Category: Stage Combat
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Faculty and Alums Take Up Arms in Babes with Blades’ Fighting Words Festival May 20
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty and alums are participating in the first annual Fighting Words Festival presented by the Babes with Blades Theatre Company May 19 and 20. The festival showcases developing scripts via staged readings, all reflecting how women define themselves and their places in their world. Admission is free to every performance,…
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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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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 Featured in Theatrical Docudrama ‘Blue Island in the Red Sea’ April 12-May 20
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Sean Patrick Leonard ’97, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, is in the cast of A Blue Island in the Red Sea, a new devised theatre piece running April 12-May 20 in the Pentagon space at Collaboraction Studios, located in the Flat Iron Arts Building,…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Directs World Premiere of ‘Gentleman Caller,’ with a March 29 College Night Performance and Pizza Party
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Cody Estle ’11, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, directs the world premiere of The Gentleman Caller, a provocative drama by Chicago playwright Philip Dawkins, with a special “College Night” performance on Thursday, March 29. The show runs March 28-May 13 at Raven Theatre, where Estle…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alumni and Students Bring ‘She Kills Monsters’ to the Stage March 16-April 21
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department students and alumni are in the cast and creative team of She Kills Monsters, presented by the Cuckoo’s Theatre Project March 16-April 21. The cast includes Columbia students Katy Campbell, a senior in the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, and Lucia Frisancho, a senior in the BA…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Center’s 2017-18 Mainstage Season Continues with ‘Dog Act’ Feb. 7-17
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s 2017-2018 Mainstage Season resumes Wednesday, February 7, with Dog Act, by Liz Duffy Adams. Directed by Columbia College alumna and Theatre Department faculty member Stephanie Shaw ’92, MFA ’09, the play runs through February 17 in Studio 404 of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Center, 72 E. 11th…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring Family-Friendly ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’ to Chicago Shakespeare Theatre Feb. 3-March 10
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Hannah Starr ’14, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, is featured in Short Shakespeare! A Midsummer Night’s Dream—a 75-minute abridgment of William Shakespeare’s classic comedy about mismatched love among mischievous fairies, young lovers, and an amateur theatrical troupe of local workers. Starr plays multiple roles…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Featured in ‘Joan of Arc’ at Rhinoceros Theatre Festival Jan. 25-Feb. 22
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums Sierra Buffum ’16, Kim Fukawa ’07, and Alexander Stuart ’17 — all graduates of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting — are featured in Joan of Arc, running January 25-February 22 as part of the Rhinoceros Theatre Festival, Chicago’s longest-running fringe theatre festival. The play by Alexandra Ranieri…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Present ‘Mortal Kombat’ and ‘Sailor Moon’ Parodies in January and February
Otherworld Theatre, a company founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, has two science-fantasy action productions coming up. On Friday, January 19, at 7:30 PM, the company presents Mortal Kombat: A Parody Staged Reading of the Cinematic Masterpiece, a spoof of the 1990s movie based on one of the bloodiest video games…