Month: July 2017
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Featured in Rock Musical ‘Hair’ Aug. 3-Sept. 17
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Mallory Maedke ’14, a graduate of the Columbia College Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, is in the cast of Hair, opening August 3 and running through September 17 at the Mercury Theatre in Chicago. In this classic 1960s rock musical about a tribe of young hippies celebrating…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni Bring ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ to the Stage Aug. 4-20
Pulse Theatre Chicago, a company founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, presents a new production of Edward Albee’s landmark 1962 drama Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? August 4-20 at City Lit Theatre, located in the Edgewater Presbyterian Church at 1020 W. Bryn Mawr in Chicago’s Edgewater Theatre District. The production is directed by Columbia College…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Music Alums Launch Bittersweet Arts Company with July 29 Show
A group of Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and Columbia College Chicago Music Department alumni have partnered to form the Bittersweet Arts Company, described as “a collective of multi-talented artists whose unique ambitions and spirits are brought together through their love of experimentation and creative expression.” The interdisciplinary group, launched on July 1, will debut…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni Brew a World Premiere ‘Food Show’ July 27-Sept. 2
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are featured in The Food Show, a new devised, site-specific performance piece created by the Neo-Futurists, one of Chicago’s leading experimental theatres, in partnership with Metropolitan Brewing. The show runs July 27-September 2 at Metropolitan Brewing’s new location at 3057 N. Rockwell, in Chicago’s Avondale neighborhood. The show’s performance ensemble includes Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Stars in Chicago Shakespeare in the Parks’ Tour of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ July 26-Aug. 27
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Emma Ladji ’14, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, stars as Juliet in Shakespeare’s classic romantic tragedy Romeo and Juliet, presented in a touring open-air adaptation July 26-August 27 at various locations around Chicago. The production is presented by the Tony Award-winning Chicago Shakespeare Theater, the City of Chicago,…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Faculty, Alumni, and Student Talent Bring Political Satire ‘Our Christian Nation’ to Chicago Stages July 21-22 Before an Aug. 4-12 Run at Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Faculty, students, and alumni from the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are traveling to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland — the world’s largest annual arts festival — with the comedy Our Christian Nation, a satirical look at what the U.S. would look like if the extreme Christian Right got everything they wanted. As the show’s author,…
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Plays by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni Featured in Chicago Theatre Marathon July 21-23
Short plays by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are featured in the Chicago Theatre Marathon, a weekend-long developmental showcase of new work celebrating the diversity of the Chicago-area theatre community. Columbia College alum Cassandra Rose ’10, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Playwriting program, will be represented by the half-hour one-act An Interview with Freddie Mercury, performed Friday, July…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumnus Featured in ‘Bad Date’ at Leapfest XIV July 19 and 25
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus David Stobbe ’16 is featured in Leapfest XIV, a festival of politically-minded new plays presented by Stage Left Theatre in association with Chicago Dramatists. Stobbe, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Musical Theatre, is featured in Bad Date, by Liam Fitzgerald, which will be performed Wednesday,…
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Update on Columbia College Chicago Theatre Center Renovation of Getz Theatre and Classroom Spaces
We’re happy to report much progress on the renovation of the historic Columbia College Chicago Theatre Center, home of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, at 72 E. 11th St., in Chicago’s South Loop. The Emma and Oscar Getz Theatre, the Theatre Center’s mainstage auditorium, is cleared and ready for installation of a catwalk support…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum’s ‘Moon! Prism! Power!: A Sailor Moon Musical Parody Epishow #3!’ Plays July 16 and 30
Otherworld Theatre Company, founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Tiffany Keane Schaefer, presents Moon! Prism! Power!: A Sailor Moon Musical Parody Epishow #3!, the third installment of its five-part series “Moon, Prism, Power! A Sailor Moon Parody.” This parody of the entire first season of Sailor Moon features original music. Join…