Month: November 2024
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring ‘Secret Garden’ and ‘Broadway Open Mic’ to Theo Ubique Theatre
Columbia College Chicago Theatre alums are in the cast and production team of the musical The Secret Garden, which has been extended at Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre. The show now runs through January 5, 2025, at 721 Howard St. in the Chicago suburb of Evanston. For tickets, click here. The show’s cast includes Columbia College…
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Columbia College Chicago Alums’ Theatre Nothing Without a Company Extends Original Musical ‘Sofa King Queer’ Through Dec. 14
Nothing Without a Company (NWaC), an experimental theatre ensemble founded and led by Columbia College Chicago alums Anna Rose Ii-Epstein ’07 and Hannah Ii-Epstein ’15, is extending its well-received world premiere of Sofa King Queer, a pop-punk/indie rock musical about sex, family, and queer resilience. Originally scheduled to close December 2, the show is now…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Brings Neo-Futurists’ ‘Switchboard’ to Steppenwolf Nov. 22-Dec. 14
Columbia College Chicago Theatre alum Spencer Meeks ’15, a graduate of the Columbia College Theatre program‘s BA Program in Musical Theatre, is the composer and designer of Switchboard, a puppet-theatre piece created by Chicago’s acclaimed Neo-Futurists theatre company. The show runs November 22 through December 14 at Steppenwolf Theatre’s 1700 Theatre, located at 1650 N.…
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Columbia College Chicago Getz Theatre Center’s 2024-25 Mainstage Season Presents ‘Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine’ Nov. 20-Dec. 7
The Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance‘s 2024-25 Mainstage Season at the Getz Theatre Center of Columbia College continues with Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine, by Lynn Nottage. The 2004 play features an all-student cast and a production team composed of faculty, staff, and students, all under the direction of Columbia College…
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Columbia College Chicago Alum and Trans Advocate Precious Brady-Davis Elected as Greater Chicago Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Commissioner
The Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance proudly congratulates LGBTQ-rights advocate, environmental activist, and Columbia College Chicago alum Precious Brady-Davis ’13 on her election to the Board of Commissioners for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. Brady-Davis, who graduated from Columbia College with an Interdisciplinary BA in Theatre and Liberal Education,…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring ‘Dames at Sea’ to Citadel Theatre Nov. 13-Dec. 15
Columbia College Chicago Theatre alums are in the cast and production team of the musical Dames at Sea, presented by Citadel Theatre. The show, an affectionate spoof of the lavish movie musicals of the 1930s, runs November 13 through December 15 at the West Campus of the Lake Forest School District at 300 S. Waukegan…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Featured in U.S. Premiere of British Panto ‘Throbbin Wood’ Nov. 15-Dec. 15
Columbia College Chicago Theatre alum Jackson Anderson ’24, who graduated with a double major in Musical Theatre Performance (BFA) and Theatre Design and Technology (BA), is featured in the U.S. premiere of Throbbin Wood, an adult pantomime by British playwright and panto artist Tom Whalley. Presented by the LGBTQ-focused PrideArts theatre company, this bawdy holiday…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring ‘Falsettos’ to Court Theatre Nov. 8-Dec. 8
Columbia College Chicago Theatre alums are on the production team for the musical Falsettos, running November 8 through December 8 at Court Theatre, located at 5535 S. Ellis in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood. For tickets, click here. The production’s lighting co-designer is Columbia College alum Josiah Croegaert ’21, a graduate of the Theatre Program’s BA…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Featured in ‘Disney’s The Little Mermaid’ at Drury Lane Theatre Nov. 6-Jan. 12
Columbia College Chicago Theatre alums are in the cast and production team of Drury Lane Theatre‘s production of Disney’s The Little Mermaid, running November 6 through January 12 in the Chicago suburb of Oakbrook Terrace. For tickets, click here. The show’s cast includes Columbia College alums Leah Morrow ’05 and Natalie Henry ’22, both graduates…
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Columbia College Chicago Getz Theatre Center’s 2024-25 Mainstage Season Presents ‘Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical’ Nov. 7-16
The Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance‘s 2024-25 Mainstage Season at the Getz Theatre Center of Columbia College continues with Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical. This production of the groundbreaking rock musical runs November 7 through 16 in the Getz Theatre Center’s Courtyard Theatre, located at 72 E. 11th St. in Chicago’s…