Month: February 2019
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni Celebrate at Los Angeles’ Celebration Theatre
Columbia College Chicago’s Development and Alumni Relations office organized a Columbia Theatre Alumni Social for Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and former students at the renowned Celebration Theatre in Los Angeles on Wednesday, February 20, 2019. The alums had an opportunity to reminisce, network, and interact with current students in Columbia College’s Theatre and…
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Columbia College Chicago Musical Theatre Program Alumni and Student Talent Featured in Porchlight Music Theatre’s ‘New Faces Sing Broadway 1941’ Feb. 26-27
Alumni and students from the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s Musical Theatre Program are featured in New Faces Sing Broadway 1941, a revue of classic show tunes presented by Porchlight Music Theatre. The production features Columbia College alum Ann Delaney ’14, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, who is…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Jess Godwin in VoyageChicago Interview: ‘I LOVE being the artist I am today!’
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Jess Godwin ’05, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, is profiled in an interview with VoyageChicago, an online publication devoted to lifestyles, entertainment, and “Chicago’s Most Inspiring Stories.” In an article titled “Conversations with the Inspiring Jess Godwin,” posted February 19, 2019, Godwin discusses her work…
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Los Angeles’ Celebration Theatre Hosts Columbia College Theatre Alumni Reunion Feb. 20; RSVP Now!
West Coast alumni and supporters of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are gathering for a Columbia Theatre Alumni Social on Wednesday, February 20, at the award-winning Celebration Theatre in Los Angeles. Columbia College Theatre folks from the Los Angeles area are invited to socialize, reminisce, and network with fellow creatives at the event, which starts…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Brings ‘Dead Man’s Cell Phone’ to the Stage Through March 10
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Arianna Soloway ’13, a graduate of Columbia College Chicago’s Theatre Directing program, has directed The Comrades theatre company’s new production of Sarah Ruhl’s Dead Man’s Cell Phone, running through March 10 at the Greenhouse Theatre Center, located at 2257 N. Lincoln in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood. The comic mystery…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring Broken Nose Theatre’s ‘Girl in the Red Corner’ to Den Theatre Through March 2
Tickets are “Pay What You Can” for Broken Nose Theatre‘s midwest premiere of Girl in the Red Corner, whose production team includes several Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums. The show runs through March 2 at the Den Theatre, located at 1331 N. Milwaukee in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. The show’s production team includes Columbia…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Bring ‘How I Learned to Drive’ to Raven Theatre Feb. 11-March 24
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Cody Estle ’11, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, is the director of Paula Vogel’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama How I Learned to Drive, opening Monday, February 11, at Raven Theatre in Chicago’s Edgewater Theatre District. Estle is the artistic director of the venerable theatre, located at…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Featured in August Wilson’s ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ Feb. 6-March 17 at Writers Theatre
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus A.C. Smith ’86, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Theatre, is featured in a new production of August Wilson’s drama Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, running February 6 through March 17 at Writers Theatre, located at 325 Tudor Court in the Chicago suburb of Glencoe. Smith plays…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Faculty Member Featured in Midwest Premiere of ‘The Total Bent’ Feb. 7-March 10
Jermaine Hill, a faculty member in the Musical Theatre Program at the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, is the musical director of The Total Bent, a musical by Stew and Heidi Rodewald — creators of the 2008 Broadway musical Passing Strange. Presented in its midwest premiere by Haven Theatre in association with About Face Theatre,…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alums Featured in 2019 Chicago Musical Theatre Festival Through Feb. 24
Alumni and students of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are participating in the fifth annual Chicago Musical Theatre Festival, presented by Underscore Theatre Company at the Edge Theatre in Chicago’s Edgewater Theatre District. The 2019 festival runs through February 24 at Edge Theatre’s two venues: the Broadway, located at 5451 N. Broadway, and the…