Month: September 2020
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum’s Play Selected for California Theatre Company’s Festival
Congratulations to Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Niv Elbaz ’18, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Playwriting program, whose play Delilah has been selected for Panndora Productions‘ Panndora’s Box 14th Annual New Works Festival. Panndora Productions is an ensemble theatre company based in Long Beach, California. The company focuses on the development of new…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alums Present Silent Theatre’s Virtual 24-Hour Play Festival Sept. 30
The Silent Theatre Company, an ensemble founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, will present the One State 24 Hour Theatre Festival as a live online event on Wednesday, September 30, at 7 PM. The festival will feature five new ten-minute plays, all created and executed in a 24-hour period and broadcast…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni Launch Season 2 of Their Podcast Asking Chicago Artists: ‘Are Your Parents Proud of You?’
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Connar Brown ’19, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting with a Minor in Voiceover and a Minor in Video Production, and Theatre Department student Matthew Schufreider, a senior in the Acting BA program, are launching the second season of their podcast Are Your Parents…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre, Music, and Dance Department Alumni and Faculty Nominated for 2020 Jeff Awards
Congratulations to the alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, the Columbia College Chicago Music Department, and the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago who have been nominated for 2020 Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award. The Equity “Jeff Awards” honor excellence in Chicago’s Equity theatre during the 2019-2020 theatre season.…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum’s Band, Apostle Jones, Releases New EP, ‘Lilith’
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Mikey Silas ’11, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Musical Theatre, and his band Apostle Jones have released their debut LP, Lilith. The recording is praised in a review published September 11, 2020, in the online magazine Pressure: “One of Cleveland’s hardest working bands is finally getting to hold the…