Month: October 2024
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum’s ‘Standout Performance’ Praised in WTTW Review of Hell in a Handbag Productions’ ‘Golden Girls Meet the Skooby Don’t Gang’
Columbia College Chicago alum Tyler Anthony Smith ’17, a graduate of the Theatre program’s BA Program in Acting, was praised by WTTW critic Marc Vitali for his “standout performance” in Hell in a Handbag Productions‘ Halloween show The Golden Girls Meet the Skooby Don’t Gang: The Mystery of the Haunted Bush, running through November 3…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring Otherworld Theatre’s Hit Musical Parody ‘Twihard!’ to New York’s 54 Below on Oct. 22, Followed by a Chicago Return Engagement for Halloween
Otherworld Theatre, a company founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre alumni, is showcasing its hit musical Twihard! A Twilight Musical Parody for New York audiences – and potential producers – in a special performance Tuesday, October 22, at 9:30 PM the celebrated New York City nightclub 54 Below, located at 254 W. 54th…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Featured in Story Theatre’s World Premiere ‘The Love Object’ Oct. 10-Nov. 3
Columbia College Chicago alum Mollyanne Nunn ’14, a graduate of the Theatre program’s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, is featured in the Story Theatre’s world premiere of the love object, running October 10 through November 3 at Raven Theatre, located at 6157 N. Clark in Chicago’s Edgewater Theatre District. Student discounts are available. For…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum’s New Play, ‘We Could Be,’ Presented by About Face Theatre in Chicago Oct. 17-27, Followed by National Tour
Columbia College Chicago alum Kirsten Baity ’21, who graduated Summa cum Laude with a BA in Theatre with a Playwriting concentration, is the co-author of We Could Be, presented by Chicago’s award-winning About Face Theatre in association with Chicago’s award-winning Rivendell Theatre Ensemble. The show will premiere with a two-week engagement October 17 through 27 at…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring Babes With Blades’ ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’ to Edge Theatre Oct. 16-Nov. 23
Columbia College Chicago Theatre alums are in the cast and production team of Babes With Blades Theatre Company’s new production of Shakespeare’s comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream, running October 16 through November 23 at the Edge Theater, located at 5451 N. Broadway in Chicago’s Edgewater Theatre District. For tickets, click here. The show’s cast includes…
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Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance Faculty Member’s New Book Salutes the ‘First Lady of Laughs’
Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance faculty member Grace Kessler Overbeke is the author of First Lady of Laughs: The Forgotten Story of Jean Carroll, America’s First Jewish Woman Stand-Up Comedian, published September 17, 2024, by NYU Press. Overbeke, who earned a BA in Theatre and English from Wesleyan University and MA and…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring ‘An Act of God’ to Copley Theatre Oct. 9-Nov. 10
Columbia College Chicago alums are in the cast and creative team of An Act of God, opening Wednesday, October 9, and running through November 10 at the Paramount Theatre’s Copley Theatre, located at 8 E. Galena in downtown Aurora, Illinois. For tickets, click here. In this comedy, which imagines God as a talk-show host, the…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring American Blues Theatre’s ‘Misery’ and ‘Last Wide Open’ to the Stage Through Oct. 26
Columbia College Chicago alums are in the cast and creative team of two productions that are running in repertory at Chicago’s award-winning American Blues Theatre, 5627 N. Lincoln, Chicago: Misery, William Goldman’s stage adaptation of the novel by Stephen King, and a return engagement of the musical The Last Wide Open, which premiered last summer…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring Hell in a Handbag Productions’ ‘Golden Girls Meet the Skooby Don’t Gang’ Spoof to the Stage Oct. 10-Nov. 3
Columbia College Chicago alums are in the cast and creative team of Hell in a Handbag Productions‘ Halloween show The Golden Girls Meet the Skooby Don’t Gang: The Mystery of the Haunted Bush, running October 10 through November 3 at the Chopin Theatre, located at 1543 W. Division in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. For tickets,…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum’s New Musical ‘Never Better’ Runs Through Oct. 13 at Theo Ubique Theatre
Never Better, the new musical by Columbia College Chicago alum Preston Max Allen ’13, wraps up its premiere run at award-winning Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre on Sunday, October 13 at Theo’s space at 721 Howard Street in the Chicago suburb of Evanston. Student discounts for closing weekend are available for the show, which has garnered…