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Columbia College Chicago alumna Joanie Schultz (BA ’00), a graduate of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s directing program, is directing two world premieres at noted Chicago theatres this winter. First up is Bruise Easy, running January 8-February 14 at…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Faculty Member Directs Mark Twain’s ‘Gilded Age’ at City Lit Jan. 8-Feb. 21
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member Adam Goldstein is directing a world premiere adaptation of The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today, Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner’s classic 1873 novel. The play, adapted by Paul Edwards (Goldstein’s former…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Featured in ‘Disgraced’ at Seattle Repertory Theatre Jan. 8-31
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Behzad Dabu (BFA ’08) is co-starring in the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Disgraced at Seattle Repertory Theatre. The show, directed by Columbia College Theatre Department faculty member Kimberly Senior, is a co-production with Chicago’s Goodman…
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Columbia College Chicago Teachers and Alumni Collaborate on Film ‘Four Monologues’
Actor-director Brian Shaw (BA ’86), a Columbia College Chicago graduate and a professor in Columbia’s Theatre Department, has directed a short film, Four Monologues, now available as a free iTunes app. The film was developed from an artist’s book created…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Teacher Heads Up 15th Annual Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival Jan. 7-17
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member and alumnus Brian Posen was featured in Michigan Avenue Magazine on the occasion of the opening of the 15th annual Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival, which Posen founded in 2002. “Sketchfest” is the world’s…
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Columbia College Chicago Musical Theatre Alumnus Chester Gregory Stars in National Tour of ‘Motown: The Musical’
Get ready, ’cause here he comes: Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Chester Gregory (BA ’95) is starring in the national touring company of Motown: The Musical. Gregory portrays Berry Gordy, founder of Motown Records, in this hit show. The…
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Columbia College Chicago Dance Department Alum Named Artistic Director of Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble
Columbia College Chicago Dance Department alum Sara Maslanka (BA ’13) has been named the new artistic director of Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble. After graduating from Columbia, where she studied dance pedagogy, Maslanka studied in London at Trinity Laban Conservatory of Music…
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Columbia College Chicago Alum Published in New Anthology of Plays by African American Women
Uppa Creek: A Modern Anachronistic Parody in the Minstrel Tradition, a play by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Keli Garrett (BA ’91), is included in Contemporary Plays by African American Women: Ten Complete Works, just published by the University…
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Combats Student Debt Crisis With Ed.Arts Fundraising Campaign
“We helped student artists start to manage their debt . . . and we’re going to keep doing it. Please support us as we do.” Ed.Arts, a nonprofit organization co-founded by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Derrick Trumbly (BA…
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Debuts ‘Tennis Tips with Freddy Love’ Comedy Web Series
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Aaron Munoz (BA ’01), a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, is the star, writer, and director of the new web series Tennis Tips with Freddy Love, which debuted December 17…