Month: November 2021
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Featured in ‘Nightwatch’ at Goodman Theatre’s New Stages Festival Dec. 1-19
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Alec Silver ’17, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, is featured in the 17th annual New Stages Festival at Chicago’s Tony Award-winning Goodman Theatre. Silver appears in the festival’s developmental production of Nightwatch, by Max Yu, running December 1 through 19 at the Goodman, located…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Mainstage Season Continues with ‘Death of a Streetcar Named Virginia Woolf: A Parody’ Dec. 1-11
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department continues its 2021-2022 Mainstage Season with a new comedy, Death of a Streetcar Named Virginia Woolf: A Parody, running December 1 through 11 in the Courtyard Theatre of the Getz Theatre Center of Columbia College, located at 72 E. 11th St. in Chicago’s South Loop. For show times and…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni Bring Campy Holiday Spoof ‘Christmas Dearest’ to the Stage Nov. 27-Dec. 31
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Tyler Anthony Smith ’17, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, is featured in Hell in a Handbag Productions‘ holiday musical Christmas Dearest, running November 27 through December 31 at Ebenezer Lutheran Church Auditorium, located at 1650 W. Foster in Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood. For tickets, click…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni Bring ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ to the Stage Nov. 26-Dec. 31
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are in the cast and creative/production team of It’s a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago!, American Blues Theatre‘s annual holiday show. The production runs November 26 through December 31 at Victory Gardens Theatre, 2433 N. Lincoln, Chicago. Performed in the manner of a live 1940s radio broadcast, the production —…
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(VIDEO) Playwright, Actor, and Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Tyla Abercrumbie: ‘I’m so much more than being an artist, but I am still very much an artist’
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumna Tyla Abercrumbie ’98 is profiled in a feature published November 24, 2021, in the Chicago Reader, Chicago’s leading alternative publication. Headlined “Tyla Abercrumbie is About More Than The Chi,” the article recounts that Abercrumbie, who grew up in Chicago’s west-side Austin neighborhood, enrolled at Columbia College after dropping out…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Featured in Skylight Music Theatre’s ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ in Milwaukee Nov. 19-Jan. 2
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Aaron Reese Boseman ‘12, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, plays the voice of Audrey II in the Skylight Music Theatre’s production of the musical Little Shop of Horrors, running November 19, 2021, through January 2, 2022, at the Broadway Theatre Center‘s Cabot Theatre, located at…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alumni and Students Bring ‘Charlie Brown’ to Citadel Theatre Nov. 17-Dec. 23
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and student talent is featured in the musical You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, running November 17 through December 23 at the Citadel Theatre, located at 300 Waukegan Road in the northern Chicago suburb of Lake Forest. Columbia College alum Jake Ganzer ’15, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Featured in ‘Love Actually? The Unauthorized Musical Parody’ Nov. 17-Jan. 2
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Ann Delaney ’14, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, is featured in the Chicago premiere of the Off-Broadway hit Love Actually? The Unauthorized Musical Parody, running November 17, 2021, through January 2, 2022, at the Apollo Theater, 2550 N. Lincoln, Chicago. Delaney plays…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Bring Broken Nose Theatre’s Audio Drama ‘Primer’ to Audiences Nov. 15-Dec. 5
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums are on the creative/production team of the audio drama Primer, streaming on-demand from Broken Nose Theatre November 15 through December 5. Tickets are available here. Tickets for all Broken Nose Theatre performances are “Pay-What-You-Can,” allowing patrons to set their own price. The show’s cast includes Columbia College alum RjW…
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Alumni and Faculty Bring ‘Bug’ Back to Steppenwolf Theatre Nov. 11-Dec. 12
Alumni and faculty members of Columbia College Chicago are in the cast and creative team for Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s remount of Bug, the creepy-crawly psychological thriller by Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning Steppenwolf ensemble member Tracy Letts. The show runs November 11 through December 12 at Steppenwolf, located at 1650 N. Halsted in Chicago’s Lincoln…