Category: Dance
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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…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alumni and Faculty Bring ‘Rock of Ages’ to Paramount Theatre April 13-May 29
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and faculty are in the cast and production team of Rock of Ages, running April 13 through May 29 at the Paramount Theatre, located at 23 E. Galena Blvd. in downtown Aurora, Illinois. A 2009 Broadway hit, Rock of Ages takes audiences back into the music era of the…
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums in Broadway Hit ‘Six’ Featured in ‘Playbill: The Game Show’ for Women’s History Month
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums Courtney Mack ’15 and Mallory Maedke ’14, both graduates of the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, are cast members of the hit Broadway musical Six, now playing at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre in New York City. Six recounts the lives and legends of the six wives…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alumni Bring Music Theatre Works’ ‘La Cage aux Folles’ to the Stage March 11-April 3
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni talent is featured in the cast and creative team of the musical La Cage aux Folles, running March 11 through April 3 at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, located at 9501 Skokie Blvd. in the Chicago suburb of Skokie. Presented by Music Theatre Works,…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alumni Bring World Premiere of ‘This Is Only a Test’ to the Stage Feb. 11-March 12
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are in the cast and production team of the world premiere of This Is Only a Test, running February 11 through March 12 at the Den Theatre, located at 1331 N. Milwaukee in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. The play is presented by Broken Nose Theatre, one of Chicago’s premier…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni and Faculty Bring Porchlight’s ‘Blues in the Night’ to the Stage Feb. 9-March 13
Alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are in the cast and creative team of the jazzy musical revue Blues in the Night, presented by Porchlight Music Theatre February 9 through March 13 at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts, located at 1016 N. Dearborn in Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood. This…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni and Faculty Talent Featured in Drury Lane Theatre’s ‘Evita’ Feb. 3-March 20
Alumni and faculty members from the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are in a new production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice musical Evita, opening February 3 and running through March 20 at Drury Lane Theatre in the Chicago suburb of Oakbrook Terrace. For tickets, click here. Columbia College alum Josh Pablo Szabo ’19, a…
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Columbia College Chicago Alumni and Faculty Highlighted in NewCity’s ‘Players 2022’ Feature
Columbia College Chicago alumni and faculty figure prominently in NewCity‘s “Players 2022: The Fifty People Who Really Perform for Chicago” feature, published January 7, 2022. The publication’s annual listing of movers and shakers in Chicago’s performing arts scene is divided this year into several categories: Advocates and Changemakers, Rising Stars and Storefront Stalwarts, Music Makers,…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Choreographs Music Theater Works’ ‘Ragtime’ Running Oct. 29-Nov. 7
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Ariel Etana Triunfo ’19, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Musical Theatre, is the choreographer for Music Theater Works’ production of the musical Ragtime, running October 29 through November 7 at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, located at 9501 Skokie Blvd.…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Dance Department Alums Selected for 2021 3Arts Make a Wave Grants
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department proudly congratulates the Columbia College alums and faculty members who have been selected to receive 2021 Make a Wave grants from the Chicago-based nonprofit grant-making organization 3Arts. The grant recipients were announced October 18, 2021. 3Arts is a nonprofit organization that supports Chicago’s women artists, artists of color, and…