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Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance Faculty Member’s New Book Salutes the ‘First Lady of Laughs’

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Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance faculty member Grace Kessler Overbeke is the author of First Lady of Laughs: The Forgotten Story of Jean Carroll, America’s First Jewish Woman Stand-Up Comedian, published September 17, 2024, by NYU...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring American Blues Theatre’s ‘Misery’ and ‘Last Wide Open’ to the Stage Through Oct. 26

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Columbia College Chicago alums are in the cast and creative team of two productions that are running in repertory at Chicago’s award-winning American Blues Theatre, 5627 N. Lincoln, Chicago: Misery, William Goldman’s stage adaptation of the novel by Stephen...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring Hell in a Handbag Productions’ ‘Golden Girls Meet the Skooby Don’t Gang’ Spoof to the Stage Oct. 10-Nov. 3

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Columbia College Chicago alums are in the cast and creative team of Hell in a Handbag Productions‘ Halloween show The Golden Girls Meet the Skooby Don’t Gang: The Mystery of the Haunted Bush, running October 10 through November 3...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum’s New Musical ‘Never Better’ Runs Through Oct. 13 at Theo Ubique Theatre

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Never Better, the new musical by Columbia College Chicago alum Preston Max Allen ’13, wraps up its premiere run at award-winning Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre on Sunday, October 13 at Theo’s space at 721 Howard Street in the Chicago...
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Columbia College Chicago Getz Theatre Center’s 2024-25 Mainstage Season Opens with ‘Comedy Cabaret’ Oct. 10-26

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The Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance‘s 2024-25 Mainstage Season at the Getz Theatre Center of Columbia College begins Thursday, October 10, 2024, with Comedy Cabaret, an evolving program of improv and sketch comedy. Shows are Thursdays,...
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(VIDEO) Happy Birthday to ‘Grease’ Co-Author Jim Jacobs!

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The Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance wishes a happy birthday to actor-playwright-songwriter Jim Jacobs HDR ’14, co-author of the hit musical Grease and benefactor of the Jim Jacobs Musical Theatre Scholarship at Columbia College, who turns 82...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Music Alumni Win 2024 Joseph Jefferson Awards

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Congratulations to the alumni of the Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance and the Columbia College Chicago School of Audio and Music who won 2024 Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award, at the 56th annual “Jeff...
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Featured in WBEZ Interview About His Theatre Company’s World Premiere ‘Beneath the Willow Tree,’ Running Through Sept. 29

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Columbia College Chicago alum Aaron Reese Boseman ‘12, a graduate of the Columbia College Theatre Program’s Theatre Directing program, is featured in an interview published September 23, 2024, on WBEZ Chicago’s website. Headlined “For Pulse Theatre Company, the Art...
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Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance Hosts Sept. 21 Event Celebrating Longtime Theatre Program Head Sheldon Patinkin

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The Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance‘s Theatre Advisory Board, composed of alumni and friends of the Theatre Program at Columbia College, hosts Sheldon Patinkin: The Life, Laughs, and Legacy on Saturday, September 21, from 12:30 to 4 PM....
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