Month: October 2017
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni Star in New Comedy ‘Mein Comps’ Oct. 23-25
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni Tyler Anthony Smith ’17, Abigail Phelps ’15, and Carson Schroeder ’16 are featured in the world premiere of Smith’s comedy Mein Comps, running October 23-25 at Strawdog Theatre, 1802 W. Berenice, Chicago. Showtime is 8 PM Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Tickets are $12 general admission, or $9 for persons…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Featured in BoHo’s ‘Marie Christine’ Oct. 21-Dec. 10
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums are in the cast and creative/production team for BoHo Theatre‘s production of the musical drama Marie Christine, by writer-composer Michael John LaChiusa. In previews October 21-27, the show opens October 28 and runs through December 10 at Theatre Wit, 1229 W. Belmont, in Chicago’s Belmont Theatre District. The cast…
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Columbia College Chicago’s Conaway Center Hosts 2017 Black Theater Alliance Awards Oct. 23
Columbia College Chicago will host the 2017 Black Theater Alliance/Ira Aldridge Awards on Monday, October 23, at the college’s Conaway Center, 1104 S. Wabash, in Chicago’s South Loop. The evening will begin with a reception at 7 PM followed by the awards presentation at 8 PM. As reported previously in this blog, several Columbia College…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Faculty, Alumni, and Student Talent Featured in ‘The Portrait’ Oct. 21
The Portrait, a one-person play by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department associate professor Susan Padveen, will be performed Saturday, October 21, at the Judith Racht Gallery in Harbert, Michigan. Produced by The Neapolitans theatre company, The Portrait stars Matt Maxwell as Gustav Klimt, the renowned painter of The Kiss, as he wrestles with a life-altering…
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Columbia College Chicago Musical Theatre Program Alumni and Student Talent Featured in Refuge Theatre Project’s ‘Lysistrata Jones’ Oct. 20-Nov. 19
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and student talent is featured in the professional Chicago premiere of Lysistrata Jones, running October 20-November 19 at Unity Lutheran Church, 1212 W. Balmoral, in Chicago’s Edgewater Theatre District. Presented by the Refuge Theatre Project, Douglas Carter Beane and Lewis Flinn’s 2011 Broadway musical takes the premise of the…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni and Student Talent Drive Headline Theatre Project’s Oct. 21 Festival of New Work To Benefit Puerto Rico Hurricane Relief
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums and students are participating in Headline Theatre Project: Winter Is Coming Edition, a one-night showcase of new plays inspired by current events, on Saturday, October 21, at 8 PM at The Frontier, Jackalope Theatre‘s storefront performance space at 1106 W. Thorndale in Chicago’s Edgewater Theatre District. Participating playwrights include…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Directs New Opera About Sor Juana, ‘With Blood, With Ink,’ Running Oct. 20-Nov. 5
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Rose Freeman ’07, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s theatre directing program, is directing the Chicago-area premiere of With Blood, With Ink, Daniel Crozier’s chamber opera about Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651-1695), the iconic 17th-century Mexican poet and nun. In this critically acclaimed opera, Sor Juana recounts…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Student and Alumni Talent Featured in Oct. 20 College Night Performance of ‘Fun Home’ at Victory Gardens Theatre
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and student talent is featured at Victory Gardens Theatre’s special “College Night: Family Secrets” performance of the hit musical Fun Home on Friday, October 20. On October 20, the 7:30 PM performance of Fun Home will be preceded by a pizza party at 6:30 PM and then followed by…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Performs in Barrel of Monkeys’ ‘That’s Weird, Grandma’ Show Oct. 15-Nov. 12
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Spencer Meeks ’15, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Musical Theatre, appears in That’s Weird, Grandma: Stories on Sunday Afternoons, presented by the Barrel of Monkeys arts education theatre ensemble Sunday afternoons at 2 PM from October 15 to November 12 at the Neo-Futurist Theatre, 5153…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring Rock Musical Spoof ‘Carrie 2: The Rage’ to the Stage Oct. 13-Nov. 19
Underscore Theatre Company, a Chicago troupe devoted to presenting new musical theatre works, presents the world premiere of Carrie 2: The Rage (An Unauthorized Musical Parody) October 13-November 19 at The Arkham, located at 4609 N. Clark in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. This irreverent meta-musical by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Preston Max Allen ’13, a…