Tag: Columbia College Chicago Music Department
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni Launch New Web Series ‘Superfreaks’
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumna Jessica Curtis (BA ’03) is the co-creator of a new web series, Superfreaks, which debuted November 14 on Youtube. Curtis, who wrote and directed the show’s pilot episode, is a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Musical Theatre. Alumnus Jai Sanghvi (’13), a graduate of Columbia College’s…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni Go Vampire-Hunting in ‘Gone Dark’ Oct. 31-Nov. 22
Otherworld Theatre, a company founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, celebrates Halloween with Gone Dark, a new gothic thriller. Directed by Tiffany Keane (BA ’12), a graduate of the Theatre Department’s theatre directing program, this world premiere by Stuart Bousel features a cast including Columbia alumni Grace Gimpel (BA ’12), a graduate…
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Columbia College Chicago Alumnus Aaron Nelson Returns as Simba in ‘The Lion King’ Dec. 2-Jan. 17
Columbia College Chicago alumnus Aaron Nelson (BA ’12) returns to his hometown in December to play Simba in the North American touring company of Disney’s The Lion King–a leading role Nelson has been playing in the show’s Broadway production for two years. The keenly-anticipated touring production runs December 2-January 17 at the Cadillac Palace Theatre,…
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Rock Musical ‘American Idiot’ Features Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni, Faculty, and Student Talent Aug. 28-Oct. 25
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty, alumni, and students are involved in The Hypocrites‘ keenly anticipated production of American Idiot–the Chicago premiere of the influential rock musical by Green Day, Billie Joe Armstrong, and Michael Mayer. The ensemble includes alumni Dakota Hughes (BFA, Musical Theatre Performance, 2015), a graduate of the Musical Theatre Performance BFA…
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Columbia College Alumni Featured in Chicago Musical Theatre Festival, Featuring 13 New Works June 30-July 19
Alumni and students from the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, Music Department, and Dance Department are involved in the Underscore Theatre Company‘s second annual Chicago Musical Theatre Festival, running June 30-July 19 at the Den Theatre, 1333 N. Milwaukee, in Chicago’s Wicker Park community. The festival features 13 world-premiere musicals by local artists, selected from…
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Columbia College Chicago Creative Arts Therapies Teacher Paul Holmquist Leads Workshop on Laban Movement Analysis, Directs New Show with Columbia Theatre Alums
Paul Holmquist, a faculty member in the Columbia College Chicago Department of Creative Arts Therapies as well as the department’s academic manager/coordinator, will lead a workshop on “Deepened Dynamics” as part of a day of workshops about the application of Laban Movement Analysis to theatre, dance, and other disciplines. Called Learn Laban, the event…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department to Launch MFA Program in Devised Performance in Partnership with London International School of Performing Arts
“A new generation of performing artists is changing the landscape of modern theatre.” The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department is expanding its international studies activities by launching its first-ever graduate-level training program in the 2016-2017 school year—a Master of Fine Arts in European Devised Performance Practice in partnership with the cutting-edge London International School of…
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Silent Theatre, Founded by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni, Marks 10th Anniversary with ‘Seven Secret Plays’ Opening May 11 at Chopin Theatre
The Silent Theatre Company, an ensemble founded in 2005 by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department students and alumni, is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a new original production, The Seven Secret Plays of Madam Caprice: a live music meta-theatrical adventure. The show opens Monday, May 11, at the Chopin Theatre, 1543 W. Division in Chicago’s…
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Anna D. Shapiro and Chester Gregory, Columbia College Chicago Alumni, Will Speak at Columbia’s Commencement Ceremonies in May
Tony Award-winning theatre director and Steppenwolf Theatre ensemble member Anna D. Shapiro, a 1990 graduate of Columbia College Chicago, will speak at Columbia’s graduation ceremony for Theatre majors on Saturday, May 16, at 1:30 PM. Also speaking during the Columbia College commencement weekend will be Broadway performer and recording artist Chester Gregory, a 1995 graduate…
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Columbia College Theatre Faculty, Alumni and Students Bring World Premieres to Chicago Stages
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty and alumni are bringing two new plays to Chicago stages this month. Susan Padveen, coordinator of the Theatre Department’s BFA program in Theatre Directing, is staging the world premiere of Anna in the Afterlife, by Richard Engling, for the Polarity Ensemble Theatre. The show’s cast includes Columbia alumna Sheila…