Tag: Andrea J. Dymond
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Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance Alum and Faculty Bring World Premiere ‘7 Minutes to Live’ to Chicago Dramatists Aug. 29-Sept. 22
Alumni and faculty of the Theatre Program at the Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance are in the cast and creative team of 7 Minutes to Live, a world premiere by Richard Lyons Conlon running August 29 through September 22 at Chicago Dramatists, 798 N. Aberdeen, Chicago. Co-produced by Chicago Dramatists and Prop…
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Columbia College Chicago Faculty and Alums Bring Shows to Edinburgh Festival Fringe Aug. 2-28
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty members and alums are heading to Scotland in August to participate in the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Branded as “the world’s greatest platform for creative freedom,” the fringe festival runs August 4 through 28 at multiple venues in Scotland’s capital city. As previously reported in this blog, a…
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Columbia College Chicago Faculty and Alums Bring Shakespearean Spoof ‘Macbeth by the Sea’ to Chicago Audiences July 20-23 Prior to Edinburgh Festival Fringe Run
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty members and alums are collaborating on a new comedy, Macbeth by the Sea, which is headed for the prestigious Edinburgh Festival Fringe for a two-week run August 4 through 19. Before they bring their send-up of Shakespeare’s “Scottish Play” to Scotland, they’ll preview the show at Otherworld Theatre, located…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni and Faculty Nominated for 2022 Black Theatre Alliance Awards
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The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department proudly congratulates the Columbia College Chicago alumni and faculty who have been nominated for 2022 Black Theatre Alliance/Ira Aldridge Awards honoring the work of Chicago-area theatre artists during the 2021-2022 theatre season. The nominations were announced Wednesday, August 3. The winners will be announced at the 28th Annual Black…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Faculty Bring Pulitzer Prize-Winning Drama ‘Sweat’ to Paramount March 9-April 24
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty members are on the creative team of Sweat, the first production in the Paramount Theatre‘s new Bold Series. Paramount, located in downtown Aurora, Illinois, is launching the Bold Series as a four-show subscription package dedicated to fearless, unexpected, and thought-provoking intimate drama. For tickets, click here. Sweat, Lynn Nottage’s…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum’s New Play Dramatizes ‘Martha Mitchell Effect’
A new play by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumna Skye Robinson Hillis ’11, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, is being presented by the MFA Program in Playwriting at Ohio University, where Robinson Hillis is currently a third-year student. Titled The Martha Mitchell Effect, the play is inspired by the…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alums and Faculty Bring ‘Thirst’ to Strawdog Theatre Jan. 9-Feb. 15
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and former students are in the cast and production team of the Midwest premiere of Thirst, running January 9 through February 15 at Chicago’s Strawdog Theatre. Tamarus Harvell, a former student in the Theatre Department’s Acting program, is a cast member in the drama, about a family struggling to…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Faculty Present ‘The Greatest Theatrical Event . . . EVER!’ at Second City July 7-21
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty members Joe Janes and Ric Walker, both teachers in the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Comedy Writing and Performance, are featured in the new comedy show The Greatest Theatrical Event . . . EVER! July 7 through 21. Co-written by Janes and Walker, this world premiere is directed by…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Faculty and Alums Take Up Arms in Babes with Blades’ Fighting Words Festival May 20
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty and alums are participating in the first annual Fighting Words Festival presented by the Babes with Blades Theatre Company May 19 and 20. The festival showcases developing scripts via staged readings, all reflecting how women define themselves and their places in their world. Admission is free to every performance,…
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Dorian Gray March 2-April 15
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty and student talent are on display in a new adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s classic story The Picture of Dorian Gray, running March 2-April 15 at City Lit Theatre in Chicago’s Edgewater Theatre District. Faculty member Andrea J. Dymond directs this rethought version of the Victorian tale, which updates Wilde’s…