Tag: Columbia College Chicago Music Department
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Student Annabelle Revak Profiled in VoyageChicago’s ‘Trailblazers’ Series
Annabelle Revak, a senior at Columbia College Chicago studying Musical Theatre and Music Composition, is profiled in VoyageChicago, an online news site and nightlife guide devoted to telling “Chicago’s most inspiring stories.” In an interview posted November 15, 2018, as part of the publication’s ongoing series The Trailblazers: Rewriting the Narrative, Revak recounts: “I moved…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alumni Featured in ‘Director’s Haven 2018’ Through Oct. 31
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are participating in the Haven Theatre‘s fourth annual Director’s Haven, an initiative showcasing the talents of rising directors in Chicago. The project features three one-act plays on one program, each directed by a different early-career director selected by Haven Theatre. This year’s cohort of directors includes former Columbia College…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni Reunion October 19-20 Celebrates Renovated Getz Theater Center with Performances, Panel Discussions, and More!
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in Acting, Comedy Writing and Performance, Dance, European Devised Performance Practice, Improv, Musical Theatre, Playwriting, Solo Performance, Stage Combat, Technical Theatre, Theatre, Theatre Alumni Reunion, Theatre Design, Theatre Directing, Theatre Technology, Uncategorized, Writing for PerformanceThe Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and the college’s office of Development and Alumni Relations invite alumni and supporters of Columbia College‘s Theatre Department to the first-ever Columbia College Theatre Reunion Weekend October 19 and 20, 2018. The event celebrates the Theatre Department’s rich history and exciting future and marks the reopening of the beautifully…
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Columbia College Chicago Hosts 24th Annual Black Theatre Alliance Awards Oct. 15
Columbia College Chicago will host the 2018 Black Theater Alliance/Ira Aldridge Awards on Monday, October 15. The awards ceremony takes place at the college’s Hokin Lecture Hall, located at 623 S. Wabash in Chicago’s South Loop. The event begins with a reception at 7 PM and includes a screening of the documentary Black Theater: The…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Music Alumni and Faculty Nominated for 2018 Jeff Awards
Congratulations to the alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and the Columbia College Chicago Music Department who have been nominated for 2018 Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award. The list of nominees for this year’s “Equity Jeff Awards,” which honor excellence in Chicago-area theatres operating under Actors’ Equity contracts during…
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Columbia College Chicago Alumni, Faculty, and Students Honored with 2018 Black Theater Alliance Award Nominations
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department proudly congratulates the Columbia College alumni, faculty, and current and former students who have been nominated for 2018 Black Theater Alliance/Ira Aldridge Awards, including: alumnus Michael Allen Harris ’11, a graduate of the Columbia College Theatre Department’s Acting program, nominated for the Lorraine Hansberry Award for Best Writing of…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Present ‘Forsythian Dweller’s Club’ July 29-30 Prior to Minnesota Fringe Fest Run
The Bittersweet Arts Company, an ensemble formed by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and Columbia College Chicago Music Department alumni, is taking its first full-length production to the Minnesota Fringe Festival in August, and is presenting a two-night preview run of the show in Chicago prior to its trip north. Called Forsythian Dweller’s Club, the…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum in Hit ‘Southern Gothic,’ Extended Through Aug. 26 at Windy City Playhouse
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Victor Holstein ’04, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, has joined the cast of the hit play Southern Gothic, which has recently been extended through August 26 at the Windy City Playhouse in Chicago. Set in 1961 Georgia, the play concerns four couples — old college…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Music Alumni and Students Bring Bittersweet Arts Co.’s ‘Stranger on the River’ to Den Theatre May 20-June 3
The Bittersweet Arts Co., a multidisciplinary collective founded and led by alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and the Columbia College Chicago Music Department, presents a new play by Columbia College alum Ross Krakow ’17, a graduate of the Columbia College Chicago Music Department’s BA Program in Music Composition with a Minor in…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Featured in Metropolis’ ‘Avenue Q’ May 17-June 30
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni Alex Newkirk ’11, Emily Bailey ’15, and Aaron Lockman ’17 are featured in the musical Avenue Q at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in the northwest Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights. Newkirk, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, plays Princeton, a recent college graduate…