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Singer-pianist Alex Newkirk, a 2011 graduate of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, is performing in WOZ: A Rock Cabaret on Friday, May 22 and June 5, at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont, in…
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Columbia College Chicago’s May 15 ‘Manifest’ Urban Arts Fest Showcases Stage Combat, Sketch Comedy, Acting, Musical Theatre, Solo Performance, Theatrical Design, Playwriting, and Much More
Columbia College Chicago celebrates the end of the 2014-2015 school year on Friday, May 15, with Manifest, its annual urban arts festival of student work. Manifest, free and open to the general public, is a South Loop showcase of cutting-edge…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumna Skye Robinson Hillis’ Play ‘The Running Mate’ Will Be Performed May 16 at Chicago Dramatists
A new play by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumna Skye Robinson Hillis, a 2011 graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, will be performed in a staged reading at Chicago Dramatists, Chicago’s leading center for the development of…
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Columbia College Chicago Musical Theatre Coordinator Helps ‘Amazing Grace’ Launch on Broadway This Summer
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department associate professor Amy Uhl is joining the Broadway company of the new musical Amazing Grace, which opens July 17 at the Nederlander Theatre in New York. Uhl is a coordinator of Columbia College’s Musical Theatre…
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Columbia College Chicago Alumnus Is Musical Director for FWD Theatre Company Show ‘Swift as Desire’ on May 11
Alex Newkirk, a graduate of Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, is musical director for the FWD Theatre Project’s new show Swift as Desire on Monday, May 11, at 7:30 PM at City Winery, 1200…
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From ‘The American Revolution’ to Stephen Sondheim, Upcoming Productions Feature Work of Columbia College Chicago Theatre Faculty and Students
Theater Unspeakable presents The American Revolution, directed by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member Marc Frost, running May 7-20 at Victory Gardens Theater, 2433 N. Lincoln, Chicago. In this production, seven actors–confined to a 21-square-foot platform–recreate the American fight…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Faculty and Alumni Team Up for Chicago Premiere of ‘Inana’ at TimeLine Theatre
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty and alumni are teaming up for the Chicago premiere of Inana, Michele Lowe’s drama about an Iraqi museum curator trying to save treasured antiquities from destruction in the 2003 American invasion of Baghdad. Inana…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Students’ Performance Work Invited to European Arts Festival
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department will be represented in the prestigious international NEU/NOW Festival 2015, sponsored by the European League of Institutes of the Arts, the primary independent network organization for higher arts education in Europe. Two theatre projects…
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‘Churchill,’ Designed by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni, Marks 100th Performance Off-Broadway May 4
The Off-Broadway hit Churchill marks its 100th performance Monday, May 4, at New World Stages in New York City. Adapted and performed by Chicago actor Ronald Keaton, the show has scenic and lighting design by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department…
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Columbia College Musical Theatre Alumna Returns to Chicago with National Tour of ‘Jersey Boys’ May 12-24
Leslie Taylor Rochette, a 2008 graduate of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s Bachelor of Arts program in Musical Theatre, returns to Chicago with the national tour of Jersey Boys, the hit musical about Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.…