Category: Theatre Alumni Reunion
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(VIDEO) Happy Birthday to ‘Grease’ Co-Author Jim Jacobs!
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department wishes a happy birthday to actor-playwright-songwriter Jim Jacobs HDR ’14, coauthor of the hit musical Grease and benefactor of the Jim Jacobs Musical Theatre Scholarship at Columbia College, who turns 80 on October 7, 2022. Jacobs, who launched his theatrical career in Chicago in the 1960s, established the Jim Jacobs…
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(VIDEO) ‘Tell Me More, Tell Me More’: Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Salutes the 50th Anniversary of the Born-in-Chicago Broadway Hit ‘Grease’
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department warmly congratulates Columbia College Honorary Doctorate of Arts recipient Jim Jacobs HDR ’14 — co-author of the born-in-Chicago hit musical Grease — on the 50th anniversary of the Broadway premiere of Grease in 1972. Jacobs is the benefactor of the Jim Jacobs Musical Theatre Scholarship at Columbia College Chicago,…
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Tony Award-Winning Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Anna D. Shapiro Returns to Broadway with ‘The Minutes’ April 2
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Anna D. Shapiro ’90, HDR ’15, winner of the 2008 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play for the Broadway hit August: Osage County, is returning to Broadway as director of The Minutes, which begins previews April 2 at Studio 54 in New York City prior to a…
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With Film and Broadway Projects in the Works, Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Anna D. Shapiro to Step Down as Steppenwolf Artistic Director in August 2021
Distinguished Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Anna D. Shapiro ’90, HDR ’15, will step down as artistic director of Chicago’s internationally acclaimed Steppenwolf Theatre Company in August, both the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times reported on May 2, 2021. The Steppenwolf announcement comes on the heels of reports that Shapiro will direct the forthcoming…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Dance Alums Honored in Chicago Reader’s ‘Best of Chicago 2020’ Poll
Congratulations to the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago alumni whose work was celebrated in the 2020 Arts & Culture poll in the Chicago Reader‘s annual “Best of Chicago” issue dated March 17, 2021. The poll winners are selected through an online vote by readers of the Reader, which…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni Reception on Oct. 18 Launches 2019-20 Mainstage Season with ‘SPACE,’ by Alumni Playwright Keli Garrett
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department launches its 2019-2020 Mainstage Season with SPACE, written by Columbia College alum Keli Garrett ’91 and directed by Theatre Department alumnus and faculty member Brian Shaw ’86, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Theatre. The show’s opening night on Friday, October 18, will include a special…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni Celebrate at Los Angeles’ Celebration Theatre
Columbia College Chicago’s Development and Alumni Relations office organized a Columbia Theatre Alumni Social for Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and former students at the renowned Celebration Theatre in Los Angeles on Wednesday, February 20, 2019. The alums had an opportunity to reminisce, network, and interact with current students in Columbia College’s Theatre and…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni Event Set for Feb. 20 in Los Angeles, Hosted by Celebration Theatre’s Michael Matthews and Michael Shepperd
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department is proud to announce that Columbia College alumnus Michael Matthews ’99, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, and former Columbia College Theatre Department student Michael A. Shepperd are co-hosting a Columbia Theatre Alumni Social at the renowned Celebration Theatre in Los Angeles on Wednesday, February…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Success Stories of 2018
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s blog “The Green Room” has chronicled the professional achievements of our talented and accomplished alumni, faculty, and students over the past year. As we head off for our holiday break, here’s a look back at a few of the notable Columbia College Theatre Department Success Stories of 2018: ‘INSPIRED INVENTIVENESS’ BRINGS A…
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Highlights from Columbia College Chicago Theatre Reunion Weekend — Pictures, Proclamation, and More!
October 19, 2018, was proclaimed “Columbia College Chicago Theatre Day in Chicago” by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel on the occasion of the first-ever Columbia College Theatre Reunion Weekend on October 19 and 20, 2018. The event, organized by the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and the college’s office of Development and Alumni Relations, drew alumni…