Tag: Columbia College Chicago English and Creative Writing Department
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department’s Mainstage Season Continues with Toni Morrison’s ‘The Bluest Eye’ at Getz Theatre Center Through March 23
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s 2023-24 Mainstage Season continues with The Bluest Eye, Lydia R. Diamond‘s stage adaptation of the groundbreaking novel by Toni Morrison. The production runs through March 23 in Studio 404 of the Getz Theatre Center of Columbia College, located at 72 E. 11th St. in Chicago’s South Loop. Student discounts are available. For tickets and more information – including a…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Stars on Broadway in New Musical ‘Almost Famous’
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Rob Colletti ’11, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, costars in the Broadway premiere of the new musical Almost Famous, which opened November 3, 2022, at the Bernard Jacobs Theatre in New York City. Almost Famous is based on the 2000 film of the same title…
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Students Featured in New Episode of Amazon’s ‘College Tour’
Students at the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are featured in an upcoming episode of The College Tour, a TV series streaming on Amazon Prime that provides an inside look into college campuses around the world, making it accessible for students and their families to explore campuses near and far without having to travel. Among…
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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 College Chicago Theatre Department Present ‘Dada Solo’ Performance Program Nov. 12 and 19
The LIVINGroom, an ensemble of solo writer/performers including alumni and students from the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, presents a program of new one-person performances — The LIVINGroom: Dada Solo — on Sunday, November 12 and 19, at Stage 773, located at 1225 W. Belmont in Chicago’s Belmont Theatre District. Performances start at 7…
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Columbia College Chicago Alums Bring New Play ‘Bobby Pin Girls’ to the Stage Oct. 29-Dec. 3
Nothing Without a Company, an adventurous theatre troupe founded and led by Columbia College Chicago alums, presents the world premiere of Bobby Pin Girls, running October 29-December 3 at the Chicago Mosaic School, 1101 W. Granville, in Chicago’s Edgewater Theatre District. Written by Columbia alum Janey Bell ’16 — a graduate of the Columbia College…