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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Student Featured in Mercury Theatre’s ‘Monty Python’s Spamalot’ Aug. 30-Nov. 3

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Ariel Triunfo, a senior in the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s Musical Theatre Program, is in the cast of Monty Python’s Spamalot, running August 30 through November 3 at the Mercury Theatre, 3733 N. Southport, Chicago. Lovingly ripped off...
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‘The Sheldon Effect Continues’: Birthday Salute to Director, Teacher, and Longtime Columbia College Chicago Theatre Chair Sheldon Patinkin (August 27, 1935-September 21, 2014)

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Sheldon Patinkin (August 27, 1935-September 21, 2014)
August 27, 2019, would have been the 84th birthday of Sheldon Patinkin–longtime chair of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, noted director and teacher, and cherished friend and mentor to many in the Chicago theatre community. Born August 27,...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Danielle Jackman Talks About Her Journey from Atlanta to Chicago to New York

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Danielle Jackman ’15, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Musical Theatre with a Minor in Dance from the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago, is featured in an article on...
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Alum Chester Gregory Stars in ‘Higher and Higher’ Aug. 25 at Marriott Theatre

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Chester Gregory ’95, HDR ’15 stars in Higher and Higher, a Feel-Good Rock ‘n Soul Shindig on Sunday, August 25, at Marriott Theatre, located at 10 Marriott Drive in the Chicago suburb of...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alums Bring New Plays to Life in Broken Nose Theatre’s ‘Bechdel Fest 7’ Aug. 25-28 at Steppenwolf

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are bringing new plays to life in Bechdel Fest 7: Momentum, Broken Nose Theatre‘s seventh annual feminist festival of new short plays featuring an ensemble of female-identifying and non-binary actors talking about things...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum and Student Highlighted in Chicago Tribune’s ‘Hot New Faces 2019’ Feature

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Congratulations to Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Aalon Smith ’19, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, and to current Musical Theatre Performance BFA student Bre Jacobs. They are celebrated as two of...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alums Bring ‘Lord of the Rings’ Parody to Otherworld Theatre Aug. 15-24

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Otherworld Theatre Company, an ensemble founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, presents A Taste of Man Flesh: A Parody About a Fellowship August 15 through 24. The show runs at Otherworld Theatre’s space at 3914...
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‘The Band’s Visit’ Comes to Chicago Sept. 3-15; Tony Award-Winning Broadway Hit Features ‘Direction of Consummate Subtlety’ by Former Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Student and Teacher David Cromer

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The 2017 Broadway hit The Band’s Visit, winner of the 2018 Tony Award for Best Musical, comes to Chicago September 3 through 15 in a national tour directed by former Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department student and faculty member...
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Columbia College Chicago Hosts 25th Annual Black Theatre Alliance Awards Oct. 14; Columbia Alumni and Faculty Among Nominees

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Columbia College Chicago will host the 25th Annual Black Theatre Alliance/Ira Aldridge Awards on Monday, October 14, 2019. The awards ceremony takes place at the college’s Conaway Center, located at 1104 S. Wabash in Chicago’s South Loop. The event...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Faculty and Alums Featured in New Book ‘Ensemble: An Oral History of Chicago Theater’; Hull-House Museum Hosts Launch Party Aug. 12

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Numerous alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are featured in the new book Ensemble: An Oral History of Chicago Theater, being published August 13, 2019, by Chicago-based Agate Publishing. Authored by oral historian Mark Larson,...
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