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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum ‘Making Changes’ at Texas Theatre

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Joanie Schultz (Photo: Joe Mazza)
As previously reported in this blog, Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumna Joanie Schultz ’00, graduate of the Theatre Department’s theatre directing program, took over the position of Artistic Director of the WaterTower Theatre in Addison, Texas, just north of...
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Columbia College Chicago Alumni Work Featured in 2017 Chicago One-Minute Play Fest Feb. 21-22

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums Cassandra Rose ’10, Reeny Hofrichter ’10, and Skye Robinson Hillis ’11 are among the playwrights whose new work will be featured in the 2017 Chicago One-Minute Play Festival: “America Is . . .”...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alums Present ‘Hummingbird’ Live Lit Event Feb. 20

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  The No Stakes Theater Project, a company founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, presents a new installment of Hummingbird, an inclusive, interdisciplinary live lit series that engages the audience in conversation with the socio-cultural themes in the company’s work. This...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Directing and Design Alumni Bring Midwest Premiere of Richard Greenberg’s ‘Assembled Parties’ to Raven Theatre Jan. 25-March 25

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  Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Cody Estle ’11, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, is directing the Midwest premiere of The Assembled Parties, which runs January 25-March 25 at Raven Theatre, 6157 N. Clark, Chicago. Estle is...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alums Bring New Chekhov Adaptation to Rasaka Theatre Jan. 5-Feb. 3

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Kaiser Ahmed ’08, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, is directing the world premiere of Vanya (or, “That’s Life!”), a multicultural reinvention of Uncle Vanya, Anton Chekhov’s classic seriocomic study of...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Joanie Schultz Named Artistic Director of Texas’ WaterTower Theatre

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumna Joanie Schultz has been named Artistic Director of the WaterTower Theatre in Addison, Texas, just north of Dallas. Schultz, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s theatre directing program, begins her new position January 1,...
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Columbia College Theatre Alumni Celebrate Holidays with ‘Merry Christmas, Mulch Pile!’ Dec. 8-11

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The Mercy Street Theatre Company, an ensemble founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, celebrates the winter holidays with Merry Christmas, Mulch Pile!, a comedy by Columbia alum Dakota Parobek ’15, a graduate of Columbia College’s BA program...
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Columbia College Chicago Musical Theatre Alums Bring Rock Opera ‘Tonya and Nancy’ to Chicago Nov. 25-Dec. 30

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Courtney Mack ’15, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, stars in the Chicago premiere of Tonya and Nancy: The Rock Opera, running November 25-December 30 at Theater Wit,...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Faculty, Alumni, and Students Bring Historical Drama ‘Red Velvet’ to Raven Theatre; Performance on Thursday, Nov. 3, Features Discount Tickets and Postshow Discussion

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty, alumni, and students are involved in Raven Theatre‘s current production of Red Velvet, Lolita Chakrabarti’s drama about Ira Aldridge, the 19th-century African-American who became the first black actor to portray Shakespeare’s Othello on...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Directs Chicago Premiere of Opera About Woman’s Escape from Polygamous Sect

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Rose Freeman ’07, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, is directing the Chicago premiere of Dark Sisters, an opera by composer Nico Muhly and librettist Stephen Karam. The production, presented...
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