Month: November 2022
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Bring ‘Nutcracker’ Burlesque to the Stage Dec. 1-31
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums and students are in the cast and creative team of The Buttcracker: A Nutcracker Burlesque, running December 1 through 31 at the Greenhouse Theatre Center, located at 2257 N. Lincoln in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood. This is the sixth edition of the popular alternative holiday show. Audiences are invited…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Stars on Broadway in New Musical ‘Almost Famous’
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Rob Colletti ’11, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, costars in the Broadway premiere of the new musical Almost Famous, which opened November 3, 2022, at the Bernard Jacobs Theatre in New York City. Almost Famous is based on the 2000 film of the same title…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Seeks Chair and Faculty for 2023 Academic Year
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in Acting, Acting and Contemporary Performance Making, Comedy Writing and Performance, Devised Performance, Diversity Equity Inclusion, Dramaturgy, Improv, Intimacy Direction, Musical Theatre, Playwriting, Stage Combat, Stage Management, Theatre, Theatre Design, Theatre Directing, Theatre Studies, Theatre Technology, Uncategorized, Writing for PerformanceThe Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, located in the historic Getz Theatre Center of Columbia College in Chicago’s South Loop, is inviting applications for the position of Chair of the Theatre Department. Qualified and interested candidates are urged to reply by December 9, 2022, for best consideration. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department’s 2022-23 Mainstage Season Features ‘Bat Boy: The Musical’ at Getz Theatre Center Dec. 1-10
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s 2022-23 Mainstage Season continues with Bat Boy: The Musical, by Keythe Farley, Brian Flemming, and Laurence O’Keefe. The production, featuring an all-student cast and a production team composed of students, alumni, and faculty, runs December 1 through 10 in the Courtyard Theatre of the Getz Theatre Center of Columbia…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Students Honored with 2022 Sarah Siddons Scholarships
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department warmly congratulates students Olivia Maalouf, Alana Gordon-Levine, and Ty Gentry, who were honored as recipients of 2022 Sarah Siddons Society Scholarships on November 14 at the 2022 Sarah Siddons Award benefit, held at the Watts Theatre of DePaul University in Chicago. The three students are seniors on track to…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Makes Off-Broadway Debut in ‘Good Enemy’ Through Nov. 27
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Alec Silver ’17, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, is featured in the Audible Theatre’s Off-Broadway production Good Enemy, running through November 27 at the Minetta Lane Theatre, located at 18 Minetta Lane in New York City’s Greenwich Village neighborhood. The play, which marks Silver’s…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums and Faculty Bring Holiday Musical ‘Elf’ to the Stage Nov. 9-Jan. 8
Alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are in the cast and creative team of Elf The Musical, running November 9, 2022, through January 8, 2023, at Drury Lane Theatre in the Chicago suburb of Oakbrook Terrace. For tickets, click here. The cast of this musical version of the popular holiday film…
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Joseph Sikora Speaks to Students
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Joseph Sikora ’98, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, visited the college on October 18 for a “fireside chat” in the Sheldon Patinkin Theatre of the Getz Theatre Center of Columbia College in Chicago’s South Loop. The event was a joint presentation of the Theatre Department and…
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Columbia College Chicago Hosts Nov. 7 Program on Pay Equity in the Theatre Industry
The Columbia College Chicago Career Center and the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department host “The Pay’s the Thing,” a panel discussion about pay equity in the theatre profession, on Monday, November 7, from 5:30 to 7:30 PM in Studio 404 of the Getz Theatre Center of Columbia College, located at 72 E. 11th St. in…