Tag: Andrew Burden Swanson
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring Jackalope Theatre’s Living Newspaper Festival to the Stage Aug. 21-25
Jackalope Theatre, a company founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre alums and former students, presents its 16th annual Living Newspaper Festival, an evening of five one-act plays inspired by recent news headlines. The Living Newspaper Festival runs August 21 through 25 at Broadway Armory Park, located at 5917 N. Broadway in Chicago’s Edgewater…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Bring Jackalope’s ‘The Smuggler’ to the Stage Feb. 16-March 16
Jackalope Theatre, a company founded and led by alumni and former students of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, presents the Chicago premiere of The Smuggler, starring Jackalope cofounder Andrew Burden Swanson, a former student in the Columbia College Theatre Department’s Acting program. The show runs February 16 through March 16 at the Chicago Park…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Kaiser Ahmed Named Artistic Director of Jackalope Theatre — Again
Jackalope Theatre, a company founded and led by alumni and former students of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, has announced a change in leadership for its 2020-2021 season. Columbia College alum Kaiser Ahmed ’08, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, will assume the position of artistic director — the same post…
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Jackalope Theatre Featured in Columbia College Chicago Alumni Magazine
Jackalope Theatre, a company founded and led by alumni and former students of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, is featured in the Fall/Winter 2017 edition of Demo, the alumni magazine of Columbia College Chicago. The article, “The Birth of a Jackalope,” recounts how Jackalope began as a senior project in a theatre management techniques course,…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alums Bring New Chekhov Adaptation to Rasaka Theatre Jan. 5-Feb. 3
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Kaiser Ahmed ’08, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, is directing the world premiere of Vanya (or, “That’s Life!”), a multicultural reinvention of Uncle Vanya, Anton Chekhov’s classic seriocomic study of family life. Presented by Rasaka Theatre, Chicago’s only South Asian theatre ensemble, the show runs January…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumnus Ryan Bourque Unveils New Photo Exhibit Jan. 6
An exhibit of photographs by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Ryan Bourque ’09 opens Friday, January 6, at ARC Gallery, 2156 N. Damen, Chicago. Bourque, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Acting program, is a professional photographer as well as an actor and a Joseph Jefferson Award-winning stage combat choreographer. The exhibit, titled “People…
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Jackalope Theatre Company’s ‘Living Newspaper Festival’ Features Columbia College Chicago Alumni Talent Aug. 25-29
Jackalope Theatre Company, a collective founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, presents its 7th Annual Living Newspaper Festival August 25-29. In homage to the 1930s Living Newspapers of the Federal Theatre Project, Jackalope has assembled an exciting group of Chicago playwrights, directors, actors, and designers to dramatize stories ripped from recent newspaper…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Pat Whalen Hosts a ‘Special Budgetary Edition’ of His Late-Night ‘Good Evening’ Show July 1
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Pat Whalen (BA ’10), a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, headlines a “Special Budgetary Edition” of his monthly show Good Evening with Pat Whalen on Friday, July 1, at 11 PM at The Frontier theatre, 1106 W. Thorndale, in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood. Good Evening with Pat Whalen —…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni Promise a ‘Good Evening with Pat Whalen’ June 3
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Pat Whalen (BA ’10), a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, headlines a “Special Deja Vu Edition” of his monthly show Good Evening with Pat Whalen on Friday, June 3, at 10:30 PM at The Frontier Theatre, 1106 W. Thorndale, in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood. Good Evening with Pat Whalen —…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni Bring ‘Prowess’ to Jackalope Theatre May 18-June 25
Jackalope Theatre Company, an ensemble founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, wraps up its 2015-16 season with the world premiere of Prowess, running May 18-June 25 at Broadway Armory Park, 5917 N. Broadway in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood. The play is set in contemporary Chicago. It’s summertime, and as temperatures flare, shootings…