Month: May 2020
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Columbia College Chicago Alum Brad Kemp Releases New Video Concept Album ‘Letters’
Columbia College Chicago alum Brad Kemp ’12, a graduate of the Columbia College Chicago Music Department‘s Bachelor of Music Composition program who also took courses in the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department’s Musical Theatre program, is preparing to release LETTERS, a concept album produced by Kemp featuring 11 songs, each written and performed by a…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Mourns Teacher and Scholar Riad Ismat
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department mourns the passing of Riad Ismat, who died May 13, 2020, of complications related to COVID-19. Ismat was the former Minister of Culture of Syria until he stepped down due to the escalation of violence in 2012 and soon thereafter fled Syria with his family to the United States.…
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(VIDEO) MANIFEST RISES! Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Video Performances Highlight 2020 Manifest Urban Arts Festival in Its Digital Debut — Online May 11-15!
Columbia College Chicago‘s student-powered Manifest Urban Arts Festival makes its digital debut this year, going online for its landmark 20th annual edition May 11 through 15, and the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department will be proudly participating! To access the Theatre Department’s online performances and exhibits, click here. Rising up in the spirit of…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Business & Entrepreneurship Departments Present ‘Third Mask’ Festival of New Devised Performance — Online May 11-15
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and the Columbia College Chicago Business and Entrepreneurship Department present the second annual Third Mask Festival, running May 11 through 15 and presented virtually at www.thirdmaskfestival.com. Presented in conjunction with the college’s student-powered 2020 Manifest Urban Arts Festival, the Third Mask Festival is a platform for new performative works…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Joins ‘Chicago Acts Together’ Campaign to Raise Money for Chicago Theatre Workers Relief Fund
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department is proud to be among the 88 local theatres participating in the “Chicago Acts Together” campaign to support the Chicago Theatre Workers Relief Fund, which provides direct financial assistance to theatre workers who have lost work as a result of COVID-19 and are facing financial uncertainty. The campaign will raise…