Jennifer Engstrom and Mierka Girten in “The Mutilated.” Photo by Ryan Bourque/Bourque Photo.
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and student talent are on board for Tennessee Williams’ rarely-revived drama The Mutilated, running January 14-February 28 at A Red Orchid Theatre, located at 1531 N. Wells in Chicago’s Old Town neighborhood.
Lauren Vogel
Skye Robinson Hillis
Grant Sabin
The show’s cast includes Lauren Vogel, a senior in the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Musical Theatre. Skye Robinson Hillis (BA ’11), a graduate of the Theatre Department’s theatre directing program, is the show’s dramaturg. And Grant Sabin (BFA ’05), a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Theatre Design, is designing the set.
Kirsten Fitzgerald
Ryan Bourque
A Red Orchid Theatre’s artistic director, Kirsten Fitzgerald, is also a Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member. And Columbia College alumnus Ryan Bourque (BFA ’09), a graduate of the Theatre Department’s acting program, took the production’s signature photo, shown above.
The Mutilated, set in New Orleans on Christmas Eve, concerns the fragile friendship of two women living on the fringe. For tickets, call 312-943-8722 or click here.
