Tag: A.C. Smith
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Columbia College Chicago Alum Stars as Thurgood Marshall in ‘Thurgood’ at Court Theatre June 2-4
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus A.C. Smith ’86, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Theatre, stars as civil rights icon Thurgood Marshall in the one-man play Thurgood, running June 2 through 4 at Court Theatre in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood. This dramatic tribute to Justice Thurgood Marshall’s pioneering career and legacy as…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni Star in Writers Theatre’s Revival of O’Neill’s Classic Drama ‘Moon for the Misbegotten’ Feb. 7-March 18
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are in the cast and creative team for a new revival of Eugene O’Neill’s classic drama A Moon for the Misbegotten, running February 7-March 18 at Writers Theatre in the northern Chicago suburb of Glencoe. The production stars Columbia College alumnus A.C. Smith ’86, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Star in August Wilson’s ‘Fences’ at Kansas City Rep Oct. 13-Nov. 5
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni A.C. Smith ’86 and Chester Gregory ’95, HDR ’15, are featured in the Kansas City Repertory Theatre‘s production of August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Fences, running October 13-November 5. Set in 1950s Pittsburgh against the backdrop of a rapidly changing America, Fences tells the gripping story of an African-American…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Featured in August Wilson’s ‘Gem of the Ocean’ at Court Theatre Sept. 10-Oct. 11
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus A.C. Smith (BA ’86) is featured in August Wilson’s drama Gem of the Ocean, being presented in a major revival at Court Theatre in Chicago. The play–the first installment of “The Pittsburgh Cycle,” Wilson’s epic, decade-by-decade, ten-play chronicle of the African-American experience in the 20th century–concerns a former slave…
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Columbia Chronicle Profiles Theatre Department Alumni
The Columbia Chronicle, Columbia College Chicago’s award-winning student newspaper, highlighted three Columbia College Theatre Department alumni in its March 30, 2015, edition. In “Columbia Alums Shine in Goodman Theatre Play,” contributing writer Sadie Miller interviewed Columbia grads A.C. Smith and Chester Gregory, costars of Goodman Theatre’s acclaimed new production of August Wilson’s drama Two Trains Running, which…
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Glowing Reviews for Columbia College Theatre Alumni in Goodman’s ‘Two Trains Running’
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni Chester Gregory and A.C. Smith won glowing reviews for their performances in Goodman Theatre’s production of August Wilson’s drama Two Trains Running, playing through April 12. “For anyone still in need of an explanation of why August Wilson should be on the very shortest list of the greatest American playwrights…
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Columbia Alumni Featured in ‘Two Trains Running’ at Goodman Theatre; ‘College Night’ Performance on March 18
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni Chester Gregory and A.C. Smith are featured in Goodman Theatre‘s much-anticipated new production of Two Trains Running, by the late August Wilson. The centerpiece of a celebration of Wilson’s work and influence (marking the tenth anniversary of his death), Two Trains Running begins previews Saturday, March 7, and officially…