Month: June 2024
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Columbia College Chicago Alum Precious Brady-Davis Serves as Community Grand Marshal for 2024 Chicago LGBT Pride Parade June 30
LGBTQ-rights advocate, environmental activist, and Columbia College Chicago alum Precious Brady-Davis ’13, who graduated from Columbia College with an Interdisciplinary BA in Theatre and Liberal Education, will be a Community Grand Marshal for the 2024 Chicago LGBT Pride Parade on Sunday, June 30. Brady-Davis and her husband, Myles Brady-Davis, were chosen by PRIDEChicago, the all-volunteer…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Listed as a ‘Notable Leader’ in Milwaukee’s Arts and Entertainment
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Cody Estle ’11, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, is cited as one of Milwaukee’s “Notable Leaders in Arts and Entertainment: Class of 2024” by BizTimes – Milwaukee Business News. “Estle stood out from nearly 50 candidates [for the position at Next Act Theate] because of…
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(AUDIO/VIDEO) Remembering Composer and Columbia College Chicago Music Department Founder William Russo (June 25, 1928-January 11, 2003)
The Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance remembers composer, author, and teacher William Russo on the anniversary of his birth. Russo, who founded what is now the Music Program of the Columbia College Chicago School of Audio and Music in 1965, was born in Chicago on June 25, 1928. Internationally recognized for his…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring ‘Beehive: The 60’s Musical’ to Marriott Theatre June 19-Aug. 11
Alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are in the cast and creative/production team of Beehive: The 60’s Musical, running June 19 through August 11 at Marriott Theatre in the Chicago suburb of Lincolnshire. For tickets, click here. The cast of this high-energy musical tribute to the “girl groups” and solo women artists…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni in Cast and Creative Team of World Premiere ‘Prodigal Daughter,’ Running at Raven Theatre through June 22
Alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are in the cast and creative/production team of The Prodigal Daughter, a world premiere drama about a Black family in Chicago during the “Red Summer” of 1919. The show runs through June 22 at the award-winning Raven Theatre, located at 6157 N. Clark in Chicago’s Edgewater Andersonville…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Honored in Windy City Times’ ’30 Under 30 Awards’ for Pride Month
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Preston Max Allen ’13 is honored as one of Windy City Times‘ 2024 “30 Under 30 Award” winners. The annual “30 Under 30” awards were announced June 6, 2024, as part of Windy City Times‘ LGBT Pride Month celebration. Founded in 1985, Windy City Times is Chicago’s oldest LGBT…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Stars in a ‘(Not So) Solo Show’ at The Understudy June 15
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Darren Patin ’17, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, will headline a cabaret show at The Understudy, Chicago’s premier theatre-focused bookstore, coffeehouse, and performance space, on Saturday, June 15, at 7:30 PM. Patin will perform as his drag queen persona, Ari Gato, in…
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Launches New Book ‘With Love, Mommie Dearest’ with June 4 Screening at Chicago’s Music Box Theatre
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum A. Ashley Hoff ’96, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, heralds his acclaimed new book With Love, Mommie Dearest: The Making of an Unintentional Camp Classic with an appearance at Chicago’s historic Music Box Theatre on Tuesday, June 4, at 7 PM. Hoff, who now…