Tag: Callie Johnson
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Featured in World Premiere of ‘Billie Jean’ at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre July 18-Aug. 10
Columbia College Chicago Theatre alum Callie Rachelle Johnson ’12, a graduate of the Columbia College Theatre Program‘s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, is featured in the world premiere of Billie Jean, a new play about sports icon and equality champion Billie Jean King. The production runs July 18 through August 10 at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, located…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Featured in Chicago Shakespeare Theatre’s ‘Hamlet’ April 25-June 9
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Callie Johnson ’12, a graduate of the Theatre Department‘s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, makes her Chicago Shakespeare Theatre debut in the company’s eagerly anticipated new production of Hamlet, William Shakespeare’s classic revenge tragedy. Johnson, winner of a Joseph Jefferson Award for her performance in Porchlight Music Theatre’s Pal Joey,…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni Talent Featured in Cast and Creative Team for Shakespeare’s ‘Othello’ Nov. 8-Dec. 3
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Callie Johnson ’12, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, plays the tragic heroine Desdemona in a new production of William Shakespeare’s Othello: The Moor of Venice, running at the Heartland Studio Theatre November 8-December 3. The show’s set is designed by Columbia College…
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Columbia College Chicago Musical Theatre Alums Sing Out in ‘Chris’ Birthday Belt Fest’ Concert May 15
Alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are featured in the third annual Chris’ Birthday Belt Fest, a benefit concert for Howard Brown Health, on Monday, May 15, at Uptown Underground, 4707 N. Broadway, in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. The concert is a celebration of the birthday of Chicago theatre director Christopher Pazdernik, artistic director…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni Bring ‘Bardy Bunch’ Musical Spoof to Mercury Theater Sept. 15-Nov. 27
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are in the cast and production team of The Bardy Bunch: The War of the Families Partridge and Brady, an Off-Broadway hit musical receiving its Chicago premiere September 15–November 27 at the Mercury Theater, 3745 N. Southport, Chicago. The Bardy Bunch is a musical parody mash-up of a dozen…
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Columbia College Chicago Musical Theatre Alum Callie Johnson in Upcoming Shows at Marriott and Writers Theatre
Actor-singer Callie Johnson (BFA ’12), a graduate of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s Musical Theatre Performance BFA program, is in two high-profile upcoming productions at top theatres in the Chicago suburbs. Johnson, winner of a Joseph Jefferson Award for her performance in Porchlight Music Theatre’s Pal Joey, is in the ensemble of the rock…
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Columbia College Chicago Alumni and Faculty in Local Premiere of Musical ‘Big Fish’ at Theater at the Center
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and faculty members are involved in the musical Big Fish at Theatre at the Center in Munster, Indiana. Big Fish–based on the 2003 Tim Burton film of the same title and on the 1998 novel that inspired the movie–had its pre-Broadway tryout in Chicago in April and May of…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni and Faculty Nominated for 2015 Joseph Jefferson Awards
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty, alumni, and students figured heavily in the nominations for the 2015 Non-Equity Joseph Jefferson (“Jeff”) Awards honoring excellence in Chicago theatres not operating under an Actors’ Equity union contract. Columbia teachers and graduates were nominated for Jeff Awards–the top honor for Chicago’s vibrant theatre scene since the awards were…
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Sheldon Patinkin Celebration Draws Hundreds
Actors Scott Adsit and Jeff Perry were among the more than 800 people who turned out to celebrate the life and legacy of the late Sheldon Patinkin, longtime Chair of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, on Monday, January 26, 2015. Scott–a former Columbia student, veteran of The Second City’s mainstage revues, and star of the hit…