Month: August 2016
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Josh Salt Returns to Broadway in ‘Les Liaisons Dangereuses’ Oct. 8-Jan. 22
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Josh Salt ’14, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, will return to Broadway this fall in one of the theatre season’s most hotly anticipated productions: Les Liaisons Dangereuses, running October 8-January 22 at the Booth Theatre, 222 W. 45th St., New York. The production, a transfer…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni and Faculty Nominated for 2016 Joseph Jefferson Awards
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty and alumni have been nominated for 2016 Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award. The list of nominees, announced August 30, includes Jesse Klug ’05, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Design Program, for his lighting designs for two productions: Man of La Mancha at the Marriott Theatre…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Featured in American Blues Theater’s ‘Dutchman’ Aug. 26-Sept. 25
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Michael Pogue ’06, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Acting BA program, co-stars in a new production of Amiri Baraka’s landmark drama Dutchman, presented August 26-September 25 by American Blues Theater at the Greenhouse Theater Center, 2257 N. Lincoln, Chicago. Directed by former Columbia College Theatre Department faculty member…
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Jackalope Theatre Company’s ‘Living Newspaper Festival’ Features Columbia College Chicago Alumni Talent Aug. 25-29
Jackalope Theatre Company, a collective founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, presents its 7th Annual Living Newspaper Festival August 25-29. In homage to the 1930s Living Newspapers of the Federal Theatre Project, Jackalope has assembled an exciting group of Chicago playwrights, directors, actors, and designers to dramatize stories ripped from recent newspaper…
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Columbia College Musical Theatre Alum Named One of the ‘Hot New Faces of Chicago Theater 2016’ by Chicago Tribune
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Courtney Mack (BFA ’15), a graduate of Columbia’s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, is highlighted in the Chicago Tribune’s “Hot New Faces of Chicago Theater 2016” feature, published Wednesday, August 10. Mack is saluted by Tribune theatre critic Chris Jones as “the zesty standout of the cultish hit…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Music Alumni Talent Featured in Chicago Musical Theatre Festival Aug. 9-28
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and Music Department alumni talent will be on display in Underscore Theatre Company‘s third annual Chicago Musical Theatre Festival. Created to showcase and support Chicago’s burgeoning field of musical theatre creators, this year’s festival will be held August 9-28 at Victory Gardens Theater, 2433 N. Lincoln, Chicago. Fourteen new musical…