Month: June 2022
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring Classic Comedy ‘Playboy of the Western World’ to City Lit Theatre July 1-Aug. 14
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums are in the cast and production team of The Playboy of the Western World, the classic Irish comedy by J.M. Synge, presented by City Lit Theatre July 1 through August 14. The show’s cast includes Columbia College alum Sophia Vitello ’19, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BFA Program…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Featured in Chicago Shakespeare Theatre’s World Premiere Musical ‘It Came From Outer Space’ Through July 24
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 world premiere of It Came From Outer Space, a new musical comedy adapted from the 1950s cult classic sci-fi film. A clever musical score and creative physical humor put a…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum’s Solo Show Wins 2022 Hollywood Fringe Fest Awards
Congratulations to Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Almanya Narula ’16, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting. Her solo show Noor Inayat Khan: The Forgotten Spy, which she performed June 3 through 26 at the 2022 Hollywood Fringe Festival in California, won two awards at the festival’s closing ceremony. Narula…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Bring ‘Marie Antoinette and the Magical Negroes’ to the Stage June 30-July 17
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums are in the cast and production team of the Chicago premiere of Marie Antoinette and the Magical Negroes, running June 30 through July 17 at Raven Theatre, located at 6157 N. Clark in Chicago’s Edgewater Theatre District. Presented by the Story Theatre, this new play explores rebellion and Black…
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(VIDEO) Remembering Composer and Columbia College Chicago Music Department Founder William Russo (June 25, 1928-January 11, 2003)
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department remembers composer, author, and teacher William Russo on the anniversary of his birth. Russo, who founded what is now the Columbia College Chicago Music Department in 1965, was born in Chicago on June 25, 1928. Internationally recognized for his musical works in jazz, rock, blues, symphonic, and theatrical genres,…
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A June 23 Birthday Salute to Bob Fosse
The Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance salutes Bob Fosse HDR ’73 on the anniversary of his birth. The famed Chicago-born director-choreographer received an Honorary Doctor of Arts degree from Columbia College at the college’s commencement ceremony in 1973, the same year he made history by becoming the only director to win the…
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Columbia College Chicago Alums’ Sci-Fi Musical ‘Abduction’ Presented as Benefit for UNICEF at Chicago’s Newport Theatre June 23-July 7
Abduction, an original science-fiction musical comedy created by Columbia College Chicago alumni T.J. Pieffer ’18 and Brad Kemp ’12, is being presented in a staged reading as a benefit for UNICEF humanitarian support in response to the war in Ukraine. The show will be presented THREE PERFORMANCES ONLY – Thursday, June 23, June 30, and…
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Mallory Maedke Performs on 2022 Tony Awards: ‘The Show Must Go On!’
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Mallory Maedke ’14, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, performed on the 2022 Tony Awards show at Radio City Music Hall in New York City as a member of the six-woman cast of the Broadway hit Six. The show was broadcast live on…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum’s Solo Show ‘The Forgotten Spy’ Has Free Livestream Performance June 24
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Almanya Narula ’16, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, has added a special free livestream performance of her solo show Noor Inayat Khan: The Forgotten Spy on Friday, June 24, at 6 PM Pacific Daylight Time (8 PM Central Daylight Time, 9 PM Eastern Daylight…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums and Students Bring About Face Youth Theatre’s ‘Gayme Changer’ to the Stage June 18-24
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums and students are in the cast and creative team of About Face Youth Theatre‘s new ensemble-devised comedy Gayme Changers, running June 18 through 24 at the Den Theatre, located at 1331 N. Milwaukee in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. Kirsten Baity ’21, who graduated Summa cum Laude with a BA…