Tag: Columbia College Chicago Business and Entrepreneurship Department
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Music Alums Bring ‘Network’ to Invictus Theatre Aug. 13-Sept. 29
Alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and Columbia College Chicago Music Department are on the production/design team of Invictus Theatre Company’s production of Network, Lee Hall’s stage adaptation of the classic 1976 film. The show runs August 13 through September 29 at Windy City Playhouse, 3014 W. Irving Park Road, Chicago.…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Music Dept. Alums Bring Invictus Theatre’s ‘Topdog/Underdog’ to the Stage Feb. 13-March 31
Alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and Columbia College Chicago Music Department are in the cast and creative team of Invictus Theatre Company’s production of Suzan-Lori Parks’ Pulitzer Prize-winning Topdog/Underdog, running February 13 through March 31 at Windy City Playhouse, 3014 West Irving Park Road, Chicago. For tickets, click here. Columbia…
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Columbia College Chicago Alum Vincent Williams Honored at Black Arts & Culture Alliance of Chicago’s 2023 Black Excellence Awards
Columbia College Chicago alum Vincent Williams ’03, founder and president of the Black Theatre Alliance/Ira Aldridge Awards, was posthumously honored at the Black Arts & Culture Alliance of Chicago‘s 23rd Annual Black Excellence Awards, presented November 6, 2023, in a gala ceremony at Chicago’s Black Ensemble Theatre. Williams, a graduate of the BA Program in Performing…
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Columbia College Chicago Faculty and Alums Bring Shakespearean Spoof ‘Macbeth by the Sea’ to Chicago Audiences July 20-23 Prior to Edinburgh Festival Fringe Run
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty members and alums are collaborating on a new comedy, Macbeth by the Sea, which is headed for the prestigious Edinburgh Festival Fringe for a two-week run August 4 through 19. Before they bring their send-up of Shakespeare’s “Scottish Play” to Scotland, they’ll preview the show at Otherworld Theatre, located…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Mourns Black Theatre Alliance Awards Founder Vincent Williams
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department mourns the passing of Columbia College alum Vincent Williams ’03, founder and president of the Black Theatre Alliance/Ira Aldridge Awards, who died April 19, 2023. Williams, a graduate of the BA Program in Performing Arts Management from what is now the Columbia College Chicago Business and Entrepreneurship Department, founded the Black…
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Columbia College Chicago Alums and Faculty Bring Porchlight Music Theatre’s ‘New Faces Sing Broadway 1951’ to the Stage Jan. 23-24
Columbia College Chicago alums and faculty are in the cast and creative team of Porchlight Music Theatre‘s New Faces Sing Broadway 1951, a revue of songs from classic shows that ran on Broadway in 1951, including Guys and Dolls, The King and I, Paint Your Wagon, and others. The cast includes Columbia College Chicago Theatre…
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Columbia College Chicago Alum Receives 2022 Black Theatre Alliance Award for Her Play ‘Relentless’
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department proudly congratulates Columbia College Chicago alum Tyla Abercrumbie ’98 on winning the 2022 Lorraine Hansberry Award for Writing of a Play for her drama Relentless, which received its world premiere from Chicago’ TimeLine Theatre. The Hansberry Award was presented as part of the 28th Black Theater Alliance/Ira Aldridge Awards…
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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 Alumni and Faculty Highlighted in NewCity’s ‘Players 2022’ Feature
Columbia College Chicago alumni and faculty figure prominently in NewCity‘s “Players 2022: The Fifty People Who Really Perform for Chicago” feature, published January 7, 2022. The publication’s annual listing of movers and shakers in Chicago’s performing arts scene is divided this year into several categories: Advocates and Changemakers, Rising Stars and Storefront Stalwarts, Music Makers,…
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Columbia College Chicago’s Theatre and Business & Entrepreneurship Departments Present ‘Third Mask Festival’ of New Devised Performance — Live and Online April 26-May 1
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and the Columbia College Chicago Business and Entrepreneurship Department present the third annual Third Mask Festival, running April 26 through May 1, 2021. The festival showcases the thesis projects of students in Columbia College Chicago’s MA/MFA Program in European Devised Performance Practice, a program of the Theatre Department in…