Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Music Alums Pool Talent for May 1 Concert of 1950s and ’60s Songs to Benefit Firebrand Theatre

Emily Barrett

Harmony France

Harmony France

Jon Martinez

Jon Martinez

The show — an evening of Motown, classic rock, doo-wop, jukebox favorites, and songs from set in that era — is created and directed by Harmony France and Jon Martinez, former students in the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department’s BA programs in Acting and Musical Theatre. The show’s musical director is Columbia College Chicago Music Department alum Emily Barrett ’12, a graduate of the Music Department’s BA Program in Music with a Concentration in Instrumental Performance. While a student at Columbia College, Barrett was the musical director for the Theatre Department’s productions of The Fantasticks, Spring Awakening, and Hairspray.

Firebrand Theatre is Chicago’s first musical theatre committed to employing and empowering women by expanding opportunities on and off the stage.

You Don’t Own Me takes place Monday, May 1, at 7:30 PM at the Den Theatre, 1331 N. Milwaukee, in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. For tickets, call 773-697-3830 or click here.