Month: December 2015
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Columbia College Chicago Alum Published in New Anthology of Plays by African American Women
Uppa Creek: A Modern Anachronistic Parody in the Minstrel Tradition, a play by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Keli Garrett (BA ’91), is included in Contemporary Plays by African American Women: Ten Complete Works, just published by the University of Illinois Press. Uppa Creek was originally commissioned in 1999 by by the RISD Museum…
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Combats Student Debt Crisis With Ed.Arts Fundraising Campaign
“We helped student artists start to manage their debt . . . and we’re going to keep doing it. Please support us as we do.” Ed.Arts, a nonprofit organization co-founded by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Derrick Trumbly (BA ’05), is in the final week of a pre-Christmas fundraising campaign. “We have an anonymous…
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Debuts ‘Tennis Tips with Freddy Love’ Comedy Web Series
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Aaron Munoz (BA ’01), a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, is the star, writer, and director of the new web series Tennis Tips with Freddy Love, which debuted December 17 on Funny or Die and Youtube. Munoz plays Freddy Love, an overweight, chain-smoking tennis pro…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Faculty, Alumni, and Students Win Three Cheers for ‘Pinafore’ at Actors Theater of Louisville
The Hypocrites, one of Chicago’s most respected and most creative theatre companies, won rave reviews for its production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s operetta H.M.S. Pinafore at the prestigious Actors Theater of Louisville in Kentucky. The production featured the talents of Columbia College Chicago teachers, students, and alumni. The show, which ran November 17-December 13, featured…
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Sarah Siddons Society’s May 16 Gala Will Raise Money for Theatre Scholarships; Event Will Honor Broadway’s Sutton Foster and Brian D’Arcy James
Chicago’s venerable Sarah Siddons Society will honor Broadway performers Sutton Foster and Brian D’Arcy James at its annual gala on May 16, 2016, at Northwestern University’s Pick Staiger Concert Hall in Evanston. Foster and D’Arcy James will receive the Sarah Siddons Society’s Actor of the Year Award at the fundraiser. All proceeds will support the…
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Columbia College Theatre Department Teacher John Hildreth Named Artistic Director of 2016 Chicago Improv Fest
John Hildreth, a teacher in the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, will be the Artistic Director of the 19th annual Chicago Improv Festival, which runs May 16-22, 2016, at multiple venues around Chicago. Hildreth, who teaches improvisation at Columbia, has been active in Chicago’s thriving improv and theatre scene for more than 30 years. He…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni Bring ‘Thirst: A Climate Change Theatre Action’ to Jackalope Theatre Dec. 16
Jackalope Theatre Company, an ensemble founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, will present Thirst: A Climate Change Theatre Action on Wednesday, December 16, at 7:30 PM in its storefront space The Frontier, located at 1106 W. Thorndale in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood. Tickets are $10. Proceeds from the event will be donated…
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Columbia College Theatre Alumni and Faculty Celebrate Holiday Spirit with ‘Merry Christmas, Mulch Pile!’ Dec. 3-6
The Mercy Street Theatre Company, an ensemble founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, celebrates the winter holidays with Merry Christmas, Mulch Pile!, a new comedy by resident playwright Dakota Parobek (BA ’15), a graduate of Columbia College’s BA program in playwriting. The play concerns the friendship between Santa Claus and Laura,…
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Columbia College Chicago Musical Theatre Teacher Linda Fortunato Named Artistic Director of Theatre at the Center
Linda Fortunato, a faculty member in the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s Musical Theatre BA and Musical Theatre Performance BFA programs, has been named artistic director of Theatre at the Center in Munster, Indiana, one of America’s leading regional theatres. Fortunato will replace longtime TATC artistic director William Pullinsi effective January 1, 2016. Pullinsi will…
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Columbia College Theatre Alum Ryan Bourque Opens Photo Gallery Devoted to Chicago Theatre Dec. 7
Actor, photographer, and Jeff Award-winning stage combat choreographer Ryan Bourque (BFA ’09), a graduate of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s acting program, will unveil an exhibit of photographic portraits of Chicago theatre artists on Monday, December 7, at the Den Theater, 1331 N. Milwaukee, in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. Titled “Meronymy: Part of the…