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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Music Department Alumni and Faculty Nominated for 2023 Joseph Jefferson Awards

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Congratulations to the alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and Columbia College Chicago Music Department who have been nominated for 2023 Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award. The Equity “Jeff Awards” honor excellence in Chicago’s...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Featured in Campy Musical ‘Murder, ReWrote’ Aug. 10-Sept. 16

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Tyler Anthony Smith ’17, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, is featured in Hell in a Handbag Productions‘ world premiere musical parody Murder, ReWrote, playing August 10 through September 16 at...
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Columbia College Chicago Faculty and Alums Bring Shows to Edinburgh Festival Fringe Aug. 2-28

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  Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty members and alums are heading to Scotland in August to participate in the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Branded as “the world’s greatest platform for creative freedom,” the fringe festival runs August 4...
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(VIDEO) ‘Intimacy for Stage and Screen’ Panel Features Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alums

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The Columbia College Chicago Office of Development and Alumni Relations has posted the video of a panel of Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and former faculty discussing “Intimacy for Stage and Screen.” The panel, which took place via Zoom...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums’ Harry Potter Parody ‘Puffs’ Gets Rave Reviews; Returns by Popular Demand Aug. 11-27 at Chicago’s Otherworld Theatre

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Otherworld Theatre, a company founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, is extending its well-received production of the unauthorized Harry Potter parody Puffs, Or: Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic...
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Release New Music Video ‘Jump’

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums Jayme Woj ’10 and Sarah Alysse ’10, both graduates of the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, who perform together as the electro-pop duo maybesoon, have released their new music video...
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Tony Award-Winning Columbia College Chicago Alum Tonya Pinkins Named Chair of Theatre at Fordham College at Lincoln Center

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The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department warmly congratulates Columbia College Chicago alum Tonya Pinkins ’96 — Tony Award-winning star of such Broadway musicals as Caroline, or Change and Jelly’s Last Jam — on her appointment as the Denzel Washington...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Nominated for 2023 Emmy Awards in Writing and Production Design

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Congratulations to Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums John Zuiker ’05, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Theatre Design, and Asha Ward ’21, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Comedy Writing and Performance....
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Directs Shakespearean Youth Theatre’s ‘Comedy of Errors,’ Running July 21-Aug. 5 in Minneapolis

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Lukas Brasherfons ’14, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Acting with a Minor in Stage Combat, is the director of the Shakespearean Youth Theatre‘s new production of William Shakespeare’s The...
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