago. The play–the first installment of “The Pittsburgh Cycle,”...
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