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Otherworld Theatre Company, an ensemble founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, is presenting a new sci-fi adaptation of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing called Messina 3004 opening February 5. The show will be performed as an…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Spencer Meeks Is Musical Director for Neo-Futurists’ ‘Pop Waits’ Feb. 4-March 12
Actor-musician Spencer Meeks (BA ’15), a graduate of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s BA Program in Musical Theatre, is the musical director for Pop Waits, the new prime-time production by Chicago’s acclaimed Neo-Futurists theatre company. Created and performed by…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Stars in Steppenwolf’s Chicago Premiere of Pulitzer-Winning Play Feb. 4-May 8
Caroline Neff (BA ’07), a graduate of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s BA Program in Acting, is co-starring in the Chicago premiere of The Flick, winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The show runs February 4-May 8…
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Columbia College Chicago Alumni Help Bring ‘High Fidelity’ to Refuge Theatre Project Jan. 29-Feb. 28
Alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are involved in the Refuge Theatre Project’s production of High Fidelity, the rock musical based on Nick Hornby’s 1995 novel and on Stephen Frears’ 2000 feature-film adaptation. The show’s ensemble includes Kelly…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring Mamet’s ‘American Buffalo’ to Mary-Arrchie Theatre Jan. 28-March 6
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni Stephen Walker (BA ’95) and Rudy Galvan are featured in David Mamet‘s American Buffalo, running January 28-March 6 at Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company, located at 735 W. Sheridan, Chicago. The production’s lights are designed by…
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Columbia College Chicago Music Student Plans Debut EP and Concert in Collaboration with Musical Theatre, Business & Entrepreneurship, Audio Arts & Acoustics, and Public Relations Programs
Jazz pianist, vocalist, and songwriter J. Bernard Bowse, a Columbia College Chicago Music Department student, is in the process of recording his debut EP and has launched a Kickstarter fundraising project to support the recording and an EP release concert…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Cinema Alums’ Film Featured at Fargo Film Festival March 15-19
A film co-starring Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni Samuel Munoz (BA ’99) and Aaron Munoz (BA ’01), graduates of the Theatre Department’s BA program in Acting, is featured as an official selection in the 2016 Fargo Film Festival, running…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni on Design Team for Hypocrites’ ‘Glass Menagerie’ Jan. 22-March 6
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are on the design team for The Hypocrites‘ production of Tennessee Williams’ classic drama The Glass Menagerie, running January 22-March 6 at the Den Theatre, 1329 N. Milwaukee, in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. The…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni, Faculty, and Students Bring U.S. Premiere to Steep Theatre Jan. 21-Feb. 27
Steep Theatre, one of Chicago’s most acclaimed storefront companies, is presenting the U.S. premiere of Posh, by British playwright Laura Wade, and several Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty members, students, and alumni are involved in the production. The cast…
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Alum’s New Play About Meth Dealer Premieres in Hawaii Jan. 21-Feb. 21
Columbia College Chicago alum Hannah Ii-Epstein (BA ’15), a graduate of the college’s fiction writing program, has a new play opening in her native Hawaii. Ii-Epstein’s drama Not One Batu receives its world premiere January 21-February 21 at the Kumu…