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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Bring Sci-Fi/Fantasy Adaptations of Greek Myth to Otherworld Theatre Through May 19

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Otherworld Theatre Company, an ensemble founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, presents “The Greeks,” a package of two new plays inspired by Greek mythology. The rotating repertory of Medusa Undone and Corona, two modern retellings...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum’s Off-Broadway Musical ‘We Are the Tigers’ Cited as One of ’10 Shows Your Teen Is Going to Be So Into’

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We Are the Tigers, the new Off-Broadway musical by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Preston Max Allen ’13, is highlighted in an article posted on the New York theatre news site Theatermania. Titled “10 Shows Your Teen Is...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Preston Allen: ‘Musicals Can Tackle Real Things and They Don’t Need To Be Huge, They Just Need To Be Honest’

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Preston Max Allen ’13, whose new musical We Are the Tigers is currently running Off-Broadway at Theatre 80 St. Marks in New York City’s East Village, is profiled in an interview posted March 14...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring Pulse Theatre’s ‘In the Blood’ to the Stage March 8-31

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Pulse Theatre Company Chicago, a troupe founded by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, is presenting In the Blood, by Pulitzer Prize winner Suzan-Lori Parks. The show is directed by Columbia College alum Aaron Reese Boseman ‘12, a graduate...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Chester Gregory Named Co-Chair of 2019 National Black Theatre Festival

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The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department proudly congratulates alumnus Chester Gregory ’95, HDR ’15, on his appointment as co-chair of the 2019 National Black Theatre Festival. Gregory is a 1995 graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Musical...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Preston Allen Recounts His Journey as a Musical Theatre Writer and a Proud Trans Man in Playbill Interview

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Preston Max Allen ’13, whose new musical We Are the Tigers is currently running Off-Broadway at Theatre 80 St. Marks in New York City’s East Village, is profiled in an interview posted March 3...
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Columbia College Chicago Musical Theatre Program Alumni and Student Talent Featured in Porchlight Music Theatre’s ‘New Faces Sing Broadway 1941’ Feb. 26-27

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Alumni and students from the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s Musical Theatre Program are featured in New Faces Sing Broadway 1941, a revue of classic show tunes presented by Porchlight Music Theatre. The production features Columbia College alum Ann...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Faculty Member Featured in Midwest Premiere of ‘The Total Bent’ Feb. 7-March 10

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Jermaine Hill, a faculty member in the Musical Theatre Program at the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, is the musical director of The Total Bent, a musical by Stew and Heidi Rodewald — creators of the 2008 Broadway musical...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alums Featured in 2019 Chicago Musical Theatre Festival Through Feb. 24

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Alumni and students of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are participating in the fifth annual Chicago Musical Theatre Festival, presented by Underscore Theatre Company at the Edge Theatre in Chicago’s Edgewater Theatre District. The 2019 festival runs through...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Preston Allen’s New Musical ‘We Are the Tigers’ Begins Off-Broadway Run Feb. 7

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We Are the Tigers, a new musical by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Preston Max Allen ’13, begins its Off-Broadway run February 7 at Theatre 80 St. Marks, located at 80 St. Marks Place in New York’s East...
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