Month: April 2024
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Hosts Alumni Event with Cast and Creative Team for ‘Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,’ Extended through May 19 at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department hosted a special event on Tuesday, April 16 – a panel discussion with members of the cast and creative team of the Goodman Theatre’s acclaimed production of August Wilson’s acclaimed drama Joe Turner’s Come and Gone. The speakers included Columbia College Theatre alums A.C. Smith ’86, a graduate of the…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Directs ‘The Treasurer,’ Running April 24-May 19 at Milwaukee’s Next Act Theatre
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Cody Estle ’11, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, has been artistic director of Next Act Theatre in Milwaukee since February of 2023. Now he is directing his first production at the theatre: The Treasurer, Max Posner’s drama about a man who reluctantly assumes oversight of his aging…
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‘Magic to Do – Just for You!’: Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department’s Mainstage Season Features ‘Pippin’ at Getz Theatre Center April 25-May 4
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s 2023-24 Mainstage Season continues with Pippin, the Tony Award-winning musical by Stephen Schwartz and Roger O. Hirson. The production runs April 25 through May 4 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…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Present Annual ‘Juggernaut’ Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film Fest April 19-21
Otherworld Theatre, a company founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, presents its 10th annual Juggernaut Film Festival April 19 through 21. This weekend event celebrating science fiction and fantasy films and filmmakers from around the world will take place at Otherworld’s storefront location, 3914 N. Clark, Chicago. More than 90 short and…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Bring Musical ‘Baby’ to Citadel Theatre April 17-May 19
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums are in the cast and production team of the musical Baby, running April 17 through May 19 at Citadel Theatre, located at 300 S. Waukegan Road in the Chicago suburb of Lake Forest. For tickets, click here. The show’s cast features Columbia College alum Katie Engler ’21, a graduate…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum’s Career Takes Her from Comedy Studies to Circus Clowning to Ringling Brewery Company Manager’s Post
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Scarlett Sullivan ’11, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, has been named general manager of the AL. Ringling Brewing Company in Baraboo, Wisconsin. Sullivan started in the job on March 18, 2024. The company, which was founded in 2020, is housed in the historic AL.…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Named Director of Marketing for Shattered Globe Theatre
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Julia Farrell Diefenbach ’15, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program with a Minor in Stage Combat, has been named director of marketing for Shattered Globe Theatre, one of Chicago’s leading companies. In addition to her work in marketing and social media, Diefenbach is a freelance director and…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Teacher’s Lighting Design for New Off-Broadway Show ‘Dead Outlaw’ Featured on ‘Theater Wow’
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member Heather Gilbert is featured in an article posted April 12 in the Substack blog Theater Wow. The focus of the interview – “A Million Lovely Moments: Dead Outlaw‘s Lighting Designer Heather Gilbert,” by blogger Jim McDermott – is Gilbert’s work as lighting designer for the acclaimed off-Broadway production…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Featured in August Wilson’s Drama ‘Joe Turner’s Come and Gone’ at Goodman Theatre April 13-May 12
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums are in the cast of August Wilson’s drama Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, running April 13 through May 12 at the Goodman Theatre, located at 170 N. Dearborn in downtown Chicago’s Loop Theatre District. Student discounts are available. For tickets, click here. Columbia College alums A.C. Smith ’86, a graduate…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Bring ‘Music Man’ to Marriott Theatre April 10-June 2
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums and faculty are in the cast and production team of the classic musical The Music Man, running April 10 through June 2 at Marriott Theatre in the Chicago suburb of Lincolnshire. For tickets, click here. The show’s ensemble includes Columbia College alum Quinn Rigg ’20, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Musical…