Pulse Theatre Chicago, a company co-founded and led by Columbia College Chicago alum Aaron Reese Boseman ‘12, a graduate of the Columbia College Theatre Program’s Theatre Directing program, presents the world premiere of Beneath the Willow Tree, a new drama following three generations of Black women in a Louisiana bayou.
Aaron Reese Boseman
The production is directed by Boseman, who is also a Columbia College Theatre Program faculty member. The show runs at the Den Theatre, located at 1331 N. Milwaukee in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. Student discounts are available. For tickets, click here.
Kevin Rolfs
Susan Gosdick
Greg Geffrard
In addition to Boseman, the show’s production team includes Columbia College alum Kevin Rolfs ’17, a graduate of the Theatre Program’s BA Program in Theatre Design. Rolfs is the show’s scenic designer and technical director. Columbia College Theatre Program faculty member Susan Gosdick is the dialect coach, and former Columbia College Theatre Program faculty member Greg Geffrard is the intimacy and violence director.
Beneath the Willow Tree is a spiritual family drama that tells the tale of three generations of black women, the Bordeaux family. When Willow Bordeaux returns home to Louisiana from New York University with a new love interest, uprooted family secrets send the family down a path of trampled traditions and unpacked trauma. The family must find a way back to each other through healing and acceptance.
