Tag: August Wilson
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Hosts Alumni Event with Cast and Creative Team for ‘Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,’ Extended through May 19 at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department hosted a special event on Tuesday, April 16 – a panel discussion with members of the cast and creative team of the Goodman Theatre’s acclaimed production of August Wilson’s acclaimed drama Joe Turner’s Come and Gone. The speakers included Columbia College Theatre alums A.C. Smith ’86, a graduate of the…
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Tony Award-Winning Columbia College Chicago Alum Tonya Pinkins Stars in ‘Raisin in the Sun’ at New York’s Public Theatre Sept. 27-Nov. 6
Columbia College Chicago alum Tonya Pinkins ’96 — Tony Award-winning star of such Broadway musicals as Caroline, or Change and Jelly’s Last Jam — will star in the Public Theatre’s off-Broadway revival of Lorraine Hansberry‘s groundbreaking drama A Raisin in the Sun September 27 through November 6 at the Public’s Newman Theatre, located at 425…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni and Faculty Nominated for 2022 Black Theatre Alliance Awards
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The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department proudly congratulates the Columbia College Chicago alumni and faculty who have been nominated for 2022 Black Theatre Alliance/Ira Aldridge Awards honoring the work of Chicago-area theatre artists during the 2021-2022 theatre season. The nominations were announced Wednesday, August 3. The winners will be announced at the 28th Annual Black…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Featured in August Wilson’s ‘Two Trains Running’ at Court Theatre May 13-June 12
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum A.C. Smith ’86, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Theatre, is featured in August Wilson‘s drama Two Trains Running, playing May 13 through June 12 at Court Theatre, located at 5535 S. Ellis in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood. For tickets, click here. As previously reported in this…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Faculty Member Chairs 2020 Colloquium on Playwright August Wilson March 12-15
The August Wilson Society at Howard University in Washington, D.C., is partnering with the August Wilson African American Cultural Center (AWAACC) in Pittsburgh to host “August Wilson on the Margins – Understudied and Underrepresented,” the August Wilson Society’s 2020 Biennial Colloquium on the work and legacy of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson. The event takes…
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Columbia Alumni Featured in ‘Two Trains Running’ at Goodman Theatre; ‘College Night’ Performance on March 18
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni Chester Gregory and A.C. Smith are featured in Goodman Theatre‘s much-anticipated new production of Two Trains Running, by the late August Wilson. The centerpiece of a celebration of Wilson’s work and influence (marking the tenth anniversary of his death), Two Trains Running begins previews Saturday, March 7, and officially…