Month: April 2021
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Columbia College Chicago’s Theatre and Business & Entrepreneurship Departments Present ‘Third Mask Festival’ of New Devised Performance — Live and Online April 26-May 1
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and the Columbia College Chicago Business and Entrepreneurship Department present the third annual Third Mask Festival, running April 26 through May 1, 2021. The festival showcases the thesis projects of students in Columbia College Chicago’s MA/MFA Program in European Devised Performance Practice, a program of the Theatre Department in…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Featured in ‘Gigi’s Party’ April 21-24
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Sophie Vitello ’19, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, is featured in Gigi’s Party – A Play in Two Parts, running as both a live in-person and streamed production April 21-25. Presented by the Yellow Rose Theatre, the production offers limited, socially distanced…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum’s New Play Dramatizes ‘Martha Mitchell Effect’
A new play by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumna Skye Robinson Hillis ’11, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, is being presented by the MFA Program in Playwriting at Ohio University, where Robinson Hillis is currently a third-year student. Titled The Martha Mitchell Effect, the play is inspired by the…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Helps Lead Mercury Theatre’s Reopening
Former Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department student Shane Murray-Corcoran is helping shepherd Chicago’s iconic Mercury Theatre back into action, according to a report in the Chicago Reader, the city’s premier alternative publication. Murray-Corcoran, a native of Ireland and graduate of the Dublin Institute of Technology’s Conservatory of Music and Drama who moved to Chicago in…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department’s Getz Theatre Center Resumes LIVE PERFORMANCE April 14 with Two Productions
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s Getz Theatre Center resumes LIVE IN-PERSON PERFORMANCE April 14-17 with two simultaneous productions (both performed with attention to safety and COVID awareness): Tales of Berlin, a live, site-specific, immersive theatrical event, takes the audience on a journey through WWII Berlin – the music, the dance, and the stories that…
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Columbia College Chicago Hosts Playwright Regina Taylor for Online Program ‘Social Justice and Creative Practice’ on April 12
Columbia College Chicago will host “Social Justice and Creative Practice: The Power of the Creative Voice in Advancing Social Change,” an online conversation with renowned playwright, actor, director, activist, educator, and Columbia College honorary degree recipient Regina Taylor HDR ’11, on Monday, April 12, at 2 PM Central Time. The free one-hour event will be…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department’s Mainstage Production ‘Tales of Berlin’ – a Live, Immersive Devised Performance Event – Runs April 14-17
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s 2020-2021 Mainstage Season continues April 14 through 17 with Tales of Berlin, a live, site-specific, immersive theatrical event that takes the audience on a journey through WWII Berlin – the music, the dance, and the stories that set the stage for the musical Cabaret, which will be presented in…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Guest Stars in ‘Chicago P.D.’ April 7
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Victor Holstein ’04, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, guest-stars on NBC’s Chicago P.D. this Wednesday, April 7, 2021. Holstein is featured in an episode titled Signs of Violence. It’s Holstein’s second appearance on the shot-in-Chicago cop show. As a stage actor, Holstein has performed in…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum’s Audio Production of ‘Troilus & Cressida’ Debuts as Part of Shakespearean Youth Theatre’s Dream Project
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Lukas Brasherfons ’14 is the director and adaptor of the Shakespearean Youth Theatre Dream Project‘s new rendition of Troilus & Cressida, William Shakespeare’s 1602 romance set during the Trojan War. The online audio production debuts April 3, 2021, on the Dream Project’s website. Access to the website is free,…