Category: Playwriting
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Columbia College Theatre Department Teachers Onscreen and Onstage at June 23 Screening of Documentary on Pioneering Chicago Improv Troupe, ‘Compass Cabaret 55’
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member James Sherman will be on a panel discussing Chicago theatre and improv history when the Jewish Community Centers of Chicago’s Jewish Film Festival screens Compass Cabaret 55, a documentary about the fabled Compass Theater. The film, directed by Mark Siska, includes interviews with Chicago theatre notables, including the…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Teacher Stars in One-Man Show in Los Angeles July 24-August 16
Actor-playwright James Sherman, a Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member who teaches playwriting and improvisation, will star in the West Coast premiere of his one-man play The Ben Hecht Show, a portrait of legendary Chicago journalist-turned-Hollywood-screenwriter Ben Hecht. The show runs July 24-August 16 at the Zephyr Theatre, 7456 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles.…
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Jackalope Theatre Will Reveal Plans for Upcoming Season at ‘Spirit of Expansion’ Gala Saturday, May 30
Jackalope Theatre Company, a collective founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, will unveil plans for its 2015-2016 season at its benefit gala “The Spirit of Expansion” on Saturday, May 30, at Broadway Armory Park, 5917 N. Broadway in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood. The event begins at 6:30 PM. The evening includes a cocktail reception hosted by…
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Jackalope Theatre Celebrates Its ‘Spirit of Expansion’ As It Goes to the Moon–With Air Conditioning
Jackalope Theatre Company, a collective founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, is celebrating its continued success with “The Spirit of Expansion,” a benefit gala set for Saturday, May 30, at Broadway Armory Park, 5917 N. Broadway in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood. The event begins at 6:30 PM. Jackalope is celebrating its recent selection as the winner…
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Columbia College Chicago’s May 15 ‘Manifest’ Urban Arts Fest Showcases Stage Combat, Sketch Comedy, Acting, Musical Theatre, Solo Performance, Theatrical Design, Playwriting, and Much More
Columbia College Chicago celebrates the end of the 2014-2015 school year on Friday, May 15, with Manifest, its annual urban arts festival of student work. Manifest, free and open to the general public, is a South Loop showcase of cutting-edge art: live performances, thought-provoking gallery exhibitions, fashion shows, original game design, literary readings, and more.…
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Sheldon Patinkin Celebration Draws Hundreds
Actors Scott Adsit and Jeff Perry were among the more than 800 people who turned out to celebrate the life and legacy of the late Sheldon Patinkin, longtime Chair of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, on Monday, January 26, 2015. Scott–a former Columbia student, veteran of The Second City’s mainstage revues, and star of the hit…
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Theater Oobleck’s Mickle Maher Stirs Up a ‘Tempest’ on the Telephone with ‘Spirits to Enforce’
Last fall, the Columbia College Theatre Department featured Shakespeare’s The Tempest as part of its mainstage season. Now, to kick off the Spring 2015 semester, faculty member Stephanie Shaw is directing Chicago playwright Mickle Maher‘s Spirits to Enforce, which incorporates text from the Shakespeare masterpiece into a distinctly contemporary work. Maher, a mainstay of Chicago’s cutting-edge Theater Oobleck…