Tag: Aaron Reese Boseman
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring Black Ensemble’s Musical ‘Blue Heaven’ to the Stage Sept. 6-Oct. 26
Columbia College Chicago Theatre alum Aaron Reese Boseman ‘12, a graduate of the Theatre Directing program, plays blues guitarist B.B. King in the musical Blue Heaven, running September 6 through October 26 at the Black Ensemble Theatre, located at 4450 N. Clark in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. For tickets, click here. Described a “a soul-stirring…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Music Alumni and Faculty Nominated for Jeff Awards
Congratulations to the alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance and Columbia College Chicago School of Audio and Music who have been nominated for Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award. The Non-Equity “Jeff Awards” honor excellence in Chicago’s non-Equity theatre during the 2024 theatre season, which ran from January…
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Columbia College Chicago Getz Theatre Center’s 2024-25 Mainstage Season Presents ‘Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine’ Nov. 20-Dec. 7
The Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance‘s 2024-25 Mainstage Season at the Getz Theatre Center of Columbia College continues with Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine, by Lynn Nottage. The 2004 play features an all-student cast and a production team composed of faculty, staff, and students, all under the direction of Columbia College…
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Featured in WBEZ Interview About His Theatre Company’s World Premiere ‘Beneath the Willow Tree,’ Running Through Sept. 29
Columbia College Chicago alum Aaron Reese Boseman ‘12, a graduate of the Columbia College Theatre Program’s Theatre Directing program, is featured in an interview published September 23, 2024, on WBEZ Chicago’s website. Headlined “For Pulse Theatre Company, the Art of Drama is a Family Affair,” the article focuses on Boseman’s journey as a theatre director…
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Directs World Premiere of ‘Beneath the Willow Tree,’ Running Sept. 6-29
Pulse Theatre Chicago, a company co-founded and led by Columbia College Chicago alum Aaron Reese Boseman ‘12, a graduate of the Columbia College Theatre Program’s Theatre Directing program, presents the world premiere of Beneath the Willow Tree, a new drama following three generations of Black women in a Louisiana bayou. The production is directed by…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni Win Jeff Awards for Performance and Playwriting
Congratulations to the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni who won Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award, at the 50th anniversary Non-Equity “Jeff Awards” ceremony on March 25, 2024. The awards honor excellence in Chicago’s non-Equity theatre during the 2023 theatre season, which ran from January 1 to December 31, 2023. The list of…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Music Dept. Alums Bring Invictus Theatre’s ‘Topdog/Underdog’ to the Stage Feb. 13-March 31
Alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and Columbia College Chicago Music Department are in the cast and creative team of Invictus Theatre Company’s production of Suzan-Lori Parks’ Pulitzer Prize-winning Topdog/Underdog, running February 13 through March 31 at Windy City Playhouse, 3014 West Irving Park Road, Chicago. For tickets, click here. Columbia…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Music Alumni and Faculty Nominated for Jeff Awards
Congratulations to the alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and Columbia College Chicago Music Department who have been nominated for Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award. The Non-Equity “Jeff Awards” honor excellence in Chicago’s non-Equity theatre during the 2023 theatre season, which ran from January 1 to December 31, 2023. The…
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Columbia College Theatre Dept. Alums Bring ‘The Music Man’ to Metropolis Performing Arts Centre Feb. 2-11
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums are in the cast and creative team of The Music Man in Concert, a concert performance of the classic Meredith Willson musical, running February 2 through 11 at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights. For tickets, click here. The show, famous for its hit…
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Bring ‘Once on This Island’ to the Stage Nov. 3-19
Pulse Theatre Company Chicago, a troupe founded by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, is presenting the musical Once on This Island November 3 through 19 at the ETA Creative Arts Foundation, located at 7558 S. South Chicago, on Chicago’s South Side. For tickets, click here. The production, which originally ran at Chicago Heights’ The…