Tag: Ariel Etana Triunfo
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(VIDEO) Happy Birthday to ‘Grease’ Co-Author Jim Jacobs!
The Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance wishes a happy birthday to actor-playwright-songwriter Jim Jacobs HDR ’14, co-author of the hit musical Grease and benefactor of the Jim Jacobs Musical Theatre Scholarship at Columbia College, who turns 82 on October 7, 2024. Jacobs, who launched his theatrical career in Chicago in the 1960s, established…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alumni and Faculty Members Bring ‘Big River’ to Mercury Theatre Chicago April 21-June 11
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums are in the cast and creative team of the musical Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Roger Miller and William Hauptman’s stage version of Mark Twain’s classic novel. The show runs April 21 through June 11 at the Mercury Theatre Chicago, located at 3745 N. Southport in Chicago.…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni, Students, and Faculty Star in ‘A Not-So-Silent Night’ Holiday Benefit Performance for Season of Concern Dec. 19
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, students, and faculty members are joining forces for A Not-So-Silent Night, a benefit performance and holiday party on Monday, December 19, to raise money for Season of Concern, an organization that raises and distributes money for emergency financial assistance to Chicago theatre makers for health-related issues. Tickets are only…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums and Faculty Bring Holiday Musical ‘Elf’ to the Stage Nov. 9-Jan. 8
Alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are in the cast and creative team of Elf The Musical, running November 9, 2022, through January 8, 2023, at Drury Lane Theatre in the Chicago suburb of Oakbrook Terrace. For tickets, click here. The cast of this musical version of the popular holiday film…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Choreographs ‘Camelot’ for Music Theater Works
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Ariel Etana Triunfo ’19, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Musical Theatre, is the choreographer for Music Theater Works‘ new production of Camelot, the classic Lerner and Loewe musical retelling of the legend of King Arthur. Camelot runs through November 13 at the North Shore Center for the Performing…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Bring Musical ‘Fun Home’ to Paramount’s Copley Theatre Aug. 3-Sept. 18
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums are in the cast and creative team of the Paramount Theatre‘s production of the groundbreaking musical Fun Home, running August 3 through September 18 at Paramount’s Copley Theatre, located at 8 E. Galena in North Island Center in downtown Aurora, Illinois. For tickets, click here. In Lisa Kron and…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum in National Tour of Broadway’s ‘Summer: The Donna Summer Musical’
Congratulations to Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Ariel Etana Triunfo ’19, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Musical Theatre. The Chicago-based dancer-singer-actor is on her first national tour with the Broadway hit Summer: The Donna Summer Musical in spring of 2022. Triunfo joined the tour in San Antonio, Texas, where the show ran at…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni Bring ‘Groundhog Day: The Musical’ to Paramount Theatre Jan. 26-March 13
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are in the cast and creative team for the first midwestern regional staging of Groundhog Day: The Musical, the stage version of the Bill Murray film comedy, running January 26 through March 13 at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora, Illinois. The show’s cast includes Columbia College alum Teressa LaGamba ’13, a…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Choreographs Music Theater Works’ ‘Ragtime’ Running Oct. 29-Nov. 7
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Ariel Etana Triunfo ’19, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Musical Theatre, is the choreographer for Music Theater Works’ production of the musical Ragtime, running October 29 through November 7 at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, located at 9501 Skokie Blvd.…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni Launch Season 2 of Their Podcast Asking Chicago Artists: ‘Are Your Parents Proud of You?’
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Connar Brown ’19, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting with a Minor in Voiceover and a Minor in Video Production, and Theatre Department student Matthew Schufreider, a senior in the Acting BA program, are launching the second season of their podcast Are Your Parents…