Tag: AnJi White
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Dance Alums Nominated for 2025 Black Excellence Awards
Congratulations to the Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Dance alums and faculty members who are nominated for the Black Arts & Culture Alliance of Chicago‘s 2025 Black Excellence Awards honoring and celebrating Chicago theatre, dance, music, film, literary, and visual artists. In the area of Theatre, the nominees in the category of Production Director include Columbia…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni and Faculty Nominated for 2025 Joseph Jefferson Awards
Congratulations to the alumni, faculty, and former students and faculty members of the Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance who have been nominated for 2025 Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award. The Equity “Jeff Awards” honor excellence in Chicago’s Equity theatre during the 2024-2025 theatre season. The list of this year’s Equity Jeff…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Featured in ‘East Texas Hot Links’ at Court Theatre Sept. 6-29
Columbia College Chicago alum A.C. Smith ’86, a graduate of the Theatre Program’s BA Program in Theatre, and former Theatre Program Acting program student AnJi White are in the ensemble cast of East Texas Hot Links, running September 6 through 29 at Court Theatre, located at 5535 S. Ellis in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood. For…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Faculty and Alumni Honored with 2019 Joseph Jefferson Awards
Congratulations to the current and former faculty and students of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department who were honored with 2019 Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award, at the annual Jeff Awards ceremony on October 21. The winners of this year’s “Equity Jeff Awards,” which honor excellence in Chicago-area theatres operating under Actors’ Equity…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alums and Students Win 2019 Black Theatre Alliance Awards
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department proudly congratulates the Columbia College alumni and current and former students who were honored with 2019 Black Theatre Alliance/Ira Aldridge Awards at the 25th annual Black Theatre Alliance Awards ceremony on October 14. Hearty congratulations to: former Theatre Department Acting program student AnJi White, who received the Ethel Waters…
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Columbia College Chicago Hosts 25th Annual Black Theatre Alliance Awards Oct. 14; Columbia Alumni and Faculty Among Nominees
Columbia College Chicago will host the 25th Annual Black Theatre Alliance/Ira Aldridge Awards on Monday, October 14, 2019. The awards ceremony takes place at the college’s Conaway Center, located at 1104 S. Wabash in Chicago’s South Loop. The event begins with a reception at 7 PM followed by the awards ceremony at 8 PM. Tickets…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Featured in TimeLine Theatre’s ‘To Catch a Fish’ April 25-July 1
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are in the cast of To Catch a Fish, the new play by acclaimed Chicago writer Brett Neveu that premieres at TimeLine Theatre April 25 through July 1. The show features alumnus Stephen Walker ’95, a graduate of the Columbia College Theatre Department’s BA Program in Theatre, and former Theatre…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni and Faculty Nominated for 2016 Joseph Jefferson Awards
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty and alumni have been nominated for 2016 Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award. The list of nominees, announced August 30, includes Jesse Klug ’05, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Design Program, for his lighting designs for two productions: Man of La Mancha at the Marriott Theatre…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Wins Raves for TimeLine Theatre’s ‘Sunset Baby’
Anji White, an alumna of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s acting program, has won rave reviews for her performance in Sunset Baby, running through April 10 at TimeLine Theatre, 615 W. Wellington in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood. In what Chicago Sun-Times critic Hedy Weiss called “a starmaking turn . . . sure to leave you…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring Pulse Theatre’s ‘Fabulation’ to the Stage July 24-August 16
Pulse Theatre Company Chicago, a young troupe founded by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni Aaron Mitchell Reese (artistic director) and Christopher Jackson (producing artistic director), is presenting Lynn Nottage’s Obie Award-winning play Fabulation, or The Re-Education of Undine. The show–directed by Reese, a graduate of Columbia College’s Theatre Directing Program–is a social satire about…