Month: October 2016
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Appears in Solo Performance Show Nov. 4-12
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Stephanie Shaw ’92 appears as part of the spoken-word ensemble BoyGirlBoyGirl in Warman’s Practical Orthoepy and Critique, an evening of stories inspired by Professor Edward Barrett Warman’s exceedingly thorough 1887 guide to proper English pronunciation. Shaw, a Theatre Department faculty member who teaches Solo Performance, is joined by David Kodeski, Diana…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Featured in Netflix Crime Drama ‘Narcos’
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Michael Stahl-David ’05 has landed a role on the Netflix original drug cartel drama Narcos, according to The Hollywood Reporter, the TV industry trade publication. Stahl-David, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, will play Chris Feistl, a young American DEA agent who sought out…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Faculty, Alumni, and Students Bring Historical Drama ‘Red Velvet’ to Raven Theatre; Performance on Thursday, Nov. 3, Features Discount Tickets and Postshow Discussion
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty, alumni, and students are involved in Raven Theatre‘s current production of Red Velvet, Lolita Chakrabarti’s drama about Ira Aldridge, the 19th-century African-American who became the first black actor to portray Shakespeare’s Othello on the London stage. Set in 1833, the acclaimed play is receiving its Chicago premiere. It runs…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni and Students Bring a ‘Faustus’ to the Annoyance Theatre Oct. 28-30
Just in time for Halloween, an ensemble of Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and students present An Apology for the Course and Outcome of Certain Events Delivered by Doctor John Faustus on This His Final Evening. The show runs Friday-Sunday, October 28-30, at 8 PM each night at the Annoyance Theatre, 851 W. Belmont, Chicago. in the basement-level…
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Shakespeare’s Comedy ‘As You Like It’ Launches Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department’s Mainstage Season
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s 2016-2017 Mainstage Season begins Wednesday, October 26, with a two-week run of William Shakespeare’s romantic comedy As You Like It. An all-student cast and design/production team under the direction of faculty member Wendi Weber brings this play–one of Shakespeare’s most popular works–to the Sheldon Patinkin Studio Theatre in the Columbia…
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Columbia College Chicago Musical Theatre Alum ‘Plays Enough Instruments to Be a One-Man Band’
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Michael Kurowski ’16, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, was recently profiled in an interview on Syracuse.com, an online publication in Syracuse, New York, where Kurowski is appearing in the national touring company of the Broadway hit Once. As reported previously in this blog,…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Directs Chicago Premiere of Opera About Woman’s Escape from Polygamous Sect
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Rose Freeman ’07, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, is directing the Chicago premiere of Dark Sisters, an opera by composer Nico Muhly and librettist Stephen Karam. The production, presented by the Third Eye Theatre Ensemble, runs October 21-November 6 at Prop Thtr, 3502 N. Elston,…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni and Faculty Bring ‘Saturn Returns’ to the Neo-Futurists Oct. 15-Nov. 19
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty and alumni are on the creative/production team of Saturn Returns, the new prime-time production by the Neo-Futurists, one of Chicago’s leading experimental theatres. Admission to the show’s final preview on Saturday, October 15, at 7:30 PM is “Pay What You Can”! The show officially opens Monday, October 17, and runs through…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Faculty Member Kathleen Perkins Speaks at International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference in Los Angeles Oct. 13
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member Kathleen Perkins, coordinator of the Theatre Department’s student skills assessment program and co-coordinator of the Theatre Department’s Acting with International Performance Study BFA program, will speak at the 2016 International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL) conference being held October 12-15 at the LAX Marriott in…
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‘The Hate Is Flowing’ for Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumnus Behzad Dabu in ABC’s ‘How to Get Away with Murder’
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Behzad Dabu ’08, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Acting Program, “is among the most hated characters in television this fall,” according to an article on Syracuse.com, a digital publication in Dabu’s hometown of Syracuse, New York. As previously reported in this blog, Dabu is featured in a recurring…