Month: November 2018
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Joins Shattered Globe Theatre’s 2018-2019 ‘Protégé Program’
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus David Gallo ’18, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting with a Minor in Voiceover, has been selected for the 2018-2019 Shattered Globe Theatre’s Protégé Program. Now in its ninth year, the SGT Protégé Program is a free training program designed for a diverse group of theatre…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Playwriting Alum Cassandra Rose Presents ‘Best of the Dictionary Project’ Nov. 30-Dec. 2
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Cassandra Rose ’10, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Playwriting program, presents Best of the Dictionary Project , a showcase of short plays written by Rose over the past five years, running November 30 through December 2 at Otherworld Theatre, located at 3914 N. Clark in Chicago’s Belmont Theatre…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Presents Rock Musical ‘High Fidelity’ Nov. 28-Dec. 8
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department continues its 2018-2019 Mainstage Season with the rock musical High Fidelity, running November 28 through December 8 in Studio 404 of the Getz Theater Center of Columbia College, located at 72 E. 11th St. in Chicago’s South Loop. Based on a 1995 novel by Nick Hornby and its 2000…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Student Featured in Holiday Musical ‘Plaid Tidings’ Nov. 30-Dec. 16
Quinn Rigg, a junior in the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, is featured in the holiday musical Plaid Tidings, running November 30 through December 16 at the Towle Theatre, 5205 Hohman, in Hammond, Indiana. Rigg, who was recently profiled in a Hammond Post-Tribune advance story on Plaid Tidings, is…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Hannah Starr Performs Solo Show ‘Boombox’ Nov. 26 and Dec. 1
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Hannah Starr ’14, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, performs their one-person show Boombox for two performances only — Monday, November 26, and Saturday, December 1, at 7:30 PM both nights — at the Frontier, Jackalope Theatre’s storefront space at 1106 W. Thorndale in Chicago’s…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alums Featured in BrightSide’s ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’ Nov. 23-Dec. 9
Alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are in the BrightSide Theatre’s production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s family-friendly musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, running November 23 through December 9 at North Central College’s Meiley-Swallow Hall, located at 31 S. Ellsworth in Naperville, Illinois. The production’s cast includes Columbia alums…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni Featured in Holiday Musicals
Alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are featured in holiday-season musicals at some of the Chicago area’s top theatres. Among them: The Wizard of Oz, running through January 6 at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora, features alums Leah Morrow ’05, a graduate of Columbia College’s BA Program in Musical Theatre, and Allyson Graves ’12…
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Highlights from Columbia College Chicago Theatre Reunion Weekend — Pictures, Proclamation, and More!
October 19, 2018, was proclaimed “Columbia College Chicago Theatre Day in Chicago” by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel on the occasion of the first-ever Columbia College Theatre Reunion Weekend on October 19 and 20, 2018. The event, organized by the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and the college’s office of Development and Alumni Relations, drew alumni…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Student Annabelle Revak Profiled in VoyageChicago’s ‘Trailblazers’ Series
Annabelle Revak, a senior at Columbia College Chicago studying Musical Theatre and Music Composition, is profiled in VoyageChicago, an online news site and nightlife guide devoted to telling “Chicago’s most inspiring stories.” In an interview posted November 15, 2018, as part of the publication’s ongoing series The Trailblazers: Rewriting the Narrative, Revak recounts: “I moved…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. MFA Students Present Devised Performance Work Nov. 19-20 at Chopin Theatre
Students in the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s MFA Program in European Devised Performance Practice present MANIFEST (O), a site-specific project devised under the guidance of visiting artist Firenza Guidi, on Monday and Tuesday, November 19 and 20, at the historic Chopin Theatre, 1543 W. Division, Chicago. There are two performances each evening at 7…