Tag: Aalon Smith
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Featured in ‘Color Purple’ Musical at Goodman Theatre June 21-July 27
Columbia College Chicago Theatre alums are in the cast of the musical The Color Purple, running June 21 through July 27 at the Goodman Theatre, located at 170 N. Dearborn in downtown Chicago. Student discounts are available. For tickets, click here. The show’s cast includes Columbia College alums Shantel Renee Cribbs ’17 and Juwon Tyrel Perry…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums and Faculty Bring ‘Beauty and the Beast’ to Chicago Shakespeare Theatre July 14-Aug. 20
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums and faculty members are in the cast and production team of the family musical Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, running July 14 through August 20 at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, located on Navy Pier at 800 E. Grand on Chicago’s lakefront. For tickets, click here. The show’s performing company includes…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Featured in Musical ‘Dreamgirls’ at Paramount Theatre Aug. 31-Oct. 16
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums are in the cast of the musical Dreamgirls, running August 31 through October 16 at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora, Illinois. For tickets, click here. The show’s cast includes Columbia College alums Shantel Cribbs ’17 and Juwon Tyrel Perry ’19, both graduates of the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Musical…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Bring Musical ‘Sister Act’ to the Mercury Theatre Nov. 5-Jan. 2
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are in the cast and production team of the musical Sister Act, running November 5 through January 2 at the Mercury Theatre, located at 3745 N. Southport in Chicago. Columbia College alum Leah Morrow ’05, a graduate of Columbia College’s BA Program in Musical Theatre, and former Columbia College…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum and Student Highlighted in Chicago Tribune’s ‘Hot New Faces 2019’ Feature
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 this year’s “Hot New Faces of Chicago Theatre” by Chicago Tribune theatre critic Chris Jones, whose…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alums Featured in Chicago Shakespeare Theatre’s 2019 Summer Shows
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are featured in all three summer 2019 productions by Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Chicago’s internationally recognized Tony Award-winning theatre company located at Navy Pier, 800 E. Grand on Chicago’s lakefront. Columbia College alum Courtney Mack ’15 has taken over the role of Katherine Howard in Six, CST’s North American premiere…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Students and Alumni Featured in Holiday Shows
The talents of Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department students and alumni are featured in holiday-season productions at some of the Chicago area’s top theatres. Among them: Sophie Vitello, a senior in the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, plays the Ghost of Christmas Past in A Christmas Carol at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alumni and Students Featured in Porchlight Music Theatre’s ‘Gypsy’ Oct. 12-Nov. 25
Alumni and students of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s Musical Theatre Program are featured in the classic musical Gypsy, presented by Chicago’s Porchlight Music Theatre October 12 through November 25. The show’s cast includes current Columbia College students Aalon Smith, Marvin J. Malone II, and Ariel Triunfo. Smith plays “Dainty June,” a teenage performer…
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Columbia College Chicago Musical Theatre Program Student Honored at Jacob’s Pillow
Congratulations to Ariel Triunfo, a junior in the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s BA Program in Musical Theatre! Triunfo — one of three Columbia College Chicago Musical Theatre Program students accepted into the prestigious School at Jacob’s Pillow Musical Theatre Dance Program for a Summer 2018 intensive — received the 2018 Lorna Strassler Award for…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni Talent Featured in Porchlight Music Theatre’s ‘New Faces Sing Broadway 1975’ June 5-6
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and student talent is featured in Porchlight Music Theatre‘s New Faces Sing Broadway 1975, which plays at the Skokie Theatre on Tuesday, June 5, and then at the Arts Club of Chicago on Wednesday, June 6. The show — a revue of musical theatre songs from 1975 — features…