Category: Playwriting
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Columbia College Chicago Alums Bring New Play ‘Bobby Pin Girls’ to the Stage Oct. 29-Dec. 3
Nothing Without a Company, an adventurous theatre troupe founded and led by Columbia College Chicago alums, presents the world premiere of Bobby Pin Girls, running October 29-December 3 at the Chicago Mosaic School, 1101 W. Granville, in Chicago’s Edgewater Theatre District. Written by Columbia alum Janey Bell ’16 — a graduate of the Columbia College…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum John David Nelson Makes Broadway Producing Debut with ‘M. Butterfly’ Opening Oct. 26
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus John David Nelson ’09, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Musical Theatre with a Minor in Playwriting, makes his debut as a credited Broadway producer with the much-anticipated revival of David Henry Hwang’s drama M. Butterfly, opening October 26, 2017, at the Cort Theatre. Directed by…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Student and Alumni Talent Featured in Oct. 20 College Night Performance of ‘Fun Home’ at Victory Gardens Theatre
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and student talent is featured at Victory Gardens Theatre’s special “College Night: Family Secrets” performance of the hit musical Fun Home on Friday, October 20. On October 20, the 7:30 PM performance of Fun Home will be preceded by a pizza party at 6:30 PM and then followed by…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumnus Michael Allen Harris’ Prison Drama ‘Punk’ Receives World Premiere Oct. 4-Nov. 5 at the Den Theatre
Punk, a provocative new drama by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Michael Allen Harris ’11, will receive its world premiere October 4-November 5 at the Den Theatre, 1333 N. Milwaukee, in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. Produced by The New Colony, Punk — set in a contemporary American maximum-security prison — concerns a group of…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Music Alums Launch Bittersweet Arts Company with July 29 Show
A group of Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and Columbia College Chicago Music Department alumni have partnered to form the Bittersweet Arts Company, described as “a collective of multi-talented artists whose unique ambitions and spirits are brought together through their love of experimentation and creative expression.” The interdisciplinary group, launched on July 1, will debut…
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Plays by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni Featured in Chicago Theatre Marathon July 21-23
Short plays by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are featured in the Chicago Theatre Marathon, a weekend-long developmental showcase of new work celebrating the diversity of the Chicago-area theatre community. Columbia College alum Cassandra Rose ’10, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Playwriting program, will be represented by the half-hour one-act An Interview with Freddie Mercury, performed Friday, July…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Teacher’s New Play ‘The Beauties’ Performed at Goodman Theatre July 16 with Theatre Department Alums and Faculty in the Cast
A new play by Dawn Renee Jones, the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s administrative assistant and also a part-time faculty member, will receive a staged reading at the Goodman Theatre, Chicago’s premier institutional nonprofit theatre, on Sunday, July 16. As reported previously in this blog, Jones is a member of the Goodman’s 2016/2017 Playwrights’ Unit, a…
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Columbia College Theatre Department Teacher’s Play ‘The God of Isaac’ Runs July 8-Aug. 27 at Piven Theatre
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member James Sherman‘s 1985 comedy/drama The God of Isaac is receiving a new production by Grippo Stage Company July 8-August 27 at the Piven Theatre in the northern Chicago suburb of Evanston. Sherman, a former Second City cast member, teaches playwriting and improvisation at the Columbia College Theatre Department.…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums — Sister and Brother, Actress and Playwright — Bring Theatre Nebula’s New Farce to the Stage May 26-June 11
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Kimberly Wiczer Haupert ’07, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, is featured in Theatre Nebula’s world premiere of a new play by her brother and fellow Columbia College Theatre Department Acting BA program alum, Kevin Wiczer ’05. Called Cubicle, this office farce is set in a failing…
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Columbia College Chicago Playwriting Student’s New Work Premieres May 12 at Victory Gardens Theatre’s Student Discount ‘College Night’
A new play by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department playwriting student Courtney Eathorne will be performed Friday, May 12, as part of “College Night” at Victory Gardens Theatre, located at 2433 N. Lincoln in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood. Eathorne, a senior in the Theatre Department’s Writing for Performance/Playwriting BA program, is one of three Chicago-area…