Month: July 2017
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Former Columbia College Chicago Theatre Student Nominated for 2017 Emmy for Web Series ‘Brown Girls’
Sam Bailey, a former student in the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department’s Acting program, has been nominated for a 2017 Emmy Award as co-producer of the OpenTV web series Brown Girls, which Bailey also directs. The series was nominated in the category of Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series. As previously reported in this…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Nominated for 2017 Emmy Award for Outstanding Production Design
Congratulations to Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus John Zuiker ’05, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Theatre Design. Zuiker has been nominated for a 2017 Emmy Award for Outstanding Production Design for a Variety Nonfiction Event or Award Special, for his art direction of the 74th Golden Globe Awards show, broadcast…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Teacher’s New Play ‘The Beauties’ Performed at Goodman Theatre July 16 with Theatre Department Alums and Faculty in the Cast
A new play by Dawn Renee Jones, the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s administrative assistant and also a part-time faculty member, will receive a staged reading at the Goodman Theatre, Chicago’s premier institutional nonprofit theatre, on Sunday, July 16. As reported previously in this blog, Jones is a member of the Goodman’s 2016/2017 Playwrights’ Unit, a…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Joins International Actors Ensemble on South Korean Tour of ‘Romeo and Juliet’
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumna Klahr Thorsen ’91, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Theatre, is joining the International Actors Ensemble, a company formed in 2015 devoted to “exploring the power of international voices and ideas coming together to expand the possibilities of classical revivals.” Thorsen will appear with the International…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Dance Alums Celebrate ‘An Evening with the Edgewater Theatre District’ Aug. 3
Performance companies led by alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago are participating in “An Evening with the Edgewater Theatre District” on Thursday, August 3, at 7 PM. This benefit for the Edgewater Theatre District — a networking organization of performance companies located in Chicago’s artistically…
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Acting Program Alumnus Makes Debut as a Producer
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Behzad Dabu ’08, whose acting career is on a roll with his recurring role on the hit TV series How to Get Away with Murder, is making his debut as a theatrical producer with the world premiere of a new play in Chicago. Titled Put Your House in Order, the show is…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Featured in Chicago Premiere of Michael John LaChiusa’s Musical ‘Little Fish’ July 9-Aug. 20
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumna Teressa LaGamba ’13 is featured in the Chicago premiere of Michael John LaChiusa’s 2003 musical Little Fish, running July 9-August 20 at Theatre Wit in Chicago’s Belmont Theatre District. Described as “an oblique parable for urban life after the attacks of September 11,” the show is presented by Kokandy Productions.…
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Performs in ‘Gilbert & Sullivan Unplugged’ Show at Feinstein’s/54 Below in New York
As reported previously in this blog, Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Lauren Vogel ’16, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Musical Theatre, appeared in the cabaret show Gilbert & Sullivan Unplugged: A Modern Twist on the Major Hits June 21 at the prestigious Feinstein’s/54 Below supper club in New York’s Broadway theatre district. The show featured fresh, fun, folk-flavored renditions of…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Directs Sketch Revue ‘The Miseducation of 55th Street,’ Running July 8-Aug. 5
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus J. Cody Spellman ’13, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, is directing the sketch comedy revue The Miseducation of 55th Street, running July 8-August 5 at The Revival, an improv club at 1160 E. 55th in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood. Within the context of today’s racial and…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department’s Getz Theatre Renovation Continues
Much progress on the renovation of Columbia College Chicago‘s historic Emma and Oscar Getz Theatre — the mainstage auditorium at the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department at 72 E. 11th St. in Chicago’s South Loop — and on other parts of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Center as well. Here’s a view of the Getz and…