Month: July 2018
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Featured in National Tour of Broadway’s ‘Come From Away’
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Harter Clingman ’11, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, is featured in the national tour of the Broadway hit Come From Away, Irene Sankoff and David Hein’s musical based on the true story of what transpired when 38 airplanes were ordered to land…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum’s Play Featured in ‘Bechdel Fest 6: Revolution’ July 29-31
A new play by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Michael Allen Harris ’11, a graduate of the Columbia College Theatre Department’s Acting program, is featured in Bechdel Fest 6: Revolution, a festival of new short works presented by Broken Nose Theatre July 29 through 31 at Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s intimate, flexible 1700 Theatre, located at…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums and Students Celebrate the ’60s in All-Female Musical Revue ‘Beehive’ at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre Through Aug. 25
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and student talent is featured in Beehive: The ’60s Musical, running through August 25 at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in the northwestern Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights. Directed and choreographed by former Columbia College Theatre Department student Dina DiCostanzo, the all-female rock music revue features Columbia College alum Halle…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Present ‘Forsythian Dweller’s Club’ July 29-30 Prior to Minnesota Fringe Fest Run
The Bittersweet Arts Company, an ensemble formed by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and Columbia College Chicago Music Department alumni, is taking its first full-length production to the Minnesota Fringe Festival in August, and is presenting a two-night preview run of the show in Chicago prior to its trip north. Called Forsythian Dweller’s Club, the…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Bring One-Woman Show ’20, With Issues’ to Playground Theatre July 26
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Emma Sheikh ’18, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Musical Theatre, stars in her own one-person show — 20, With Issues — playing one night only: Thursday, July 26, at the Playground Theatre, 3209 N. Halsted, in Chicago’s Belmont Theatre District. Showtime is 10 PM. Admission…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Anna D. Shapiro Directs Broadway Premiere of ‘Straight White Men,’ Opening July 23
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumna Anna D. Shapiro ’90, HDR ’15, artistic director of Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre, is returning to Broadway this summer as director of Straight White Men, which premieres July 23 at the Hayes Theatre, 240 W. 44th St., New York. Straight White Men is Shapiro’s sixth show on Broadway as a…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums and Faculty Bring Griffin Theatre’s ‘The Harvest’ to the Stage July 21-Aug. 25
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and faculty are in the cast and creative team for Griffin Theatre Company‘s Chicago premiere of The Harvest, Samuel D. Hunter’s drama about a group of young missionaries preparing to travel to the Middle East. The cast includes Kathryn Acosta ’11, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting. The…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Featured in World Premiere ‘Bliss (or Emily Post is Dead!)’ July 21-Aug. 25
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Kellen Marie ’16, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Musical Theatre with a Minor in Stage Combat, is featured in the world premiere of Bliss (or Emily Post is Dead!), running July 21 through August 25 at the Athenaeum Theatre, 2936 N. Southport, in Chicago’s Belmont…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Named Managing Director of Broken Nose Theatre
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Rose Hamill ’16, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Theatre Technology with a Teaching Artist Minor and a Live and Performing Arts Management Minor, has been named to the newly created position of Managing Director of Broken Nose Theatre, which she has previously served as company manager.…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alumni and Student Talent Featured in ‘Something in the Game: An All-American Musical’ July 20-Aug. 5
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department student and alumni talent is on display in Something in the Game: An All-American Musical, a new musical running July 20 through August 5 at Northwestern University’s Josephine Louis Theatre, located at 20 Arts Circle Drive in the northern Chicago suburb of Evanston. The show, presented as part of Northwestern’s American…