Category: Acting
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Columbia College Chicago Alumni and Faculty Bring World Premiere to Steep Theatre Sept. 26-Nov. 7
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and faculty are joining forces to bring the world premiere of The Cheats, by Hamish Linklater, to the stage of Steep Theatre, one of Chicago’s finest Off-Loop companies, this fall. Joanie Schultz (BA ’00), a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing Program, is staging the production. Her assistant…
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Columbia College Theatre Alumni Create New Comedy with Music About Chicago’s Punk Scene Sept. 22-Oct. 10
Columbia College Chicago alumni are collaborating on the world premiere of Punk Punk, an interactive comedy with music about Chicago’s punk scene. The show is presented by Nothing Without a Company, whose artistic director, Anna Rose Ii-Epstein (BFA ’07), is a graduate of the Columbia College Theatre Department‘s acting program. Ii-Epstein plays Mindy, a young…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumnus Featured in U.S. Premiere of Canadian Thriller Sept. 17-Oct. 24
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Joseph Stearns (BA ’98) is featured in the U.S. premiere of Butcher, by Canadian playwright Nicolas Billon. The show runs September 17-October 24 at Signal Ensemble Theatre, where Stearns, a graduate of Columbia’s BA Program in Acting, is co-artistic director. Stearns, a graduate of the Columbia College Theatre Department’s…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni Bring Midwest Premiere of ‘Washer/Dryer’ to Rasaka Theatre Sept. 17-Oct. 11
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are helping Rasaka Theatre Company, the midwest’s only theatre ensemble illuminating the South Asian American experience, to bring the midwest premiere of Nandita Shenoy’s Washer/Dryer to Chicago September 17-October 11. Kaiser Ahmed (BA ’08), a graduate of Columbia College’s Theatre Directing program, is staging Rasaka’s production of this new…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Faculty, Alumni, and Students Salute Female Pirates in ‘Nobody’s Wench’ Sept. 17-Oct. 4
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A crew of Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department teachers, alumni, and students are on board for Nobody’s Wench: Six Tales of Pirate Women on the Rolling Seas, presented by Fury Theatre and Badass Broads September 17-October 4 at Chase Park, 4701 N. Ashland, Chicago. This collection of short plays about real-life female pirates is the…
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Columbia College Chicago Students Help Bring ‘Scottsboro Boys’ to Raven Theatre Sept. 16-Nov. 14
Raven Theatre‘s Midwest premiere of Direct From Death Row The Scottsboro Boys (An Evening of Vaudeville and Sorrow) employs the talents of current and former Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department students. The production employs vaudeville-style music and dance to satirically recount the true story of a group of African-American teenagers falsely accused of raping two…
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Columbia College Chicago Alumnus Behzad Dabu Featured in Pulitzer Prize-Winning Drama ‘Disgraced’ at Goodman Theatre Sept. 12-Oct. 18; Special $10 ‘College Night’ Set for Sept. 29
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Behzad Dabu (BFA ’08) is featured in the Goodman Theatre‘s keenly anticipated fall opener — the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Disgraced. The show begins previews September 12 and opens September 20, running through October 18 at the Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn, in downtown Chicago. A special College Night on…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumnus Michael Stahl-David to Play Bobby Kennedy in Rob Reiner’s Film ‘LBJ’
Michael Stahl-David (BA ’05), a graduate of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s BA Program in Acting, has been cast to play Robert F. Kennedy in Rob Reiner’s forthcoming film LBJ, according to a September 9 report in Deadline.com. The movie will explore the animosity between President Lyndon Johnson and Kennedy, whose slain brother, John F.…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni Bring Provocative War Drama ‘Guardians’ to Mary-Arrchie Theatre Sept. 8-Oct. 18
Arianna Soloway (BFA ’13), a graduate of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s BFA Program in Theatre Directing, is staging the opening show of Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company‘s 30th anniversary season–the powerful war drama Guardians, by Peter Morris. The drama, a hit in its premiere at the 2005 Edinburgh Festival Fringe and later Off-Broadway, is inspired…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Hosts Showcase of Female Stand-Ups at Laugh Factory Sept. 3
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumna Kelsie Huff (BA ’03) will host “The Kates on Broadway,” a showcase of some of Chicago’s best female stand-up comics, on Thursday, Sept. 3, at the Laugh Factory Chicago, 3175 N. Broadway, in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood. Huff has been hosting “The Kates” at venues around the Chicago area for…