Month: May 2018
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring Broken Nose Theatre’s New Show to the Den Theatre June 1-30
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums are on the production team for The Opportunities of Extinction, presented June 1 through 30 by the Broken Nose Theatre. The production team includes Columbia College alums Devon Green ’18 and Therese Ritchie ’18, both graduates of the Theatre Department‘s BA Program in Theatre Design. Green is the show’s scenic…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Performs Solo Comedy Show About Her Cancer Recovery June 3-17
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Lea Ciastko ’16, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Musical Theatre, performs her one-woman show It’s My Cancer and I’ll Laugh If I Want To on Sundays, June 3, 10, and 17, at 6:30 PM at The Second City’s de Maat Studio Theatre, located at 230…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Perform in Goodman Theatre’s ‘Father Comes Home From the Wars’ May 25-June 24
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums Michael Pogue ’06 and BrittneyLove Smith ’11, both graduates of the Theatre Department’s Acting program, are in the cast of the Chicago premiere of Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3), running May 25 through June 24 at the Goodman Theatre. This Civil War epic by…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Jessica Lu on Her New NBC Series ‘Reverie’: ‘The fact that I’m able to represent this young woman of color in this powerful position is really revolutionary’
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Jessica Lu ’08, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Musical Theatre, costars in the TV series Reverie, which debuts May 30, 2018, on NBC. In this new summer drama, Lu plays “Alexis Barrett,” a 24-year-old tech whiz who has created a groundbreaking virtual reality show. In…
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Columbia College Chicago Alum Stars as Thurgood Marshall in ‘Thurgood’ at Court Theatre June 2-4
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus A.C. Smith ’86, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Theatre, stars as civil rights icon Thurgood Marshall in the one-man play Thurgood, running June 2 through 4 at Court Theatre in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood. This dramatic tribute to Justice Thurgood Marshall’s pioneering career and legacy as…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Present Juggernaut Sci-Fi Film Fest June 2-3
Otherworld Theatre Company, an ensemble founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, presents its 6th Annual Juggernaut Film Festival, a two-day celebration of science fiction and fantasy films and filmmakers from around the world. The festival takes place at the Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport, Chicago. This year’s festival is hosted…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Michael Matthews Directs ‘Cabaret,’ Running at Los Angeles’ Celebration Theatre May 25-July 15
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Michael Matthews ’99 is directing the classic musical Cabaret for Los Angeles’ award-winning Celebration Theatre. The show runs May 25 through July 15 at the Lex Theatre, 6760 Lexington, Los Angeles. For tickets, click here. Matthews, a graduate of the Columbia College Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, also…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums in Neil Gaiman’s ‘Neverwhere’ at Lifeline Theatre May 25-July 15
Alumni and former students of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are in the cast of Neverwhere, a theatrical adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s novel running May 25 through July 15 at Lifeline Theatre in Chicago’s Glenwood Avenue Arts District. The ensemble includes former Theatre Department students Michaela Petro and Dave Skvarla. And Columbia College alums…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum in Porchlight Music Theatre’s ‘Do Re Mi’ May 22-24
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Maria Montero ’18, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, is in the cast of Porchlight Music Theatre’s presentation of the neglected musical Do Re Mi, playing May 22 through 24 at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts, 1016 N. Dearborn, Chicago. Featuring…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Music Alumni and Students Bring Bittersweet Arts Co.’s ‘Stranger on the River’ to Den Theatre May 20-June 3
The Bittersweet Arts Co., a multidisciplinary collective founded and led by alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and the Columbia College Chicago Music Department, presents a new play by Columbia College alum Ross Krakow ’17, a graduate of the Columbia College Chicago Music Department’s BA Program in Music Composition with a Minor in…