Month: February 2021
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Announces Live and Virtual Performances for Updated 2021 Mainstage Season
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department has announced the remainder of its 2020-2021 Mainstage Season — an exciting mix of in-person and virtual student-performed productions, starting with Are You There God, It’s Me, Katniss Everdeen, running March 24 through 27. Directed by faculty member Anne Libera, director of the Theatre Department’s B.A. Program in Comedy…
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Aidy Bryant Plays Sen. Ted Cruz in ‘Saturday Night Live’ Sketch about Cancun Scandal
That was Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Aidy Bryant ’09, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting and now a regular cast member on Saturday Night Live, portraying Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Texas on SNL’s “Cold Open” February 20, 2021. In the segment, which took aim at Cruz for taking…
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Columbia College Chicago Alum and Trans Advocate Precious Brady-Davis’ Memoir ‘I Have Always Been Me’ To Be Published in July 2021
Prominent trans advocate and Columbia College Chicago alum Precious Brady-Davis ’13, who graduated from Columbia College with an Interdisciplinary BA in Theatre and Liberal Education, has written a memoir, I Have Always Been Me, which is scheduled for hardcover publication July 1, 2021. To pre-order the book on Amazon, click here. The book is being…
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Columbia College Chicago Alum’s Pegasus Theatre Wins NEA Grant to Support Young Playwrights Festival
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department proudly congratulates Columbia College alum Ilesa Duncan ’99, executive/producing director of Pegasus Theatre Chicago, which has been approved for a $20,000 Grant for Arts Projects award from the National Endowment for the Arts. The grant will support in-school and production programming for Pegasus’ annual Young Playwrights Festival. “We are…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Film Alumni Launch ‘3x — Good Music Archived. For a Good Cause’
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum J. Cody Spellman ’13, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, is the creative director of 3x, a new music video series showcasing original work by emerging artists. Each performance is dedicated to a non-profit organization or cause that is meaningful to the performers with the intention…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Joseph Sikora Signs Deal to Star in New ‘Power’ Spinoff
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Joseph Sikora ’98, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, has signed a first-look deal for his Black Fox Productions company with Lionsgate TV, according to a report in the Hollywood Reporter. Sikora is known for his role as Tommy Egan on Starz’s Power franchise. The…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni Launch New Playwriting Initiative at Chicago’s Raven Theatre
The Chicago Tribune reports that Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumna Tyla Abercrumbie ’98 has been selected as the inaugural playwright in a new $25,000 play development initiative by Chicago’s Raven Theatre, whose artistic director is Columbia College alumnus Cody Estle ’11, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program. The new program will…