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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Faculty Member Heather Gilbert Profiled in ‘Live Design’ Magazine

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Heather Gilbert, one of Chicago’s top theatrical lighting designers and head of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s lighting design program, is profiled in the May 2016 issue of Live Design, a magazine serving the live entertainment industry with...
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Plays Singer Tammi Terrell in Black Ensemble’s ‘Marvin Gaye Story’ Musical June 4-July 10

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Melanie McCullough (BA ’04), a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, is featured in The Marvin Gaye Story (Don’t Talk About My Father Because God Is My Friend), running June...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni Bring ‘The Green Bird’ to the Stage June 3-19

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Several Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are in the cast and production team for The Green Bird, presented by The Cuckoo’s Theatre Project June 3-19. The cast includes Kegan Witzki (BA ’14), a graduate of the Theatre Department’s...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum’s New Play About Same-Sex Marriage Plays June 5 at Victory Gardens

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A new play by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Michael Allen Harris (BFA ’11), a graduate of the Theatre Department’s acting program, is receiving a staged reading on Saturday, June 5, at 7 PM at Victory Gardens Theater,...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni Promise a ‘Good Evening with Pat Whalen’ June 3

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Pat Whalen (BA ’10), a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, headlines a “Special Deja Vu Edition” of his monthly show Good Evening with Pat Whalen on Friday, June 3, at 10:30 PM at...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Teachers Lead Mask Workshop at 2016 Physical Festival June 4

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty members Michael Brown and Marc Frost will lead a workshop on “Masks: Presence, Potential and Play” on Saturday, June 4, as part of the Third Annual Physical Festival Chicago, which runs June 3-11...
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Columbia College Chicago Musical Theatre Student Featured in ‘Gypsy’ June 2-12 at Timber Lake Playhouse

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Elya Faye Bottiger, a senior in the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s Musical Theatre Performance BFA program, is featured in the classic musical Gypsy, running June 2-12 at Timber Lake Playhouse in Mt. Carroll, Illinois. Bottiger will play Tessie...
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‘Grease’ Coauthor Jim Jacobs and Musical Theatre Actress Katie Hanley (‘Grease,’ ‘Godspell’) Headline Special Event for American Theater Company’s ‘Xanadu’ June 8

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Katie Hanley (left) and Jim Jacobs.
Actor-writer Jim Jacobs — co-author of the hit musical Grease and benefactor of the Jim Jacobs Musical Theatre Scholarship at Columbia College Chicago — and Broadway and film actress Katie Hanley will headline a special event at Chicago’s American...
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‘Little Shop of Horrors,’ Directed and Designed by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Faculty and Alumni, Extended Through July 31

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American Blues Theatre‘s hit production of the musical Little Shop of Horrors has been extended through July 31 at the Greenhouse Theatre Center, 2257 N. Lincoln, Chicago. The show, directed by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department adjunct faculty member Jonathan...
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Rave Review for ‘Rent’ at Metropolis Praises Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums

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Metropolis Performing Arts Centre‘s new production of the rock opera Rent, whose cast and creative team boasts alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s Musical Theatre and Acting programs, received a rave review from the Northwest Herald newspaper,...
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