Category: Acting
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Columbia College Chicago Alumni Featured in American Blues Theater’s ‘Rainmaker’ Aug. 28-Sept. 27; ‘College Night’ on September 10 Offers Pizza and Show for $10
American Blues Theater‘s production of the classic comedy The Rainmaker, the opening show in its 30th anniversary season, features two Columbia College Chicago alumni, Steve Key (BA ’88) and Matt Pratt (BA ’12). Key, a four-time winner of the Joseph Jefferson Award, studied in Columbia’s Art + Design program. Pratt is a graduate of the…
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Columbia College Theatre Teacher Featured in Chicago Premiere of Nicky Silver’s ‘The Lyons’ Aug. 27-Sept. 27
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member Scott Olson is featured in the Chicago premiere of The Lyons, by Nicky Silver. The dark comedy about a family in crisis runs August 27-September 27 at Raven Theatre, 6157 N. Clark. Olson plays the father of the Lyons family in the play, which is presented by AstonRep…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni and Faculty Nominated for Joseph Jefferson Awards
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and faculty figure prominently in the nominations for the 2015 Joseph Jefferson (“Jeff”) Awards for Equity theatre in the Chicago area, which were announced August 21. Among them were: Caroline Neff, nominated for Actress in a Principal Role in a Play, for her performance in Route 66 Theatre Company’s…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni Mount Sci-Fi/Fantasy Play Festival Aug. 22-23
Otherworld Theatre Company , an ensemble founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, is presenting Paragon, a festival of short sci-fi and fantasy plays, on August 22-23 — Saturday, 11 AM to 7 PM, and Sunday, 1 to 10 PM. Paragon will perform at the Public House Theatre, 3914 N. Clark, Chicago.…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni Talent Featured in ‘Kafkapalooza’ New Play Festival Aug. 14-22
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are participating in Kafkapalooza, a festival of new plays, running August 14-22 at Collaboraction’s Pentagon Theatre in the Flat Iron Arts Building, 1579 N. Milwaukee, in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. Presented by the First Floor Theater, the two-week event features eight short works by Chicago writers who have found inspiration…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni, Faculty, and Students Bring ‘Little Voice’ to Theater Wit Aug. 14-Sept. 5
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, faculty, and students are bringing British playwright Jim Cartwright’s The Rise and Fall of Little Voice to the stage of Chicago’s Theater Wit August 14-September 5. Presented by the No Stakes Theater Project, the show is directed by Erin Shea Brady, a graduate of Columbia’s Theatre Directing Program. Set…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Organizes ‘gRACE’ Event to Foster Dialogue on Race Aug. 14-16
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumna Gillian Hastings, a graduate of the BA Program in Acting, is organizing “gRACE: A Graceful Dialogue on Race,” scheduled for August 14-16 at various locations in Chicago’s Washington Park/Hyde Park, Bridgeport, Garfield Park, and Edgewater neighborhoods. Presented by Connect-the-Dots, a collective with which Hastings is affiliated, “gRACE” features workshops…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni and Students Present ‘Hotheads’ Solo Performance Evening Aug. 9
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and students appear in The LIVINGroom: Hotheads, an evening of solo performance on Sunday, August 9, at 8 PM. Eight performers offer rants about what they just can’t take any more–and in some cases, what they want more of. The show is produced by David Gordezky, a graduate of…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni Portray ‘Dueling Gentlemen’ in Silent Theatre’s New Show Aug. 9-Sept. 20
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Marvin Eduardo Quijada, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, is the creator of the Silent Theatre Company‘s new production The Dueling Gentlemen. Described as “a love letter to old vaudeville,” the show is performed entirely in silence and accompanied by live original piano music, in…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni Launch New Web Series ‘Karmic’ July 29
Scarlet Sheppard, a graduate of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s BA Program in Acting, is the writer, director, and co-star of Karmic, a new Web series debuting on Youtube Wednesday, July 29. This new comedy “about learning to live in the present . . . with roommates” concerns two young women who offer up…