Category: Playwriting
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Dance Alumni and Faculty Highlighted in Newcity Stage’s ‘Players 2023’ Feature
Alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago figure prominently in Newcity Stage‘s “Players 2023: Who Really Performs for Chicago Right Now” feature, published January 6, 2023. Among the Columbia College folks highlighted in the publication’s annual listing of movers and shakers in Chicago’s performing…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Seeks Chair and Faculty for 2023 Academic Year
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in Acting, Acting and Contemporary Performance Making, Comedy Writing and Performance, Devised Performance, Diversity Equity Inclusion, Dramaturgy, Improv, Intimacy Direction, Musical Theatre, Playwriting, Stage Combat, Stage Management, Theatre, Theatre Design, Theatre Directing, Theatre Studies, Theatre Technology, Uncategorized, Writing for PerformanceThe Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, located in the historic Getz Theatre Center of Columbia College in Chicago’s South Loop, is inviting applications for the position of Chair of the Theatre Department. Qualified and interested candidates are urged to reply by December 9, 2022, for best consideration. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Bring Rock Musical ‘Rent’ to Porchlight Music Theatre Oct. 29-Nov. 27
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are in the cast and creative team of Porchlight Music Theatre‘s production of Rent, the landmark rock musical by Jonathan Larson. The show is directed by Columbia College alum Adrian Abel Azevedo ’15, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program. The cast includes Columbia College alums Josh…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Music Alumni and Faculty Win 2022 Jeff Awards
Congratulations to the alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and Columbia College Chicago Music Department who won 2022 Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award. The Equity “Jeff Awards,” which honor excellence in Chicago’s Equity theatre during the 2021-2022 theatre season, were presented by the Joseph Jefferson Awards Committee on Monday, October…
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Columbia College Chicago Alum Receives 2022 Black Theatre Alliance Award for Her Play ‘Relentless’
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department proudly congratulates Columbia College Chicago alum Tyla Abercrumbie ’98 on winning the 2022 Lorraine Hansberry Award for Writing of a Play for her drama Relentless, which received its world premiere from Chicago’ TimeLine Theatre. The Hansberry Award was presented as part of the 28th Black Theater Alliance/Ira Aldridge Awards…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Speak at Free Siddons Artistic Council Panel on Artistic Leadership Oct. 3 at Black Ensemble
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums Kaiser Ahmed ’08, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, and Cavan Hallman ’05, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Playwriting program, will speak about the work of theatrical artistic directors at “Leadership Is Listening: A Conversation about Theatrical Leadership,” a panel discussion hosted by the…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Bring ‘Sweeney Todd’ to the Stage Sept. 8-Nov. 6
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are in the cast and production team of Kokandy Productions’ staging of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Stephen Sondheim’s musical thriller. The show runs September 8 through November 6 at the Chopin Theatre, located at 1543 W. Division in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. For tickets, click…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Faculty Member’s New Play ‘Chagall in School’ Runs Aug. 26-Oct. 8 at Theatre Wit
Chagall in School, a new comedy by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member James Sherman, receives its world premiere from Grippo Stage Company August 26 through October 8. The show, inspired by the life of famed artist Marc Chagall, is presented at Theatre Wit, located at 1229 W. Belmont in Chicago’s Belmont Theatre District. For…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Brings New Plays to Life in Broken Nose Theatre’s ‘Bechdel Fest 9: Next Level’ Aug. 28-31 at Den Theatre
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Rose Hamill ’16, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Theatre Technology, will make her debut as a theatrical director by directing one of the plays in Broken Nose Theatre‘s Bechdel Fest 9: Next Level, Broken Nose’s annual festival of new short works featuring an ensemble of femme, female-identifying, non-binary,…