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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumnus Michael Allen Harris Chosen to Pilot New Play Development Project with Drama About LGBT African Americans in the South

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Actor and playwright Michael Allen Harris (BFA ’11), a graduate of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s acting program, has been selected to participate in a new initiative of the Broken Nose Theatre. Called “The Paper Trail,” the program seeks...
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumnus Establishes Ed.Arts to Help Aspiring Artists Fight Student Debt

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Chicago actor Derrick Trumbly (BA ’05), a graduate of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s BA Program in Acting, has established Ed.Arts (educatedartists.org), a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization working to help aspiring artists avoid, emerging artists manage, and committed artists...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Joel Reitsma Featured in Eclipse’s ‘Lisbon Traviata’; Playwright Terrence McNally to Attend Nov. 13 Performance

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Joel Reitsma (BFA ’08), a graduate of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s acting program, is featured in Eclipse Theatre‘s production of The Lisbon Traviata, running through December 13 at the Athenaeum Theatre. Reitsma plays a gay doctor whose...
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Mercy Street Theatre Company’s Benefit Event Nov. 9 Features New Short Plays

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The Mercy Street Theatre Company, an ensemble founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, kicks off its second season with The Mercy Street Affair, an evening of new plays, live jazz, pastries, and craft cocktails inspired...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Faculty, Alumni, and Student Talent Featured in Nov. 7 Benefit for Oak Park’s Open Door Repertory Company

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Several Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department teachers and current or former students are pooling their talents for “Broadway in Oak Park,” a benefit concert to raise money for Open Door Repertory Company in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park....
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum and Faculty Bring ‘Pilgrim’s Progress’ to A Red Orchid Theatre Nov. 4-Dec. 13

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Ryan Bourque (BFA ’09), a graduate of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s acting program, is in the cast of A Red Orchid Theatre‘s keenly anticipated world premiere of Pilgrim’s Progress, by Bret Neveu. Bourque will share the stage...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni Bring Jackalope’s ‘The Raid’ to the Stage Nov. 4-Dec. 12; World Premiere Dramatizes Abolitionists’ Effort to Free Slaves

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Jackalope Theatre, a company founded and led by alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, launches its eighth season with The Raid, a new drama about abolitionist John Brown’s plans to free and arm black slaves across the...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni Go Vampire-Hunting in ‘Gone Dark’ Oct. 31-Nov. 22

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Otherworld Theatre, a company founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, celebrates Halloween with Gone Dark, a new gothic thriller. Directed by Tiffany Keane (BA ’12), a graduate of the Theatre Department’s theatre directing program, this...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Headlines Billy Strayhorn Centennial Celebration Nov. 21

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Broadway performer Darius de Haas, a Chicago native and Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus, returns to his hometown to headline Lush Life: The Music of Billy Strayhorn, an evening of music and dance honoring the centenary of legendary...
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‘Drowsy Chaperone’ Salutes Jazz Age Musicals at Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department’s Getz Theatre Oct. 28-Nov. 7

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The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department kicks off its 2015-2016 mainstage season with the musical The Drowsy Chaperone, running October 28-November 7 at the Theatre Department’s Getz Theatre, 72 E. 11th St. in Chicago’s South Loop. The Drowsy Chaperone,...
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