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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Faculty, Alumni, and Student Talent Featured in Gilbert & Sullivan Productions at Berkeley Rep and Actors Theater of Louisville

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  Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty members Andra Velis Simon and Heather Gilbert are the musical director and lighting designer, respectively, for re-imagined versions of classic Gilbert and Sullivan operettas this fall at two of the United States’...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni Bring New Colony’s ‘The Terrible’ to the Stage for Halloween

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni Claire Chrzan (BA ’11) and Jon Beal (BA ’11) are on the production team for the New Colony‘s Halloween-season production The Terrible, a world premiere by Morgan McNaught. Chrzan, a graduate of the...
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Columbia College Chicago Musical Theatre Alum Is Musical Director for Northbrook Theatre’s ‘Alexander’

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David Zizic, an alumnus of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s musical theatre program, is musical director for the Northbrook Theatre for Young Audiences’ musical version of the popular children’s book Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Faculty, Alumni, and Students Bring Gilbert & and Sullivan’s ‘Pinafore’ to the Stage Oct. 9-18

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  Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member Amy Uhl is directing and choreographing the classic Gilbert & Sullivan operetta H.M.S. Pinafore for the Savoyaires, a company dedicated to the work of librettist William S. Gilbert and composer Arthur...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Teacher and Alumnus Help Make Magic in Chicago Shakespeare’s ‘Tempest’

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member Barbara Robertson and alumnus Harter Clingman (BFA ’11) are in the company of The Tempest at Chicago Shakespeare Theater. In this inventive re-imagining of William Shakespeare’s great comedy, Robertson, who teaches “Professional...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni Honored with 2015 Joseph Jefferson Awards

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Congratulations to the current and former Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department students honored at the 2015 Joseph Jefferson Awards on Monday, October 5. Former Columbia College Chicago Theatre acting student Anthony Fleming III won the Jeff Award for Actor in...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Presents British Visiting Professor’s Production ‘Glockenspiel’ Oct. 6-8

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  The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department is proud to present Glockenspiel, written and directed by Visiting Professor Steven Dykes from Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance in the United Kingdom. With a cast and crew of Columbia...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni and Faculty Debut New Musical Oct. 3-Nov. 8

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A new musical by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department teacher Peter Gwinn (Emmy Award-winning writer for The Colbert Report) and Columbia College Musical Theatre Program alumnus Jody Shelton (co-author of the off-Broadway hit 50 Shades! The Musical) will have...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Faculty and Alumni Bring ‘The Seven-Per-Cent Solution’ to the Stage Oct. 2

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member Terry McCabe‘s new stage adaptation of Nicholas Meyer’s novel The Seven-Per-Cent Solution will open the 2015-16 season at Chicago’s City Lit Theater, where McCabe is artistic director. The production’s cast includes Columbia...
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Sheldon Patinkin Theatre Dedicated at Columbia College Chicago; Event Raises Funds for Sheldon Patinkin Award

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The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department hosted a reception on Monday, September 28, to celebrate the legacy of the late Sheldon Patinkin–teacher, director, friend, and mentor to thousands of theatre artists around the world, and longtime chair of the...
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