Tag: Arianna Soloway
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Columbia College Chicago Alums Featured in 31st Annual Rhinoceros Theatre Festival Jan. 11–Feb. 23
Alumni, former students, and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are featured as performers, writers, directors, and designers in the 31st annual Rhinoceros Theater Festival (Rhinofest 2020), running January 11 through February 23 at Prop Thtr, 3502 N. Elston, in Chicago’s Avondale neighborhood. Founded in 1988, Rhinofest is the longest-running multi-arts fringe festival…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Brings ‘Dead Man’s Cell Phone’ to the Stage Through March 10
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Arianna Soloway ’13, a graduate of Columbia College Chicago’s Theatre Directing program, has directed The Comrades theatre company’s new production of Sarah Ruhl’s Dead Man’s Cell Phone, running through March 10 at the Greenhouse Theatre Center, located at 2257 N. Lincoln in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood. The comic mystery…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alumni and Faculty Bring ‘Linda’ to Steep Theatre July 7-Aug. 18
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty and alumni are in the cast and production team for Linda, by British playwright Penelope Skinner, running July 7-August 18 at Steep Theatre. The play concerns a beauty products executive whose immaculately curated work-life balance hasn’t prepared her for the battle for visibility in a world focused on everlasting…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alums Bring Ibsen’s ‘Pillars of the Community’ to Strawdog Theatre Jan. 19-March 3
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are in the cast and production team of Henrik Ibsen’s classic drama Pillars of the Community, running January 19-March 3 at Strawdog Theatre, 1802 W. Berenice, Chicago. This acclaimed adaptation of Ibsen’s 1877 play tells the story of the return of a fugitive brother who puts the future of…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alums Bring Site-Specific Holiday Comedy ‘Pine’ to Chicago Dec. 1-10
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Arianna Soloway ’13, a graduate of Columbia College Chicago’s BFA Program in Theatre Directing, is directing the United States premiere of Pine, an immersive outdoor production set in — and performed in — a Christmas tree lot. Written by British playwright Jacqui Honess-Martin, Pine concerns five young people from diverse backgrounds…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni and Faculty Talent Launch Otherworld Theatre’s ‘Paragon’ Sci-Fi/Fantasy Play Fest Nov. 11-12
Otherworld Theatre Company, an ensemble founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, presents its third annual Paragon science-fiction/fantasy play festival November 11 and 12 at the Public House Theater, 3914 N. Clark, in Chicago. Otherworld Theatre Company was founded in June 2012 by Columbia College alum Tiffany Keane Schaefer ’12, a graduate…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni and Student Talent Drive Headline Theatre Project’s Oct. 21 Festival of New Work To Benefit Puerto Rico Hurricane Relief
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums and students are participating in Headline Theatre Project: Winter Is Coming Edition, a one-night showcase of new plays inspired by current events, on Saturday, October 21, at 8 PM at The Frontier, Jackalope Theatre‘s storefront performance space at 1106 W. Thorndale in Chicago’s Edgewater Theatre District. Participating playwrights include…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Success Stories of 2016: News from Around the World
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s blog “The Green Room” has chronicled the professional activities of our talented and accomplished alumni, faculty, and students over the past year. We covered news as it poured in not only from Chicago but from New York, Hollywood, around the U.S., and overseas. As we head off for our holiday break,…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums and Faculty Celebrate Sci-Fi/Fantasy Theatre in ‘Paragon’ Oct. 1-2
Otherworld Theatre Company — a troupe founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni — presents its second annual Paragon—A Sci-Fi/Fantasy Theatre Short Play Festival Saturday and Sunday, October 1 and 2, at the Public House Theatre, 3914 N. Clark, Chicago. Paragon features 40 short plays over the course of just two days, showcasing 38 playwrights, 37…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Directing Alums Selected for Victory Gardens Theatre’s Directors Inclusion Initiative
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni Kaiser Ahmed ’08 and Arianna Soloway ’13 — both graduates of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing Program — have been selected to participate in Victory Gardens Theatre‘s 2016-17 Season Directors Inclusion Initiative, which aims to encourage and develop talented emerging stage Chicago stage directors identifying as people of color,…