Month: December 2019
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alums Launch ‘Growing Voices’ Podcast to Document Youth Theatre Activity
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and teaching artists Christopher Ellis ’94, Luis Crespo ’01, and Brian Shaw ’86 have launched Growing Voices, a serial podcast that showcases the process of youth theatre from building an ensemble to the generation and shaping of material through writing and rehearsal to final performance. The podcast is available…
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Featured in Theo Ubique’s Musical ‘Working’
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Jared David Michael Grant ’12, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Musical Theatre, is featured in Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre’s production of Working, which runs through January 26, 2020. Based on the late Chicago oral historian Studs Terkel’s 1974 book Working: People Talk About What They…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Kaiser Ahmed Named Artistic Director of Jackalope Theatre — Again
Jackalope Theatre, a company founded and led by alumni and former students of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, has announced a change in leadership for its 2020-2021 season. Columbia College alum Kaiser Ahmed ’08, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, will assume the position of artistic director — the same post…
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Theatres Run by Columbia College Chicago Alumni Honored with Bayless Foundation Grants to ‘Help These Companies Thrive Now and in the Future’
Congratulations to the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni whose theatres have received $150,000 grants from the Bayless Family Foundation’s “Stepping Stone” program. According to a report in Block Club Chicago, the foundation, established by celebrity chef Rick Bayless, has announced it will give a total of $300,000 to two small non-Equity theatres on Chicago’s…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Featured in Underscore Theatre Company’s Musical Theatre Concert Dec. 15-16
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums are featured in TSCS: T4lk N3rdy 2 M3, the latest installment in Underscore Theatre Company‘s Tiny Storefront Concert Series, on December 15 and 16 at the Understudy Theatre, located at 4609 N. Clark in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. The program of songs by emerging musical theatre writers features work by…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums and Faculty Bring ‘Always . . . Patsy Cline’ to the Stage; Hit Musical Extended Through Jan. 4
The country musical Always . . . Patsy Cline, which features faculty and former students of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department in its cast and creative team, has been extended due to popular demand at the Den Theatre in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. The show now runs through the Christmas/New Year’s holidays, with closing…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Featured in Musical ‘Mystery of Edwin Drood’ Dec. 7-29
Current and former students in the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s Musical Theatre Program are featured in the musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood, running December 7 through 29 at the Edge Theatre, located at 5451 N. Broadway in Chicago’s Edgewater/Andersonville Theatre District. The show’s cast includes Columbia College alum Sophie Vitello ’19, a graduate…
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Columbia College Chicago Alumni’s Sci-Fi Musical Slated for 2020 Production by Musical Theatre Artists of Pittsburgh
Congratulations to Columbia College Chicago alumni T.J. Pieffer ’18 and Brad Kemp ’12, whose science-fiction musical comedy Abduction has been selected for a 2020 production by MTAP–Musical Theatre Artists of Pittsburgh. This will be the first staging of the show, which has previously been performed in concert readings. The production will launch MTAP’s Incubator Workshop…