Month: June 2021
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Columbia College Chicago Alum and Trans Advocate Precious Brady-Davis’ Memoir ‘I Have Always Been Me’ Published July 1, 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 being published July 1, 2021. To order the book on Amazon, click here. The book is being published by…
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Columbia College Chicago Alum Sets New Agenda for LGBTQ-Focused PrideArts Theatre with ‘Search for Identity’ Season
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department congratulates Columbia College Chicago alum Jay Españo MFA ’16, a graduate of the college’s MFA program in film directing, who has been named artistic director of Chicago’s LGBTQ-focused PrideArts theatre company. Españo, 47, who also holds a Graduate Certificate in Laban Movement Analysis from Columbia College’s Dance Movement Therapy…
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum’s Queer Comedy Series ‘These Thems’ Streams Free on Outfest Now in June 2021
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Gretchen Wylder ’07, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, has announced that their digital video series These Thems–The Queer Comedy Series is streaming for free through June on Outfest Now, presented by Outfest, a global nonprofit media organizations that creates visibility to diverse LGBTQIA+ stories…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Faculty Bring ‘Legends of the ’50s and ’60s’ to the Music Theatre Works Stage June 18-27
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member Jermaine Hill, coordinator of the Theatre Department’s Musical Theatre Program, is the musical director for Legends Of The 50s And 60s: Greatest Hits, presented by Music Theater Works at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie June 18 through 27. The cast features Columbia College…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum’s ‘A Place for Us’ Project Celebrates Trans and Nonbinary Artists in Musical Theatre June 16-30
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Preston Max Allen ’13 — a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting who also took courses in the Theatre Department’s Musical Theatre and Comedy programs — is spearheading A Place for Us: Celebrating Trans and Nonbinary Artists in Musical Theatre, a June (Pride Month) series of…
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Columbia College Chicago Alum Wins About Face Theatre Playwriting Grant
Columbia College Chicago alum Hannah Ii-Epstein ’15, a graduate of the college’s fiction writing program, has been selected as one of two recipients of a new grant presented by Chicago’s About Face Theatre to support the creative work of local LGBTQ+ playwrights. The writers will each receive $2,000 grant awards for use in their art-making processes.…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Joins About Face Theatre’s Green Room Collective for LGBTQ+ Arts Leaders
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Kirsten Baity ’21, who graduated Summa cum Laude with a BA in Theatre with a Playwriting concentration, has been selected as one of two inaugural members of About Face Theatre’s Green Room Collective, a new program for early career LGBTQ+ arts leaders. The program will help advance the next…