Month: May 2017
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago’s May 12 Manifest Urban Arts Festival Features Theatrical Performances, Design Exhibit, and Alumni Celebration in South Loop
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, located at 72 E. 11th Street in Chicago’s South Loop, will host a day of free performances and exhibits on Friday, May 12, as part of Columbia College Chicago‘s 17th annual Manifest Urban Arts Festival. The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Center will showcase performances by students in the Acting,…
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(VIDEO) Award-Winning Director/Actor David Cromer to Speak at Columbia College Chicago Graduation May 13
Nationally acclaimed theatre director David Cromer, a former Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department student and faculty member, will be an honoree and speaker at the 2017 Columbia College Chicago commencement. Cromer will speak to graduating seniors from the Theatre, Dance, Television, Audio Arts and Acoustics, and Creative Arts Therapies departments on Saturday, May 13, at 1:30 PM…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Appears in California Theatre’s Antiwar ‘Johnny Cycle’ May 5-27
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Julia Henning ’15, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, is in the cast of The Johnny Cycle: Part III–The Living, presented May 5-27 at the Mountain View Mausoleum in Altadena, California. This powerful experimental piece, inspired by Dalton Trumbo’s classic antiwar novel Johnny Got His Gun,…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni and Faculty Bring ‘We’re Gonna Die’ to Den Theatre May 3-June 4
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are in the cast and design team of We’re Gonna Die, the final production of Haven Theatre Company‘s 2016-2017 season. Written by Young Jean Lee and directed by Columbia College Theatre Department faculty member Josh Sobel, this Chicago premiere runs May 3-June 4 at the Den Theatre, 1335 N. Milwaukee, in Chicago’s Wicker…
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Columbia College Chicago Musical Theatre Alums Perform in Theatre at the Center’s ‘Cabaret’ May 4-June 4
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums appear in the musical Cabaret, running May 4-June 4 at Theatre at the Center in Munster, Indiana. Director-choreographer Linda Fortunato, artistic director of Theatre at the Center and a former Musical Theatre Dance instructor at the Columbia College Theatre Department, has assembled a cast that includes Columbia College alums Ann Delaney ’14, Courtney…
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Columbia College Chicago Musical Theatre Performance BFA Major Makes Cabaret Debut May 3
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department student Elya Faye Bottiger, a graduating senior in the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, will make her Chicago cabaret debut Wednesday, May 3, at 8 PM at Davenport’s Piano Bar and Cabaret, 1383 N. Milwaukee, in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. In Elya Faye *IS* Ruthie Henshall, Bottiger…