Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Faculty, Alumni, and Student Talent Featured in Gilbert & Sullivan Productions at Berkeley Rep and Actors Theater of Louisville

The Hypocrites' "Pirates of Penzance"

The Hypocrites’ “Pirates of Penzance”

 

Andra Velis Simon

Andra Velis Simon

Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty members Andra Velis Simon and Heather Gilbert are the musical director and lighting designer, respectively, for re-imagined versions of classic Gilbert and Sullivan operettas this fall at two of the United States’ leading regional theatres. Both productions are the work of The Hypocrites, a cutting-edge Chicago ensemble.

The Hypocrites’ adaptation of Pirates of Penzance runs October 16-December 10 at Berkeley Repertory Theatre in California. For tickets, call 510-647-2949 or click here.

Lauren Vogel

Lauren Vogel

Erik Schroeder

Erik Schroeder

The Hypocrites’ H.M.S. Pinafore will play November 17-December 13 at the Actors Theater of Louisville in Kentucky, where The Hypocrites’ Pirates of Penzance played last season. The cast of Pinafore includes Lauren Vogel, a senior in the Columbia College Theatre Department’s BA Program in Musical Theatre, as well as Erik Schroeder, a teacher in Columbia’s Business & Entrepreneurship Department. The production’s stage manager is Gabby Welsh (BA ’14), a graduate of the Theatre Department’s technical theatre program. For tickets, click here.

Sean Graney

Sean Graney

Both Gilbert and Sullivan shows are directed by Sean Graney, a former Theatre Department faculty member and founder/artistic director of The Hypocrites.