Month: January 2023
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre, Music, and Communication Department Alumni and Faculty Nominated for 2023 Jeff Awards
Congratulations to the alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, the Columbia College Chicago Music Department, and the Columbia College Chicago Communication Department who have been nominated for Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award. The 2023 Non-Equity “Jeff Awards” honor excellence in Chicago’s non-Equity theatre during the 2021-2022 theatre season which ran…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Bring ‘Into the Woods’ to Paramount Theatre Feb. 1-March 19
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are in the cast and production team of a new production of the Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine musical Into the Woods, running February 1 through March 19 at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora, Illinois. For tickets, click here. The show’s cast includes Columbia College alums Ann Delaney ’14 and Dakota Hughes…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Joseph Sikora Stars in New Horror Film ‘Fear,’ Opening Jan. 27
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Joseph Sikora ’98, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, stars in the new film Fear, which opened in movie theatres around the U.S. on Friday, January 27, 2023. To see the trailer for the movie, click here. Fear – originally titled Don’t Fear and shot during the COVID-19 pandemic in…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Featured in ‘Big Fish’ at Marriott Theatre Jan. 25-March 19
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Michael Kurowski ’16, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, costars in the musical Big Fish, running January 25 through March 19 at the Marriott Theatre in the Chicago suburb of Lincolnshire. Based on the novel Big Fish: A Novel of Mythical Proportions and…
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Columbia College Chicago Alums and Faculty Bring Porchlight Music Theatre’s ‘New Faces Sing Broadway 1951’ to the Stage Jan. 23-24
Columbia College Chicago alums and faculty are in the cast and creative team of Porchlight Music Theatre‘s New Faces Sing Broadway 1951, a revue of songs from classic shows that ran on Broadway in 1951, including Guys and Dolls, The King and I, Paint Your Wagon, and others. The cast includes Columbia College Chicago Theatre…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Faces a Crisis in Her Recurring Role on ‘Chicago Fire’
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Robyn Coffin ’02, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, is facing a challenge in her NBC series Chicago Fire, in which she plays the recurring role of Cindy Herrmann, wife of Chicago firefighter Lt. Christopher Herrmann. In a post published on January 13, 2022, headlined “What Will Happen…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Introduces Intimacy for Stage and Screen Certificate Program
Columbia College Chicago is introducing a new Intimacy for Stage and Screen Certificate program – the first college-level program of its kind in the U.S. Applications are now being accepted for the program, which will launch in Fall 2023. For more information, click here. “The field of intimacy choreography and coordination has been growing rapidly…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Dance Alumni and Faculty Highlighted in Newcity Stage’s ‘Players 2023’ Feature
Alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago figure prominently in Newcity Stage‘s “Players 2023: Who Really Performs for Chicago Right Now” feature, published January 6, 2023. Among the Columbia College folks highlighted in the publication’s annual listing of movers and shakers in Chicago’s performing…