Tag: Anna D. Shapiro
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Anna D. Shapiro’s Staging of ‘Are You Now’ Is ‘Theatre to Make the Blood Boil’
“I direct plays really for one reason, and that is to make the audience’s world bigger.”–Anna D. Shapiro
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Joanie Schultz Honored with Stage Director and Choreographers Foundation’s 2025 Zelda Fichandler Award
The Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance proudly congratulates Columbia College Chicago Theatre alum and former faculty member Joanie Schultz ’00, a graduate of the Theatre Directing program, on being honored with the prestigious Zelda Fichandler Award from the Stage Director and Choreographers Foundation. The 2025 Zelda Fichandler Award will be presented…
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(VIDEO) Birthday Salute to Longtime Columbia College Chicago Theatre Chair Sheldon Patinkin (Aug. 27, 1935-Sept. 21, 2014)
The Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance lovingly honors the memory of Sheldon Patinkin – longtime head of the Columbia College Theatre Program, noted director and teacher, and cherished friend and mentor to many in the Chicago theatre community — on the occasion of what would have been his 90th birthday. Sheldon was…
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(VIDEO) Birthday Salute to Longtime Columbia College Chicago Theatre Chair Sheldon Patinkin (Aug. 27, 1935-Sept. 21, 2014)
The Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance lovingly honors the memory of Sheldon Patinkin – longtime head of the Columbia College Theatre Program, noted director and teacher, and cherished friend and mentor to many in the Chicago theatre community — who was born August 27, 1935. Sheldon Patinkin was chair of the Columbia…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Advisory Board Announces Sept. 21 Event Celebrating Longtime Theatre Program Head Sheldon Patinkin
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in Acting, Alumni Advisory Board, Class Notes, Columbia College Theatre Alumni and Friends, Comedy Writing and Performance, Improv, Intimacy Direction, Joseph Jefferson Awards Committee, Scholarships, Stage Combat, Technical Theatre, Theatre, Theatre Advisory Board, Theatre Design, Theatre Directing, Uncategorized, VoiceoverThe Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance is proud to announce the creation of the Theatre Advisory Board composed of alumni and friends of the Theatre Program at Columbia College. With a mission to leverage the expertise of the Columbia College Theatre Program’s alumni and other industry members through strategic guidance, collaborative partnerships,…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Dance Alumni and Faculty Highlighted in Newcity Stage’s ‘Players 2023’ Feature
Alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago figure prominently in Newcity Stage‘s “Players 2023: Who Really Performs for Chicago Right Now” feature, published January 6, 2023. Among the Columbia College folks highlighted in the publication’s annual listing of movers and shakers in Chicago’s performing…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Honors Longtime Chair Sheldon Patinkin with Aug. 25 Event Celebrating His Birthday
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department fondly honors the memory of Sheldon Patinkin – longtime chair of the Theatre Department, noted director and teacher, and cherished friend and mentor to many in the Chicago theatre community — who was born August 27, 1935. To celebrate what would have been Sheldon’s 87th birthday, the Theatre Department hosts Theatre…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Anna D. Shapiro Directs Elton John’s New Musical ‘The Devil Wears Prada’; World Premiere in Chicago July 19-Aug. 21 Precedes Broadway Run
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Anna D. Shapiro ’90, HDR ’15, directs the world premiere of the Broadway-bound new musical The Devil Wears Prada by composer Elton John, lyricist Shaina Taub, and playwright Paul Rudnick. The show, based on Lauren Weisberger’s best-selling 2003 novel and its 2006 film version, will have its world premiere…
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Tony Award-Winning Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Anna D. Shapiro Returns to Broadway with ‘The Minutes’ April 2
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Anna D. Shapiro ’90, HDR ’15, winner of the 2008 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play for the Broadway hit August: Osage County, is returning to Broadway as director of The Minutes, which begins previews April 2 at Studio 54 in New York City prior to a…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Joanie Schultz Named Associate Artistic Director of Cincinnati Playhouse
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum and former faculty member Joanie Schultz ’00, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, has been named associate artistic director of the Cincinnati Playhouse, one of the nation’s top regional theatres. In an announcement posted September 16, 2021, the Playhouse stated that Schultz “will collaborate with producing…