Tag: Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department
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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
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 4-July 10 at the Black Ensemble Theater, 4450 N. Clark, in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. In this…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni Bring ‘The Green Bird’ to the Stage June 3-19
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 Musical Theatre BA program with a Stage Combat Minor. Witzki has been accepted into the Master…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum’s New Play About Same-Sex Marriage Plays June 5 at Victory Gardens
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, 2433 N. Lincoln, Chicago. Titled Kingdom, the play is being developed by Broken Nose Theatre in…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni Promise a ‘Good Evening with Pat Whalen’ June 3
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 The Frontier Theatre, 1106 W. Thorndale, in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood. Good Evening with Pat Whalen —…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Teachers Lead Mask Workshop at 2016 Physical Festival June 4
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 at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont, in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood. Frost, the festival’s co-founder and co-artistic…
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Columbia College Chicago Musical Theatre Student Featured in ‘Gypsy’ June 2-12 at Timber Lake Playhouse
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 Tura, the seasoned stripper who grooms novice Gypsy Rose Lee for her career as a burlesque…
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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
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 Theater Company on Wednesday, June 8, in tandem with ATC’s production of the musical Xanadu. Hanley,…
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‘Little Shop of Horrors,’ Directed and Designed by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Faculty and Alumni, Extended Through July 31
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 Berry, features scenic design by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Grant Sabin (BFA ’05), a graduate…
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Rave Review for ‘Rent’ at Metropolis Praises Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums
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, which serves the northwest suburban Arlington Heights community where Metropolis is based. “Metropolis . . .…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni Bring Theatre Nebula’s ‘Urinetown’ to the Stage May 28 – June 12
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Kevin Wiczer (BA ’05), a graduate of Columbia College’s BA Program in Acting, is directing the Tony Award-winning musical Urinetown for Theatre Nebula, a company located in Chicago’s northwest suburbs. The cast includes Anne Nowicki (BA ’07), a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Musical Theatre, in…