Month: October 2019
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Columbia College Chicago Faculty and Alumni Talent Featured in Chicago Jewish Theatre Festival Nov. 3-10
Actor-playwright James Sherman, a Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member who teaches playwriting and improvisation, performs his one-man play The Ben Hecht Show as part of “Teatron: Chicago’s Jewish Theatre Festival,” running November 3 through 10 in conjunction with the Alliance for Jewish Theatre‘s 2019 conference hosted at DePaul University and Victory Gardens Theatre…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni Bring Silent Theatre’s Site-Specific Play ‘Incomplete Conversations’ to Life — in a Church — Oct. 28-Nov. 23
The Silent Theatre Company, an ensemble founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, presents a new site-specific, immersive play, Incomplete Conversations, running October 28 through November 23 at Tapestry Fellowship Church, 3824 W. Irving Park, Chicago. The ensemble cast includes Columbia College alumni Brendan Balfe ’05 (BA Theatre), Paul Brennan ’17 (BA…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Aidy Bryant: ‘Columbia by Day and Improv by Night . . . I Found My Comedic Voice’ in Chicago
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Aidy Bryant ’09, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting and now a regular cast member on NBC’s Saturday Night Live, is profiled in an article in DEMO, Columbia College’s alumni magazine. In an interview titled “Aidy’s Chicago,” Bryant –a native of Phoenix, Arizona – recounts…
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Tony Award-Winning Directors Anna D. Shapiro and David Cromer – Both Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums – Featured in Columbia Alumni Magazine
Tony Award-winning directors Anna D. Shapiro and David Cromer — two of the leading artists in contemporary American theatre — met as fellow students at the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department in the late 1980s. Now the duo are profiled in a joint interview in DEMO, Columbia College’s alumni magazine. Their friendship, forged at Columbia…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Keli Garrett Featured in Alumni Podcast ‘Are Your Parents Proud of You?’; Garrett’s Drama ‘SPACE’ Runs Through Oct. 26 at Columbia College’s Getz Theater Center
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https://soundcloud.com/parentsproudpodcast/keli-has-a-drive/s-xhEEV?fbclid=IwAR30YrZwIrUIWclOGn6i_5qPjmHtC64JOyy9I1f8zVNwui8ogxh4YqbYI6s Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Keli Garrett ’91, author of the Theatre Department’s current Mainstage Season production SPACE, is featured in a special episode of Are Your Parents Proud of You?, a podcast created by Columbia alum Connar Brown ’19, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting with a Minor…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Highlighted in ‘American Theatre’ Magazine
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Cody Estle ’11, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, is highlighted as one of “6 Chicago Theatre Workers You Should Know” in the November 2019 issue of American Theatre magazine, the leading publication covering the United States’ nonprofit regional theatre scene. As previously reported in this…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Faculty and Alumni Honored with 2019 Joseph Jefferson Awards
Congratulations to the current and former faculty and students of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department who were honored with 2019 Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award, at the annual Jeff Awards ceremony on October 21. The winners of this year’s “Equity Jeff Awards,” which honor excellence in Chicago-area theatres operating under Actors’ Equity…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alums Featured in Gift Theatre’s ‘Kentucky’ Oct. 20-Nov. 16
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums are in the cast of the dark comedy Kentucky, which opens October 20 and runs through November 16 at Theatre Wit, located at 1229 W. Belmont in Chicago’s Belmont Theatre District. Presented by the Gift Theatre, this Chicago premiere features Columbia College alum Emilie Modaff ’14, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Directs Philadelphia Theatre Company’s ‘A Small Fire’ Running Oct. 18-Nov. 10
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumna Joanie Schultz ’00, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, directs the Philadelphia Theatre Company’s production of A Small Fire, starring two-time Tony Award winner Bebe Neuwirth. The show runs October 18 through November 10 at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre, 480 S. Broad, Philadelphia. For tickets, click…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alums and Students Win 2019 Black Theatre Alliance Awards
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department proudly congratulates the Columbia College alumni and current and former students who were honored with 2019 Black Theatre Alliance/Ira Aldridge Awards at the 25th annual Black Theatre Alliance Awards ceremony on October 14. Hearty congratulations to: former Theatre Department Acting program student AnJi White, who received the Ethel Waters…