Category: Playwriting
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Music Department Alumni and Faculty Nominated for 2022 Joseph Jefferson Awards
Congratulations to the alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and Columbia College Chicago Music Department who have been nominated for 2022 Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award. The Equity “Jeff Awards” honor excellence in Chicago’s Equity theatre during the 2021-2022 theatre season. The list of this year’s Equity Jeff Award nominees,…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum’s Play ‘Wreck’ Runs Aug. 19-Sept. 3 at That’s Entertainment Performing Arts Warehouse Theatre
Wreck, a play by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Kevin Wiczer ’05, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, will be presented August 19 through September 3 by a new theatre company, Theatre Ellipsis. Performances take place at the That’s Entertainment Performing Arts Warehouse Theatre, located at 342 W. Colfax in the Chicago suburb of Palatine.…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni and Faculty Nominated for 2022 Black Theatre Alliance Awards
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The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department proudly congratulates the Columbia College Chicago alumni and faculty who have been nominated for 2022 Black Theatre Alliance/Ira Aldridge Awards honoring the work of Chicago-area theatre artists during the 2021-2022 theatre season. The nominations were announced Wednesday, August 3. The winners will be announced at the 28th Annual Black…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum’s New Comedy ‘Hail Mary’ Performed in Online Reading July 18
Hail Mary, a new comedy by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Ann Delaney ’14, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, will be performed in an online reading Monday, July 18, as part of Stage Left Theatre‘s monthly play-reading series “Off Stage Left!” The reading will take place on…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Bring ‘Cruel Intentions’ to Chicago’s Chopin Theatre – Extended Through Aug. 21
Congratulations to the cast and creative team of Kokandy Productions’ Chicago storefront premiere of Cruel Intentions: The ’90 Musical, including several alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department. Due to popular demand, the show has been extended through Sunday, August 21 — a two-week extension — at the Chopin Theatre, located at 1543 W.…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums and Students Bring About Face Youth Theatre’s ‘Gayme Changer’ to the Stage June 18-24
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums and students are in the cast and creative team of About Face Youth Theatre‘s new ensemble-devised comedy Gayme Changers, running June 18 through 24 at the Den Theatre, located at 1331 N. Milwaukee in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. Kirsten Baity ’21, who graduated Summa cum Laude with a BA…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Bring ‘Cruel Intentions’ to Chicago’s Chopin Theatre June 9-August 7
Alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are in the cast and creative team of Kokandy Productions’ Chicago storefront premiere of Cruel Intentions: The ’90 Musical, running June 9 through August 7 at the Chopin Theatre, located at 1543 W. Division in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. For tickets, click here. The show is directed…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Bring First Floor Theatre’s ‘The Secretaries’ to Den Theatre May 5-June 11
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums are in the cast and production team of The Secretaries: A Parable, presented by the First Floor Theatre May 5 through June 11 at the Den Theatre, located at 1331 N. Milwaukee in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. This outrageous and absurd new comedy about four women vying to be…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum’s New Comedy Receives World Premiere May 5-22 from Saint Sebastian Players
Chicago’s Saint Sebastian Players presents the world premiere of The Shady Lady, a corporate satire by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Kara Poe Atnip ’08, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting. The show runs May 5 through 22 at St. Bonaventure, 1625 W. Diversey, in Chicago’s Belmont Theatre District. The…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum’s Iowa Theatre Company Gets New Home
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department proudly congratulates Columbia Theatre alum Cavan Hallman ’05, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Playwriting program and founder/producing artistic director of the Mirrorbox Theatre in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Four years after the theatre was founded, Hallman and his troupe have signed a long-term lease for a new home in…