Category: Playwriting
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‘Own It!’: Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Performances and Exhibit Highlight 2018 Manifest Urban Arts Festival on May 11; Alumni Party Also Set
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, located at 72 E. 11th Street in Chicago’s South Loop, will host a day of free performances and exhibits on Friday, May 11, as part of Columbia College Chicago‘s 18th annual Manifest Urban Arts Festival. The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Center will showcase performances by students in the Acting,…
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Broken Nose Theatre Wins 2018 Broadway in Chicago Emerging Theatre Award from League of Chicago Theatres
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department proudly congratulates Broken Nose Theatre on winning the 2018 Broadway in Chicago Emerging Theatre Award from the League of Chicago Theatres, the Chicago theatre industry’s professional advocacy and support organization. Founded in 2012, Broken Nose Theatre is Chicago’s premier “Pay-What-You-Can” organization, allowing patrons to set their own ticket price…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre, Music, and Cinema/TV Dept. Alumni and Faculty Nominated for 2018 Jeff Awards
Alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, the Columbia College Chicago Music Department, and the Columbia College Chicago Cinema and Television Arts Department have been nominated for 2018 Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award. The Non-Equity “Jeff Awards” honor excellence in Chicago’s non-Equity theatre. The list of this year’s Non-Equity “Jeff…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Dubbed a ‘Young Playwright on the Brink of Greatness’
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Michael Allen Harris ’11, a graduate of the Columbia College Theatre Department’s Acting program, was dubbed “a young playwright on the brink of greatness” by the Chicago Reader in its review of Harris’ new drama Kingdom, which runs through March 31 at the Den Theatre, 1331 N. Milwaukee, in Chicago’s…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni Playwright Michael Allen Harris Featured in ‘Windy City Times’
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Michael Allen Harris ’11, a graduate of the Columbia College Theatre Department’s Acting program, is featured in the March 7, 2018, issue of Chicago’s LGBTQ newspaper Windy City Times. Harris was interviewed on the occasion of Broken Nose Theatre‘s premiere of his new “dramedy,” Kingdom, running through March 31…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Student’s Play Featured in Victory Gardens’ ‘College Night’ Event Feb. 21
A play by Niv Elbaz, a senior student in the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s BA Program in Playwriting, will be performed on Wednesday, February 21, at Chicago’s Tony Award-winning Victory Gardens Theatre. Elbaz’s play, Lightning, will be performed as part of “College Night: Shifting Identities,” a showcase of new work by Chicago-area college students,…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Playwriting Alum Cassandra Rose Presents Fifth and Final ‘Dictionary Project’ Feb. 8-11
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Cassandra Rose ’10, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Playwriting program, unveils The Dictionary Project Volume V: The Final Volume, a program of short plays written on commission, February 8-11. This is the fifth and final year of Rose’s annual self-produced “plays for pay” project, in which each play is…
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Success Stories of 2017: News from Around the World
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s blog “The Green Room” has chronicled the professional activities of our talented and accomplished alumni, faculty, and students over the past year. We covered news as it poured in not only from Chicago but from New York, Hollywood, around the U.S., and overseas. As we head off for our holiday break,…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni Unveil New Site-Specific Play Dec. 14-17
The Bittersweet Arts Company, a new ensemble formed by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and Columbia College Chicago Music Department alumni, presents its first full-length production December 14-17. Forsythian Dweller’s Club, a new play by Columbia College alum Alex Fortune ’17, chronicles a strange meeting between the founders of a poetry magazine and a mysterious…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni and Faculty Nominated for 2017 BroadwayWorld Awards
Congratulations to the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, faculty, and former students who have been nominated for BroadwayWorld.com‘s 2017 BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards, which honor Chicago-area theatre productions that opened between October 1, 2016, and September 30, 2017. The nominees were announced November 10. The winners will be chosen by BroadwayWorld readers through online…