Congratulations to the Columbia College Chicago alumni, students, and faculty who have been nominated for 2020 Black Theatre Alliance Awards. The nominees were announced August 7, 2020. Among those nominated are:
Aaron Reese Boseman
Aaron Reese Boseman ‘12, a graduate of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program: nominated for the Lloyd Richards Award for Best Direction of a Play for his staging of Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin In The Sun (Invictus Theatre Company);
Ilesa Duncan
Ilesa Duncan’99: also nominated for the Lloyd Richards Award for Best Direction of a Play for Middle Passage (Lifeline Theatre);
Michael Adkins
Michael Adkins, a current student in the Columbia College Chicago Business and Entrepreneurship Department‘s BA Program in Music Business Management: nominated for the Bill Bojangles Robinson Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for You Can’t Fake the Funk: A Journey Through Funk Music (Black Ensemble Theater);
Jared David Michael Grant
Columbia College lumnus Jared David Michael Grant ’12, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Musical Theatre: also nominated for the Bill Bojangles Robinson Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for Working (Theo Ubigue Cabaret Theatre);
Jermaine Hill
Columbia College faculty member Jermaine Hill, coordinator of the Theatre Department’s Musical Theatre Program: nominated twice for the Duke Ellington Award for Best Musical Direction, for The Color Purple (Drury Lane Theatre) and Sophisticated Ladies (Porchlight Music Theatre);
Robert Reddrick
former Columbia College Chicago Music Department student Robert Reddrick, also nominated for the Duke Ellington Award for Best Musical Direction, for You Can’t Fake the Funk: A Journey Through Funk Music (Black Ensemble Theater);
Jeffrey Levin
Columbia College alum Jeffrey Levin ’10, a graduate of the Columbia College Music Department‘s BA Program in Music with a Composition Concentration — nominated for the Mike Sargent Award for Best Sound Design for Kill Move Paradise (TimeLine Theatre Company).
Vincent Williams
