Month: March 2020
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Joseph Sikora Joins Cast of Netflix’s ‘Ozark’
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Joseph Sikora ’98, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, has joined the cast of the Netflix web television series Ozark for the show’s third season, which was released March 27, 2020. The series, which stars Jason Bateman and Laura Linney as a Missouri couple who…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum: ‘COVID-19 Has Chicago Theater Down, But Not Out’
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Almanya Narula ’16, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, has published a morale-boosting shout-out to Chicago theatre artists. Published in the March 25, 2020, issue of the Chicago Reader — Chicago’s premier alternative weekly newspaper since 1971 — Narula’s article is headlined “COVID-19 Has Chicago…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Featured in ‘Just Like Us’ March 20-29
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Daniela Martinez ’19, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Acting, is featured in Visión Latino Theatre Company‘s production of Just Like Us, running at Jedlicka Performing Arts Center, located at 3801 S. Central in the Chicago suburb of Cicero. This documentary-style play follows four Latina teenage…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Featured in West Coast Premiere of ‘Antigone, Presented by the Girls of St. Catherine’s’ March 6-April 11
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Scarlet Sheppard ’14, a graduate of Columbia’s BA Program in Acting, is featured in the West Coast premiere of Antigone, Presented by the Girls of St. Catherine’s, presented by the Sacred Fools Theatre Company. The show runs March 6 through April 11 in the Broadwater Main Stage, located at…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni Bring Musical ‘Grey Gardens’ to Theo Ubique March 6-April 26
Alumni and former students from the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are in the cast and creative team of the musical Grey Gardens, running March 6 through April 26 at Theo Ubique Theatre, located at 721 Howard in the Chicago suburb of Evanston. Former Theatre Department student Harmony France will play the dual roles of…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alums Featured in Cold War Drama ‘Thirteen Days’ March 6-April 19
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums are in the cast of Thirteen Days, City Lit Theatre‘s new stage adaptation of Robert F. Kennedy’s memoir of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, during which he served as Attorney General in the administration of his brother President John F. Kennedy. All the characters in the book are white…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Music Alums Bring Chicago Premiere of ‘Hundred Days’ to the Stage March 6-April 12
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Emilie Modaff ’14, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, is featured in Kokandy Productions’ Chicago premiere of the bold new musical Hundred Days, running March 6 through April 12 at the Chopin Theatre, located at 1543 W. Division in Chicago’s Bucktown neighborhood. Modaff plays folk-punk musician Abigail Bengson, one…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni Remount Silent Theatre’s Site-Specific Play ‘Incomplete Conversations’ March 5-April 4
The Silent Theatre Company, an ensemble founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, remounts its 2019 site-specific, immersive play, Incomplete Conversations, March 5 through April 4 at Tapestry Fellowship Church, 3824 W. Irving Park, Chicago. The production takes place in every room of the church to explore the emotional shockwaves of…