Month: February 2024
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Music Dept. Alums and Faculty Bring ‘In Quietness’ to A Red Orchid Theatre Through March 10
Alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and the Columbia College Chicago Music Department are on the design team for the Chicago premiere of In Quietness, extended through March 10 at A Red Orchid Theatre, located at 1531 N. Wells in Chicago’s Old Town neighborhood. For tickets, click here. The show’s scenic…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Bring Jackalope’s ‘The Smuggler’ to the Stage Feb. 16-March 16
Jackalope Theatre, a company founded and led by alumni and former students of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, presents the Chicago premiere of The Smuggler, starring Jackalope cofounder Andrew Burden Swanson, a former student in the Columbia College Theatre Department’s Acting program. The show runs February 16 through March 16 at the Chicago Park…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Music Dept. Alums Bring Invictus Theatre’s ‘Topdog/Underdog’ to the Stage Feb. 13-March 31
Alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and Columbia College Chicago Music Department are in the cast and creative team of Invictus Theatre Company’s production of Suzan-Lori Parks’ Pulitzer Prize-winning Topdog/Underdog, running February 13 through March 31 at Windy City Playhouse, 3014 West Irving Park Road, Chicago. For tickets, click here. Columbia…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Bring New Musical Parody ‘Twihard!’ to Otherworld Theatre Feb. 9-March 10
Otherworld Theatre, a company founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, presents Twihard! A Twilight Musical Parody, co-written and directed by Columbia College alum Tiffany Keane Schaefer ’12, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program. Schaefer is also the show’s set, costume, and props designer. Schaefer founded Otherworld Theatre in 2012 as…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums and Faculty Bring Musical ‘Billy Elliot’ to Paramount Theatre Feb. 7-March 24
Alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are in the cast and creative team of the musical Billy Elliot at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora, Illinois. The show runs February 7 through March 24. For tickets and more information, click here. The production’s cast includes Columbia College alums Jared David Michael Grant ’12,…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Music Alumni and Faculty Nominated for Jeff Awards
Congratulations to the alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and Columbia College Chicago Music Department who have been nominated for Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award. The Non-Equity “Jeff Awards” honor excellence in Chicago’s non-Equity theatre during the 2023 theatre season, which ran from January 1 to December 31, 2023. The…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department’s Mainstage Season Features ‘Hamlet’ Feb. 7-17 at Getz Theatre Center
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s 2023-24 Mainstage Season continues with Hamlet, the classic tragedy by William Shakespeare. The production runs February 7 through 17 in the Courtyard Theatre of the Getz Theatre Center of Columbia College, located at 72 E. 11th St. in Chicago’s South Loop. Student discounts are available. For tickets and more information…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Directs a New ‘Dracula’ for Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park Feb. 3-March 3
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum and former faculty member Joanie Schultz ’00, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, is the director and co-author of a new adaptation of Dracula, the classic vampire novel by Bram Stoker. In Schultz’s interpretation of the horror tale, “everyone has a secret . . . and…