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Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance Faculty Member’s New Book Salutes the ‘First Lady of Laughs’

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Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance faculty member Grace Kessler Overbeke is the author of First Lady of Laughs: The Forgotten Story of Jean Carroll, America’s First Jewish Woman Stand-Up Comedian, published September 17, 2024, by NYU...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum’s New Musical ‘Never Better’ Runs Through Oct. 13 at Theo Ubique Theatre

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Never Better, the new musical by Columbia College Chicago alum Preston Max Allen ’13, wraps up its premiere run at award-winning Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre on Sunday, October 13 at Theo’s space at 721 Howard Street in the Chicago...
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Columbia College Chicago Getz Theatre Center’s 2024-25 Mainstage Season Opens with ‘Comedy Cabaret’ Oct. 10-26

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The Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance‘s 2024-25 Mainstage Season at the Getz Theatre Center of Columbia College begins Thursday, October 10, 2024, with Comedy Cabaret, an evolving program of improv and sketch comedy. Shows are Thursdays,...
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Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance Hosts Sept. 21 Event Celebrating Longtime Theatre Program Head Sheldon Patinkin

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The Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance‘s Theatre Advisory Board, composed of alumni and friends of the Theatre Program at Columbia College, hosts Sheldon Patinkin: The Life, Laughs, and Legacy on Saturday, September 21, from 12:30 to 4 PM....
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Performances and Displays Highlight ‘Manifest: Breakthrough’ Arts Festival at Getz Theatre Center – Friday, May 10

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Manifest: Breakthrough, the 2024 edition of Columbia College Chicago‘s annual student-powered Manifest Arts Festival, takes place Friday, May 10, to celebrate student achievements at the end of the 2023-24 school year, and the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department is proudly...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum’s Career Takes Her from Comedy Studies to Circus Clowning to Ringling Brewery Company Manager’s Post

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Scarlett Sullivan ’11, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, has been named general manager of the AL. Ringling Brewing Company in Baraboo, Wisconsin. Sullivan started in the job on...
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