Month: March 2022
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Hosts Free Siddons Artistic Council Event ‘Keeping It Going: Life After Theatre School’ March 14
Keeping It Going:Life After Theatre School (In Person Program) Monday, March 14 @ 7 pm CSTCourtyard Theater Columbia College Chicago The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department hosts Keeping It Going: Life After Theatre School– a free in-person dialogue with a panel of recent theatre school graduates and working professionals — on Monday, March…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Music Alums Featured in Black Ensemble’s ‘It’s Just Like Coming to Church’ March 12-April 24
Former Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department student MJ Rawls is featured in the world premiere of It’s Just Like Coming to Church (Welcome to the Church of YOU), the new musical written and directed by Jackie Taylor at the Black Ensemble Theatre, located at 4450 N. Clark in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. The joyous and uplifting…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alumni and Faculty Bring New Shows to Stages of Steppenwolf and Writers Theatre
Alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are on the production teams of significant new shows opening in the Chicago area. Columbia College alum Jennifer Aparicio ’07, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Technology program, is the production manager for Definition Theatre’s Chicago premiere of White, running March 10 through April…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alumni Featured in World Premiere of ‘SUFFS’ at New York’s Public Theatre March 10-April 24
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum J. Riley Jr. ’16, a graduate of the Columbia College Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance with a Minor in Women & Gender Studies, and former Columbia College Theatre Department student Aisha de Haas are in the cast of an exciting new project: the world premiere of the…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alumni Bring Music Theatre Works’ ‘La Cage aux Folles’ to the Stage March 11-April 3
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni talent is featured in the cast and creative team of the musical La Cage aux Folles, running March 11 through April 3 at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, located at 9501 Skokie Blvd. in the Chicago suburb of Skokie. Presented by Music Theatre Works,…
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Columbia College Chicago Music Department Founder William Russo Remembered in WBEZ Story About Chicago Free Theater
Longtime Columbia College Chicago faculty member William Russo, founder of the Columbia College Chicago Music Department, is profiled by Chicago’s NPR outlet WBEZ in a podcast and print article posted on March 10, 2022. The “Curious City” story by Adriana Cardona-Maguigad — titled “Chicago’s Free Theater Grappled With Issues Like Civil Rights and the Vietnam…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Faculty Bring Pulitzer Prize-Winning Drama ‘Sweat’ to Paramount March 9-April 24
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty members are on the creative team of Sweat, the first production in the Paramount Theatre‘s new Bold Series. Paramount, located in downtown Aurora, Illinois, is launching the Bold Series as a four-show subscription package dedicated to fearless, unexpected, and thought-provoking intimate drama. For tickets, click here. Sweat, Lynn Nottage’s…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni and Faculty Talent Bring Remy Bumppo’s ‘Passage’ to the Stage March 2-April 10
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Kaiser Ahmed ’08, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, is the director of Passage, running March 2 through April 10 at Theatre Wit, located at 1229 W. Belmont in Chicago’s Belmont Theatre District. Presented by Remy Bumppo Theatre, Christopher Chen’s play – inspired by E.M. Forster’s…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Tyla Abercrumbie’s Acclaimed Drama ‘Relentless’ Moves to Goodman Theatre April 1-May 1
Relentless, the acclaimed new play by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Tyla Abercrumbie ’98, will reopen at the Goodman Theatre in downtown Chicago for a limited engagement April 1 through May 1, following its sold-out run at Chicago’s Theatre Wit in January and February. The Goodman is located at 170 N. Dearborn in Chicago’s…
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‘Transparent’ Creator Joey Soloway Talks About ‘Flipping the Script’ with Columbia College Chicago TV/Theatre Alum Devlyn Camp in March 4 Zoom Webinar
The Columbia College Chicago Career Center and the college’s Student Diversity and Inclusion office are partnering to present a free online event featuring two notable trans/nonbinary creatives/activists with Columbia College connections. On Friday, March 4, at 3 PM CST (1 PM PST, 4 PM EST), the Zoom webinar Flipping the Script with Joey Soloway will…