Month: September 2015
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Columbia College Chicago Musical Theatre Alumni and Faculty Bring ‘Spamalot’ to Metropolis Sept. 10-Oct. 25
Spamalot, the fall season opener at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, features the talents of alumni and faculty from the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s BA Program in Musical Theatre. Musical Theatre Dance teacher Christie Kerr is choreographing this popular stage musical based on the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The ensemble includes alumni…
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‘Shelter’ Immerses Audience in the Experience of Homelessness at Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Sept. 8-12
Hella Theatre Company, an interdisciplinary ensemble of Columbia College Chicago artists with the common goal of creating relevant and meaningful theatre in uniquely collaborative ways, launches the 2015-16 school year at the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department with Shelter, an immersive performance designed to share the experience of homelessness with audiences. Shelter takes the audience through…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni Bring Provocative War Drama ‘Guardians’ to Mary-Arrchie Theatre Sept. 8-Oct. 18
Arianna Soloway (BFA ’13), a graduate of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s BFA Program in Theatre Directing, is staging the opening show of Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company‘s 30th anniversary season–the powerful war drama Guardians, by Peter Morris. The drama, a hit in its premiere at the 2005 Edinburgh Festival Fringe and later Off-Broadway, is inspired…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni Help Bring ‘Katrina’ to the Den Theatre Sept. 4-Oct. 4
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni Claire Chrzan (BA ’11) and Julia Rohed (BA ’13) are helping bring Katrina: Mother-in-Law of ‘Em All to Chicago. The dark comedy’s midwest premiere is presented by Interrobang Theatre Project September 4-October 4 at the Den Theatre, 1333 N. Milwaukee, in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. Chrzan, a graduate of…
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‘United States of Amnesia’ Previews at Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Sept. 2-3 Prior to Appearing at the NEW NOW Festival in Amsterdam
The Room | 916 Collective, an ensemble of Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and students, will present two free preview performances of their original devised work United States of Amnesia, which has been invited to appear in the NEW NOW Festival in Amsterdam. The free previews, open to the general public as well as…