Category: Comedy Studies
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums and Faculty Celebrated at College’s 2025 Commencement
Alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Program were highlighted at the Columbia College Chicago commencement ceremony for graduating students majoring in American Sign Language, audio arts, dance, design, fine arts, illustration, interactive arts and media, music, photography, and theatre. The commencement event took place Sunday, May 18, at 4:30 PM at Credit Union…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum’s TV Series ‘Moral Orel’ Named ‘Best Stop-Motion Show of All Time’
The Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance heartily congratulates film and TV writer-producer Dino Stamatopoulos, an alumnus of Columbia College Chicago‘s Theatre Program, whose 2005-2008 stop-motion-animation TV series Moral Orel has been named the best stop-motion animated TV series in history by the online entertainment news-and-reviews site Collider. Moral Orel, which Stamatopoulos created, wrote,…
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Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance Faculty Member’s New Book Salutes the ‘First Lady of Laughs’
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 Press. Overbeke, who earned a BA in Theatre and English from Wesleyan University and MA and…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum’s New Musical ‘Never Better’ Runs Through Oct. 13 at Theo Ubique Theatre
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 suburb of Evanston. Student discounts for closing weekend are available for the show, which has garnered…
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Columbia College Chicago Getz Theatre Center’s 2024-25 Mainstage Season Opens with ‘Comedy Cabaret’ Oct. 10-26
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, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8 PM, October 10 through 26 – and every performance is different,…
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Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance Hosts Sept. 21 Event Celebrating Longtime Theatre Program Head Sheldon Patinkin
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. This reception, panel discussion, and open forum will mark the 10th anniversary of the passing of…
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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
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 participating, with performances in the areas of Playwriting, Musical Theatre, Stage Combat, Solo Performance, and Comedy Writing and Performance,…
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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
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 March 18, 2024. The company, which was founded in 2020, is housed in the historic AL.…