Month: August 2019
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Faculty Bring Nabokov’s ‘Invitation to a Beheading’ to Chopin Theatre Through Sept. 14
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member Michael Brown, co-director of the Theatre Department’s MA/MFA Program in European Devised Performance Practice, is the co-creator of Invitation to a Beheading, a devised work of puppet and mask theatre based on Vladimir Nabokov’s novel. Presented by Rough House Theatre, Invitation to a Beheading runs through September 14…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Student Featured in Mercury Theatre’s ‘Monty Python’s Spamalot’ Aug. 30-Nov. 3
Ariel Triunfo, a senior in the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s Musical Theatre Program, is in the cast of Monty Python’s Spamalot, running August 30 through November 3 at the Mercury Theatre, 3733 N. Southport, Chicago. Lovingly ripped off from the classic film comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Spamalot retells the legend of…
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‘The Sheldon Effect Continues’: Birthday Salute to Director, Teacher, and Longtime Columbia College Chicago Theatre Chair Sheldon Patinkin (August 27, 1935-September 21, 2014)
August 27, 2019, would have been the 84th birthday of Sheldon Patinkin–longtime chair of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, noted director and teacher, and cherished friend and mentor to many in the Chicago theatre community. Born August 27, 1935, Sheldon passed away on September 21, 2014. Shortly before his death, he established the Sheldon…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Danielle Jackman Talks About Her Journey from Atlanta to Chicago to New York
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Danielle Jackman ’15, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Musical Theatre with a Minor in Dance from the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago, is featured in an article on ARTS ATL, a nonprofit online publication dedicated to “offering independent, comprehensive coverage of the arts in…
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Alum Chester Gregory Stars in ‘Higher and Higher’ Aug. 25 at Marriott Theatre
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Chester Gregory ’95, HDR ’15 stars in Higher and Higher, a Feel-Good Rock ‘n Soul Shindig on Sunday, August 25, at Marriott Theatre, located at 10 Marriott Drive in the Chicago suburb of Lincolnshire. There are two shows, at 1 and 5 PM. The show, presented by Artists Lounge…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alums Bring New Plays to Life in Broken Nose Theatre’s ‘Bechdel Fest 7’ Aug. 25-28 at Steppenwolf
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are bringing new plays to life in Bechdel Fest 7: Momentum, Broken Nose Theatre‘s seventh annual feminist festival of new short plays featuring an ensemble of female-identifying and non-binary actors talking about things other than men. Bechdel Fest 7 runs August 25 through 28 at Steppenwolf Theatre’s intimate, flexible…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum and Student Highlighted in Chicago Tribune’s ‘Hot New Faces 2019’ Feature
Congratulations to Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Aalon Smith ’19, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, and to current Musical Theatre Performance BFA student Bre Jacobs. They are celebrated as two of this year’s “Hot New Faces of Chicago Theatre” by Chicago Tribune theatre critic Chris Jones, whose…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alums Bring ‘Lord of the Rings’ Parody to Otherworld Theatre Aug. 15-24
Otherworld Theatre Company, an ensemble founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, presents A Taste of Man Flesh: A Parody About a Fellowship August 15 through 24. The show runs at Otherworld Theatre’s space at 3914 N. Clark in Chicago. Tickets are “pay what you can.” For tickets, click here. One of…
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‘The Band’s Visit’ Comes to Chicago Sept. 3-15; Tony Award-Winning Broadway Hit Features ‘Direction of Consummate Subtlety’ by Former Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Student and Teacher David Cromer
The 2017 Broadway hit The Band’s Visit, winner of the 2018 Tony Award for Best Musical, comes to Chicago September 3 through 15 in a national tour directed by former Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department student and faculty member David Cromer HDR ’17. As previously reported in this blog, Cromer won the 2018 Tony Award…
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Columbia College Chicago Hosts 25th Annual Black Theatre Alliance Awards Oct. 14; Columbia Alumni and Faculty Among Nominees
Columbia College Chicago will host the 25th Annual Black Theatre Alliance/Ira Aldridge Awards on Monday, October 14, 2019. The awards ceremony takes place at the college’s Conaway Center, located at 1104 S. Wabash in Chicago’s South Loop. The event begins with a reception at 7 PM followed by the awards ceremony at 8 PM. Tickets…