Category: Class Notes
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Last Call: Columbia College Chicago Alumni Network Hosts June 2 Performance of Columbia Theatre Alum Cody Estle’s Hit Play ‘The Luckiest’ at Chicago’s Raven Theatre — Discount Tickets for Columbia College Alumni for Perfomance and Talkback
The Columbia College Chicago Alumni Relations office hosts a special Columbia College Alumni Network Night at Chicago’s award-winning Raven Theatre on Thursday, June 2, 2022, for a performance of the acclaimed Chicago premiere of The Luckiest, directed by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Cody Estle ’11. The evening includes special discount tickets to the…
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(VIDEO) ‘Tell Me More, Tell Me More’: Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Salutes the 50th Anniversary of the Born-in-Chicago Broadway Hit ‘Grease’
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department warmly congratulates Columbia College Honorary Doctorate of Arts recipient Jim Jacobs HDR ’14 — co-author of the born-in-Chicago hit musical Grease — on the 50th anniversary of the Broadway premiere of Grease in 1972. Jacobs is the benefactor of the Jim Jacobs Musical Theatre Scholarship at Columbia College Chicago,…
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Columbia College Chicago TV/Theatre Alum Devlyn Camp Called ‘The Queer History Teacher We Need Right Now’ for Chronicling LGBTQ History in ‘Give ‘Em Hell, Harry!’ Podcast
Columbia College Chicago alum Devlyn Camp ’14 — who graduated with a BA in Television Writing and Producing from what is now the Columbia College Chicago Cinema and Television Arts Department and a Minor in Acting from the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department — is getting press attention for their new LGBT history podcast, Give ‘Em…
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Alumni Network Hosts June 2 Performance of Columbia Theatre Alum Cody Estle’s Hit Play ‘The Luckiest’ at Chicago’s Raven Theatre
The Columbia College Chicago Alumni Relations office hosts a special Columbia College Alumni Network Night at Chicago’s award-winning Raven Theatre on Thursday, June 2, 2022, for a performance of the acclaimed Chicago premiere of The Luckiest, directed by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Cody Estle ’11. The evening includes special discount tickets to the…
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2022 Michael Merritt Awards Event May 23 Honors Theatrical Design and Collaboration
The 28th annual Michael Merritt Awards for Excellence in Design and Collaboration, a Chicago-based national theatre-industry awards program, will be presented LIVE AND IN PERSON on Monday, May 23, 2022, from 5 to 10 PM. The ceremony will take place at Steppenwolf Theatre, located at 1650 N. Halsted in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood. For tickets…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Bring Shakespeare’s ‘Richard III’ to the Stage May 20-June 25
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums are in the cast and production team of Shakespeare’s drama Richard III, Shakespeare’s classic tale of ambition, power, and murder. Both a mesmerizing look at history and a mirror to our own turbulent times, Richard III stands as one of the Bard’s most indelibly entertaining, viscerally shocking dissections of…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Bring Broken Nose Theatre’s Sci-Fi Drama ‘After the Blast’ to the Stage May 13-June 11
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums are on the production team of the Chicago premiere of the sci-fi drama After the Blast, presented by Broken Nose Theatre at the Den Theatre, located at 1331 N. Milwaukee in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. All tickets are “Pay What You Can.” For tickets, click here. Columbia College alum…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums and Faculty Bring Teatro Vista’s ‘Somewhere Over the Border’ to the Stage May 12-June 12
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty and alumni are in the cast and production team of Teatro Vista‘s world premiere of Brian Quijada’s musical Somewhere Over the Border, running May 12 through June 12 at the Windy City Playhouse, located at 3014 W. Irving Park Road in Chicago. The cast features Columbia College Theatre Department…
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Tony Award-Winning Director and Former Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Teacher David Cromer’s Off-Broadway Production of ‘A Case for the Existence of God’ Extended Through May 29
Congratulations to former Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department student and faculty member David Cromer HDR ’17, winner of the 2018 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for The Band’s Visit and 2017 recipient of a 2017 Honorary Doctorate of Arts from Columbia College. The Playbill show-business news site reports that his staging of…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Mourns Former Faculty Member Estelle Spector
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department mourns the passing of longtime faculty member Estelle Goodman Spector, who passed away quietly at her home in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood on May 7, 2022. She was 91. Estelle‘s funeral service, though private, will be livestreamed Wednesday, May 11, at 2 PM Chicago time. Click here for a…