Month: March 2024
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Columbia College Chicago Alum Joins Cast of CBS’ Upcoming ‘NCIS: Origins’ Prequel Series
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Tyla Abercrumbie ’98, a regular cast member of the Showtime series The Chi, will join the of the new CBS TV series NCIS: Origins, which debuts in the 2024-2025 broadcast season. The entertainment news site Deadline reported on March 26 that NCIS: Origins, a prequel to CBS’ long-running hit series NCIS,…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni Win Jeff Awards for Performance and Playwriting
Congratulations to the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni who won Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award, at the 50th anniversary Non-Equity “Jeff Awards” ceremony on March 25, 2024. The awards honor excellence in Chicago’s non-Equity theatre during the 2023 theatre season, which ran from January 1 to December 31, 2023. The list of…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Makes Broadway Debut in Hit Musical ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ April 2-3
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Koray Tarhan’13, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Musical Theatre, will make his Broadway principal debut in the lead role of Charley Kringas in the acclaimed Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim’s musical Merrily We Roll Along on April 2 and 3, 2024. As previously reported in this blog, Tarhan…
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A Centenary Birthday Salute to Former Columbia College Chicago Theatre Chair Fritzie Sahlins (March 24, 1924-March 9, 1991)
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department honors the memory of former chair Fritzie Sahlins on the 100th anniversary of her birth on March 21, 1924. From 1974 through 1976, Fritzie co-chaired (with speech teacher Phyllis Griffin) the Theatre Department of Columbia College, which was then located at 1034 W. Barry in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood. Prior to…
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(VIDEO) Former Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Student and Teacher David Cromer’s New Off-Broadway Show ‘Is So Strange It Can Only Be True’
Former Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department student and faculty member and Columbia College Honorary Degree recipient David Cromer HDR ’17, who won the 2018 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for The Band’s Visit, has re-teamed with his Band’s Visit collaborators on a new Off-Broadway production, Dead Outlaw. With a script by…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Playwriting Alums Have New Work on Chicago Stages in March and April
Alumnae of the Playwriting program at the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department have new plays running on Chicago stages in March and April of 2024. Skyflint, a new work by Columbia College Theatre Department Playwriting program graduate Cassandra Rose ’10, is being presented as part of the Haven Chicago theatre company’s Director’s Haven 7 showcase. Skyflint…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department’s Mainstage Season Continues with Toni Morrison’s ‘The Bluest Eye’ at Getz Theatre Center Through March 23
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s 2023-24 Mainstage Season continues with The Bluest Eye, Lydia R. Diamond‘s stage adaptation of the groundbreaking novel by Toni Morrison. The production runs through March 23 in Studio 404 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 – including a…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Featured in Chicago Sun-Times Profile for His Role in Broadway Hit ‘Merrily We Roll Along’
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Koray Tarhan ’13, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Musical Theatre, is featured in a two-page spread in the Chicago Sun-Times published Sunday, March 17, 2024. The article is an in-depth profile of Tarhan, who is the understudy for Daniel Radcliffe in the hit Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim’s musical…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department’s Mainstage Season Features Toni Morrison’s ‘The Bluest Eye’ at Getz Theatre Center March 13-23
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s 2023-24 Mainstage Season continues with The Bluest Eye, Lydia Diamond‘s stage adaptation of the groundbreaking novel by Toni Morrison. The production runs March 13 through 23 in Studio 404 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…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums’ Musical Parody ‘Twihard!’ Extended Through March 24 at Otherworld Theatre; 10th Annual Juggernaut Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film Festival Runs April 19-21
Otherworld Theatre, a company founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, has extended its hit production of Twihard! A Twilight Musical Parody. The show, co-written and directed by Columbia College alum Tiffany Keane Schaefer ’12, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, now runs through March 24. Otherworld is located at 3914 N.…