Month: July 2023
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(VIDEO) ‘Intimacy for Stage and Screen’ Panel Features Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alums
The Columbia College Chicago Office of Development and Alumni Relations has posted the video of a panel of Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and former faculty discussing “Intimacy for Stage and Screen.” The panel, which took place via Zoom on June 21, 2023, featured Tony Award-winning Broadway director David Cromer HDR ’17, a former student…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums’ Harry Potter Parody ‘Puffs’ Gets Rave Reviews; Returns by Popular Demand Aug. 11-27 at Chicago’s Otherworld Theatre
Otherworld Theatre, a company founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, is extending its well-received production of the unauthorized Harry Potter parody Puffs, Or: Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic due to rave reviews and popular demand. The show, which closed its initial run on July…
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Release New Music Video ‘Jump’
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums Jayme Woj ’10 and Sarah Alysse ’10, both graduates of the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, who perform together as the electro-pop duo maybesoon, have released their new music video “Jump.” The song is written and performed by Alysse and Woj, and the video is directed…
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Tony Award-Winning Columbia College Chicago Alum Tonya Pinkins Named Chair of Theatre at Fordham College at Lincoln Center
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department warmly congratulates Columbia College Chicago alum Tonya Pinkins ’96 — Tony Award-winning star of such Broadway musicals as Caroline, or Change and Jelly’s Last Jam — on her appointment as the Denzel Washington Chair of Theatre at Fordham College at Lincoln Center in New York City starting in the…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Nominated for 2023 Emmy Awards in Writing and Production Design
Congratulations to Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums John Zuiker ’05, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Theatre Design, and Asha Ward ’21, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Comedy Writing and Performance. Zuiker and Ward have been nominated for 2023 Primetime Emmy Awards. Ward is nominated in the…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Directs Shakespearean Youth Theatre’s ‘Comedy of Errors,’ Running July 21-Aug. 5 in Minneapolis
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Lukas Brasherfons ’14, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Acting with a Minor in Stage Combat, is the director of the Shakespearean Youth Theatre‘s new production of William Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors. The production runs July 21 through August 5 at the Crane Theatre, located…
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Columbia College Chicago Faculty and Alums Bring Shakespearean Spoof ‘Macbeth by the Sea’ to Chicago Audiences July 20-23 Prior to Edinburgh Festival Fringe Run
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty members and alums are collaborating on a new comedy, Macbeth by the Sea, which is headed for the prestigious Edinburgh Festival Fringe for a two-week run August 4 through 19. Before they bring their send-up of Shakespeare’s “Scottish Play” to Scotland, they’ll preview the show at Otherworld Theatre, located…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums and Faculty Bring ‘Beauty and the Beast’ to Chicago Shakespeare Theatre July 14-Aug. 20
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums and faculty members are in the cast and production team of the family musical Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, running July 14 through August 20 at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, located on Navy Pier at 800 E. Grand on Chicago’s lakefront. For tickets, click here. The show’s performing company includes…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Designs Oak Park Festival Theatre’s ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream,’ Running July 13-Aug. 19
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Evan Frank ’17, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Theatre Design, is the scenic designer for Oak Park Festival Theatre’s production of William Shakespeare’s comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream, running July 13 through August 19 in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park. The show marks Frank’s…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Directs Musical ‘Xanadu,’ Running July 13-Aug. 13 at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Kevin Wiczer ’05, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, directs the musical Xanadu, running July 13 through August 13 at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, located at 111 W. Campbell in the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights. For tickets, click here. The show’s cast includes Columbia College alum Morgan…