Albert Williams

Columbia College Musical Theatre Alumni ‘Tap Out with Bailiwick’ on April 14 at Revolution Brewpub

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Jeff Award-winning musical theatre performer Callie Johnson, a graduate of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s BFA program in Musical Theatre Performance, will be a guest artist at Tap Out with Bailiwick, a benefit for the adventurous Bailiwick Chicago...

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Columbia College Theatre Alumna in Off-Broadway ‘Clinton’ Musical–Plus ‘Rent’ in Edinburgh Festival

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumna Gretchen Wylder is in the company of the new Off-Broadway show Clinton The Musical, now running at New World Stages, 340 W. 50th St., New York. Wylder, who graduated from Columbia College...

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Columbia Theatre Alumni and Students Present Solo Performance ‘Mixtape’

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumna Laura Korn is producing artistic director of The LIVINGroom, a solo performance project that showcases work by other Columbia alumni and students. “The LIVINGroom is a theatrical assembly of individual, autobiographical performances that...

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Columbia College Theatre Faculty, Alumni and Students Bring World Premieres to Chicago Stages

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty and alumni are bringing two new plays to Chicago stages this month. Susan Padveen, coordinator of the Theatre Department’s BFA program in Theatre Directing, is staging the world premiere of Anna in the...

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni’s Work Featured in New Play Festival April 11-12

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni Michael Allen Harris and Eric Burgher are participating in this year’s edition of “arciTEXT,” a festival of short new works for the theatre presented by The Arc Theatre. This year’s festival explores the...

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Columbia College Theatre Directing Program Alumnus Stages World Premiere of ‘Badfic Love’ at Chicago’s Den Theatre

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Aaron Henrickson (BA, Theatre/Directing, 2009) is directing the professional world premiere of Badfic Love, opening April 6 at the Den Theatre, 1333 N. Milwaukee, Chicago. Presented by Strange Bedfellows Theatre, this comedy by...

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Columbia College Chicago Musical Theatre Student Praised for Performance in ‘The Mikado’ at American Repertory Theatre

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The Hypocrites theatre company’s reimagined production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s operetta The Mikado received a rave review from the Boston Globe in its engagement at American Repertory Theatre at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. The show, which features musical direction by Columbia...

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Columbia College Theatre Alumni Have New Play Running in Chicago

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Columbia College Chicago alumnus Ryan Patrick Dolan‘s new play, Moraine, is running through April 19 at CIC Theater, 1422 E. Irving Park, Chicago. The play concerns a young man trying to keep his best friend alive, his ex from leaving...

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Columbia Chronicle Profiles Theatre Department Alumni

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The Columbia Chronicle, Columbia College Chicago’s award-winning student newspaper, highlighted three Columbia College Theatre Department alumni in its March 30, 2015, edition. In “Columbia Alums Shine in Goodman Theatre Play,” contributing writer Sadie Miller interviewed Columbia grads A.C. Smith and Chester...

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumnus Michael Matthews Directs L.A. Premiere of ‘Sons of the Prophet,’ Extended Through April

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The Los Angeles premiere of Sons of the Prophet, directed by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Michael Matthews, has been extended through April 26 at the Blank Theatre in Hollywood. The dark comedy by Stephen Karam, winner of...

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Theatre Department: The Green Room

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