Month: November 2016
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Columbia College Chicago Musical Theatre Student Featured in Holiday Show ‘Barney the Elf’ Dec. 1-Jan. 1
Jonathan Parker Jackson, a junior in the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, is featured in Barney the Elf, a holiday musical presented by The Other Theatre Company at the Greenhouse Theater Center, 2257 N. Lincoln, Chicago. Ave. The show, a queer parody of Elf, opens Dec. 1 and runs…
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Musical ‘Once on This Island’ Continues Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department’s Mainstage Season Nov. 30-Dec. 10
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s final mainstage production of the Fall 2016 semester, the musical Once on This Island, runs November 30-December 10 in Studio 404 of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Center, located at 72 E. 11th St., in Chicago’s South Loop. With book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and music by Stephen Flaherty…
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Columbia College Chicago Musical Theatre Alums Bring Rock Opera ‘Tonya and Nancy’ to Chicago Nov. 25-Dec. 30
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Courtney Mack ’15, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, stars in the Chicago premiere of Tonya and Nancy: The Rock Opera, running November 25-December 30 at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont, Chicago. Mack plays Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan in this musical by Elizabeth Searle and Michael Teoli,…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni Bring ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ to the Stage Nov. 18-Dec. 31
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are in the cast and creative/production team of It’s a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago!, American Blues Theatre‘s annual holiday show. Performed in the manner of a live 1940s radio broadcast, the production features Foley sound effects executed in full view of the audience by alumnus Shawn Goudie ’04, an actor and…
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Alum Jess Godwin Sings Elton John Songs Nov. 19 at Governors State University
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Jess Godwin ’05, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, will star in “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road: Jess Godwin Sings Elton John” on Saturday, November 19, at Governors State University, 1 University Parkway, in south suburban University Park. Godwin, herself a singer-songwriter and recording artist as…
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![(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Explores Gender Identity in ‘[Trans]formation’ With Student Discount Previews Nov. 15-16](https://blogs.colum.edu/theatre/files/2016/11/NWAC-150x150.jpg)
(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Explores Gender Identity in ‘[Trans]formation’ With Student Discount Previews Nov. 15-16
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Anna Rose Ii-Epstein ’07, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Acting program, is co-producing [Trans]formation, a world premiere production devised entirely from the works of — and performed by — transgender, genderqueer, intersex, and non-binary artists. In this new devised work, co-produced by Ii-Epstein’s theatre troupe Nothing Without a Company with…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Teacher Featured in TV’s ‘The Exorcist’
Kirsten Fitzgerald, a teacher in the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s Acting program, has a featured role in The Exorcist, Fox TV’s filmed-in-Chicago series about demonic possession. Fitzgerald plays Maria Walters, a regular character in the drama, described as “slightly sinister” in a recent article on the website Monsters & Critics. Fitzgerald is one of…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alums and Students ‘Hit the Streets’ in an Evening of Solo Performance Nov. 13
The LIVINGroom, an ensemble of solo writer/performers including alumni and students from the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, will present The LIVINGroom: From Where I’m Sitting, an evening of solo performances, on Sunday, November 13, at 8 PM at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont, Chicago. The evening explores how several lives intersect with one city, as eight…
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(VIDEO) Former Columbia College Chicago Theatre Student Samantha Bailey Forges Career as Writer-Director-Producer with New Web Series ‘Brown Girls’ and Second City-Woolly Mammoth Co-Production ‘Black Side of the Moon’
Samantha Bailey, a former student in the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s Acting program, is forging a fast-track career as a writer, director, producer, and performer for the stage and screen. Bailey is the director and producer of Brown Girls, a new Web series set to debut in March 2017 on Open TV, a Chicago-based…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Movement Teacher Named ‘Best Emerging Dancer’ in Newcity’s ‘Best of Chicago’ Feature
Precious Jennings, who teaches body movement for Acting students at the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, was named “Best Emerging Dancer” by Newcity in the publication’s “Best of Chicago 2016” feature, published October 27. Said Newcity: “Among the more compelling recent breakouts this year, dancer Precious Jennings stands out. A resident through the Links Hall LinkUp…