Month: January 2016
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Columbia College Chicago Alumni Help Bring ‘High Fidelity’ to Refuge Theatre Project Jan. 29-Feb. 28
Alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are involved in the Refuge Theatre Project’s production of High Fidelity, the rock musical based on Nick Hornby’s 1995 novel and on Stephen Frears’ 2000 feature-film adaptation. The show’s ensemble includes Kelly Baskin (BFA ’12). And Ren Griffith (BFA ’15) is assistant choreographer. Both are alumni of…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring Mamet’s ‘American Buffalo’ to Mary-Arrchie Theatre Jan. 28-March 6
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni Stephen Walker (BA ’95) and Rudy Galvan are featured in David Mamet‘s American Buffalo, running January 28-March 6 at Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company, located at 735 W. Sheridan, Chicago. The production’s lights are designed by Claire Sangster (BA ’12), a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Theatre Design.…
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Columbia College Chicago Music Student Plans Debut EP and Concert in Collaboration with Musical Theatre, Business & Entrepreneurship, Audio Arts & Acoustics, and Public Relations Programs
Jazz pianist, vocalist, and songwriter J. Bernard Bowse, a Columbia College Chicago Music Department student, is in the process of recording his debut EP and has launched a Kickstarter fundraising project to support the recording and an EP release concert scheduled for Friday, February 26, at 6 PM at PianoForte Chicago, 1335 S. Michigan —…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Cinema Alums’ Film Featured at Fargo Film Festival March 15-19
A film co-starring Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni Samuel Munoz (BA ’99) and Aaron Munoz (BA ’01), graduates of the Theatre Department’s BA program in Acting, is featured as an official selection in the 2016 Fargo Film Festival, running March 15-19 in Fargo, North Dakota. The film, 53:1, received a Gold Medal REMI Award…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni on Design Team for Hypocrites’ ‘Glass Menagerie’ Jan. 22-March 6
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are on the design team for The Hypocrites‘ production of Tennessee Williams’ classic drama The Glass Menagerie, running January 22-March 6 at the Den Theatre, 1329 N. Milwaukee, in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. The production team for this keenly anticipated new rendition of The Glass Menagerie includes set designer…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni, Faculty, and Students Bring U.S. Premiere to Steep Theatre Jan. 21-Feb. 27
Steep Theatre, one of Chicago’s most acclaimed storefront companies, is presenting the U.S. premiere of Posh, by British playwright Laura Wade, and several Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty members, students, and alumni are involved in the production. The cast includes Theatre Department teacher Kendra Thulin and student Michael Kurowski, a senior in Columbia’s Musical…
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Alum’s New Play About Meth Dealer Premieres in Hawaii Jan. 21-Feb. 21
Columbia College Chicago alum Hannah Ii-Epstein (BA ’15), a graduate of the college’s fiction writing program, has a new play opening in her native Hawaii. Ii-Epstein’s drama Not One Batu receives its world premiere January 21-February 21 at the Kumu Kahua Theatre in Honolulu. The one-act focuses on a methamphetamine user-turned-dealer and her struggle to…
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Columbia College Chicago Musical Theatre Alumni Featured in Paramount Theatre’s ‘Hairspray’ Jan. 20- Feb. 21
Alumni of the Columbia College Theatre Department‘s Musical Theatre Program are featured in a new production of the Broadway musical Hairspray, running January 20-February 21 at the Paramount Theatre, located at 23 E. Galena in the western Chicago suburb of Aurora. The Paramount ensemble includes Allyson Graves (BFA ’12), Danielle Jackman (BA ’15), Mallory Maedke (BFA…
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Columbia College Theatre Alumni and Faculty Highlighted in List of Chicago Theatre Leaders–‘Players 2016: The Fifty People Who Really Perform for Chicago’
Chicago’s Newcity newspaper and website has released its annual listing of Chicago theatre’s top artists and practitioners, and Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and faculty members figure prominently. The article — “Players 2016: The Fifty People Who Really Perform for Chicago” — was published in Newcity‘s January 14, 2016, issue. Among those listed: alumna…
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Columbia College Chicago Alum Dino Stamatopoulos’ Film ‘Anomalisa’ Nominated for Oscar
Congratulations to film and TV writer-producer Dino Stamatopoulos, an alumnus of Columbia College Chicago‘s film program. The 2015 film Anomalisa, which he co-produced, has been nominated for an Oscar for Best Animated Feature. While attending Columbia College in 1983-86, Dino took acting, improv, voice, and comedy classes in the Theatre Department to complement his major…