Comedy Writing and Performance Archive

Columbia College Chicago Comedy Students Win National College Improv Tournament

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Cat Booty, an improv comedy group consisting of current and former students in the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s nationally lauded Comedy Writing & Performance BA program, won the 10th annual College Improv Tournament (CIT10), a national competition for...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Explore Lesbian Parenting in ‘The Kid Thing’ March 13-April 15

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Nothing Without a Company, a Chicago nonprofit theatre company co-founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, presents The Kid Thing, a comedy about a lesbian couple preparing to have a baby, March 13-April 15 at the...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni and Students Present Solo Performance Event Dec. 18

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Alumni and current students from the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are pooling their talents for The 24 Hour Solo Show, an evening of one-person performances, on Sunday, December 18. The event starts at 8 PM at the Pendulum...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alums and Students ‘Hit the Streets’ in an Evening of Solo Performance Nov. 13

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The LIVINGroom, an ensemble of solo writer/performers including alumni and students from the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, will present The LIVINGroom: From Where I’m Sitting, an evening of solo performances, on Sunday, November 13, at 8 PM at Stage 773,...
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(VIDEO) Former Columbia College Chicago Theatre Student Samantha Bailey Forges Career as Writer-Director-Producer with New Web Series ‘Brown Girls’ and Second City-Woolly Mammoth Co-Production ‘Black Side of the Moon’

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Samantha Bailey, a former student in the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s Acting program, is forging a fast-track career as a writer, director, producer, and performer for the stage and screen. Bailey is the director and producer of Brown...
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‘Bare: A Pop Opera’ Features Columbia College Chicago Student and Alumni Talent Oct. 7-Nov. 6

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  The company of Refuge Theatre Project‘s production of bare: a pop opera, running October 7-November 6, includes Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department students Alanna Lovely, a student in the Comedy Writing and Performance BA program, and Natalie Savoy and...
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Columbia College Musical Theatre Alum Chester Gregory Featured at Chicago’s ‘Fifth Star Awards’ Sept. 14

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus and Broadway musical theatre performer Chester Gregory ’95, HDR ’15, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Musical Theatre, will appear at the City of Chicago’s third annual Fifth Star Awards on...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Jess Godwin Performs with ‘Choir of Fierce Female Vocalists’ July 18 Following Release of New Album

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Singer-songwriter Jess Godwin (BA ’05), a graduate of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s BA Program in Acting, has released her first full-length album, Comfortable. The album, containing nine songs written and performed by Godwin, is available on iTunes....
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Make the Chicago Reader’s ‘Best of Chicago 2016’ Poll

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The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department is proud that two theatres headed by Columbia College Theatre alums were ranked tops in the “Best of Chicago 2016” poll published in the June 23, 2016, edition of the Chicago Reader, the...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alums Featured in Chicago Women’s Funny Festival

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni Kelsie Huff (BA ’03), Alannah Courtney (BA ’16), and Lea Ciastko (BA ’16) are appearing in the Chicago Women’s Funny Festival at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont, in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood. Huff will...
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