Month: September 2023
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums’ Jackalope Theatre Hosts Sept. 30 ‘Block Party’ in Andersonville
Jackalope Theatre, a company founded and led by alumni and former students of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, hosts a family-friendly “Jackalope Theatre Block Party” on Saturday, September 30, as part of the Andersonville Arts Weekend in Chicago’s north-side Andersonville neighborhood. From 3 to 8 PM, on Catalpa between Clark and Ashland, the company…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Directs Menotti’s Opera ‘The Consul’ Sept. 23-Oct. 8
Rose Freeman (BA ’07), a graduate of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s Theatre Directing program, is directing the Third Eye Theatre Ensemble‘s production of Gian Carlo Menotti’s Pulitzer Prize-winning chamber opera The Consul, running September 23 through October 8 at The Edge Theatre, located at 5451 N. Broadway in Chicago’s Edgewater/Andersonville Theatre District. For…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Named Director of Equity, Belonging, and Engagement at Los Angeles’ Center Theatre Group
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Khanisha Foster ’02, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, has been named Director of Equity, Belonging, and Engagement at the nonprofit Center Theatre Group arts organization, located in Los Angeles, California. “Khanisha’s hiring is another step forward for Center Theatre Group, our Social Accountability efforts,…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Bring Babes with Blades’ ‘Duchess of Malfi’ to the Stage Sept. 9-Oct. 21
Alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are on the creative team of The Duchess of Malfi, presented by Babes With Blades Theatre Company September 9 through October 21 at the Factory Theatre, located at 1623 W. Howard in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood. The classic drama by John Webster concerns a widowed 17th-century aristocrat…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alumni and Faculty Featured in World Premiere Comedy ‘Like Father, Like Son’ Sept. 8-Oct. 1
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and faculty are featured in the world premiere of a new comedy, Like Father, Like Son, running September 8 through October 1 at Saint Bonaventure Oratory Theatre, located at 1625 W. Diversey in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood. The production is presented by the Subtext Theatre Company. The show’s cast includes…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Music Dept. Alums on Design Team for Shattered Globe Theatre’s ‘A View from the Bridge’ Sept. 8-Oct. 21
Alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and the Columbia College Chicago Music Department are on the creative team for Shattered Globe Theatre’s production of Arthur Miller’s classic drama A View from the Bridge, running September 8 through October 21 at Theatre Wit, located at 1229 W. Belmont in Chicago’s Belmont Theatre District. Columbia…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Featured in Musical Satire ‘Rich People in Space’ Sept. 7-28 at Bughouse Theatre
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums are in the cast of Rich People in Space: An Anti-Capitalist Musical, a new show that explores the façade of workplace culture, resisting vs. complying, and the many ways money can corrupt us all. This satire, about a billionaire who funds a project to colonize Mars, runs September 7…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Joanie Schultz Directs Her Adaptation of Ibsen’s ‘A Doll’s House’ Running Sept. 3-28 at Baltimore’s Everyman Theatre
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum and former faculty member Joanie Schultz ’00, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, is directing the East Coast premiere of her one-act adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s classic drama A Doll’s House, running September 3 through 28 at the Everyman Theatre in Baltimore, Maryland. For tickets, click…