Category: Theatre Directing
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Jackalope Theatre, Founded and Led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni, Readies New Production and Receives Broadway In Chicago’s Emerging Theatre Award
Jackalope Theatre Company, a collective founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, is presenting the world premiere of a new work by resident playwright Andrew Burden Swanson. The company also has just received the prestigious 2015 Broadway In Chicago Emerging Theatre Award, established to encourage, support, and promote young theatres in Chicago that have…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni and Faculty Nominated for 2015 Joseph Jefferson Awards
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty, alumni, and students figured heavily in the nominations for the 2015 Non-Equity Joseph Jefferson (“Jeff”) Awards honoring excellence in Chicago theatres not operating under an Actors’ Equity union contract. Columbia teachers and graduates were nominated for Jeff Awards–the top honor for Chicago’s vibrant theatre scene since the awards were…
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Columbia College Chicago Alumna Anna D. Shapiro, Steppenwolf Theatre’s Incoming Artistic Director, Names Columbia Theatre Faculty Member Jonathan Berry as Steppenwolf Artistic Producer
Steppenwolf Theatre Company‘s incoming artistic director Anna D. Shapiro–a 1990 graduate of Columbia College Chicago–is bringing Columbia College Theatre Department faculty member Jonathan Berry onto the Steppenwolf artistic staff. In a profile of Shapiro published April 23, 2015, Chicago Tribune theatre writer Chris Jones revealed that “Shapiro intends to expand her artistic office. She already…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Faculty Bring ‘Side Man’ to Greenhouse Theater Center Starting April 24
American Blues Theater‘s new production of Side Man, Warren Leight’s drama about a jazz musician’s troubled marriage, begins previews this Friday, April 24. The show is directed by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member Jonathan Berry. Heather Gilbert, interim associate chair of the Columbia College Theatre Department as well as a faculty member, is designing…
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Columbia College Theatre Alumni Gear Up for New Shows on Chicago Stages
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are gearing up for new shows opening shortly on Chicago stages. Michael Allen Harris, a 2011 graduate of Columbia’s BFA program in Acting, is in the cast of Adventure Stage Chicago‘s world premiere of Worthy, running April 17-May 16. The family-friendly show is an adventure quest about four young…
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Steep Theatre’s U.S. Premiere of German Drama ‘Martyr’ Features Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Faculty, Student, and Alumni Talent
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty and students are joining forces for Martyr, the new show at Chicago’s acclaimed storefront Steep Theatre. This important new production marks the U.S. premiere of a controversial drama by German playwright Marius von Mayenburg about a young man’s journey towards religious radicalism. The play premiered in Berlin in 2012 and…
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Columbia College Theatre Faculty, Alumni and Students Bring World Premieres to Chicago Stages
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty and alumni are bringing two new plays to Chicago stages this month. Susan Padveen, coordinator of the Theatre Department’s BFA program in Theatre Directing, is staging the world premiere of Anna in the Afterlife, by Richard Engling, for the Polarity Ensemble Theatre. The show’s cast includes Columbia alumna Sheila…
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Columbia College Theatre Directing Program Alumnus Stages World Premiere of ‘Badfic Love’ at Chicago’s Den Theatre
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Aaron Henrickson (BA, Theatre/Directing, 2009) is directing the professional world premiere of Badfic Love, opening April 6 at the Den Theatre, 1333 N. Milwaukee, Chicago. Presented by Strange Bedfellows Theatre, this comedy by Adam Pasen runs through May 2. Previews are scheduled for April 3-5. Click here for ticket…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumnus Michael Matthews Directs L.A. Premiere of ‘Sons of the Prophet,’ Extended Through April
The Los Angeles premiere of Sons of the Prophet, directed by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Michael Matthews, has been extended through April 26 at the Blank Theatre in Hollywood. The dark comedy by Stephen Karam, winner of the 2012 New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play, has won rave reviews in its LA production. “Director…
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Sheldon Patinkin Celebration Video Posted
An archival video of “A Celebration of the Life of Sheldon Patinkin” is available for viewing at the Columbia College Chicago web page for the Sheldon Patinkin Endowed Award. The memorial tribute to Patinkin–longtime chair of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, who died September 21, 2014–was held on January 26, 2015, at the North Shore…