Tag: Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department
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(VIDEO) Former Columbia College Chicago Theatre Student Samantha Bailey Forges Career as Writer-Director-Producer with New Web Series ‘Brown Girls’ and Second City-Woolly Mammoth Co-Production ‘Black Side of the Moon’
Samantha Bailey, a former student in the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s Acting program, is forging a fast-track career as a writer, director, producer, and performer for the stage and screen. Bailey is the director and producer of Brown Girls, a new Web series set to debut in March 2017 on Open TV, a Chicago-based…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Movement Teacher Named ‘Best Emerging Dancer’ in Newcity’s ‘Best of Chicago’ Feature
Precious Jennings, who teaches body movement for Acting students at the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, was named “Best Emerging Dancer” by Newcity in the publication’s “Best of Chicago 2016” feature, published October 27. Said Newcity: “Among the more compelling recent breakouts this year, dancer Precious Jennings stands out. A resident through the Links Hall LinkUp…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni Bring ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ to Wilmette Nov. 4-13
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums are bringing the classic musical Fiddler on the Roof to the Wilmette Park District’s Center for the Arts November 4-13. The show runs in the theatre of the Wilmette Park District’s Community Recreation Center, 3000 Glenview Rd., in the northern Chicago suburb of Wilmette. The production’s creative team includes Columbia College…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alums Join Shattered Globe Theatre’s ‘Protege Program’
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni David Stobbe ’16, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Musical Theatre, and Rachel Gabrielle ’14, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, have joined Shattered Globe Theatre’s Protégé Program, a free program operated by Chicago’s acclaimed Shattered Globe Theatre. The SGT Protégé Program is designed for “a…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Dana Dajani Named ‘Woman of the Year’ by ‘Emirates Woman’
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Dana Dajani ’10, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Acting program, was named Woman of the Year 2016 in the “Artists” category by Emirates Woman, a leading women’s fashion and lifestyle magazine published in the United Arab Emirates. Dajani, who lives in Dubai, is an actor, writer, producer, and founder of The Human Spirit…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Appears in Solo Performance Show Nov. 4-12
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Stephanie Shaw ’92 appears as part of the spoken-word ensemble BoyGirlBoyGirl in Warman’s Practical Orthoepy and Critique, an evening of stories inspired by Professor Edward Barrett Warman’s exceedingly thorough 1887 guide to proper English pronunciation. Shaw, a Theatre Department faculty member who teaches Solo Performance, is joined by David Kodeski, Diana…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Featured in Netflix Crime Drama ‘Narcos’
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Michael Stahl-David ’05 has landed a role on the Netflix original drug cartel drama Narcos, according to The Hollywood Reporter, the TV industry trade publication. Stahl-David, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, will play Chris Feistl, a young American DEA agent who sought out…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Faculty, Alumni, and Students Bring Historical Drama ‘Red Velvet’ to Raven Theatre; Performance on Thursday, Nov. 3, Features Discount Tickets and Postshow Discussion
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty, alumni, and students are involved in Raven Theatre‘s current production of Red Velvet, Lolita Chakrabarti’s drama about Ira Aldridge, the 19th-century African-American who became the first black actor to portray Shakespeare’s Othello on the London stage. Set in 1833, the acclaimed play is receiving its Chicago premiere. It runs…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni and Students Bring a ‘Faustus’ to the Annoyance Theatre Oct. 28-30
Just in time for Halloween, an ensemble of Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and students present An Apology for the Course and Outcome of Certain Events Delivered by Doctor John Faustus on This His Final Evening. The show runs Friday-Sunday, October 28-30, at 8 PM each night at the Annoyance Theatre, 851 W. Belmont, Chicago. in the basement-level…
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Shakespeare’s Comedy ‘As You Like It’ Launches Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department’s Mainstage Season
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s 2016-2017 Mainstage Season begins Wednesday, October 26, with a two-week run of William Shakespeare’s romantic comedy As You Like It. An all-student cast and design/production team under the direction of faculty member Wendi Weber brings this play–one of Shakespeare’s most popular works–to the Sheldon Patinkin Studio Theatre in the Columbia…