Tag: Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Directs ‘Picasso at the Lapin Agile’ March 16-17 at The Stage in Tel Aviv
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumna Amber Carey Gitter is directing a production of Steve Martin’s comedy Picasso at the Lapin Agile for The Stage in Tel Aviv, Israel. The play concerns a fictitious meeting between young Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso at the legendary Paris art bar Le Lapin Agile. It was produced in 1993…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Staffer Wins National Playwriting Award from Southern Rep Theatre
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department staff member Dawn Renee Jones has won the 2015 Ruby Prize for her play A Heap See. The Ruby Prize, named in honor of American activist Ruby Bridges, is presented by Southern Rep Theatre in New Orleans, Louisiana. The news was announced by Southern Rep on February 29. The Ruby…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Probes ‘Love and Information’ March 9-19
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s mainstage season continues March 9-19 with Love and Information, by acclaimed British playwright Caryl Churchill. Directed by Theatre Department chair John Green, with choreography by Musical Theatre students Jennifer Marie Ledesma and Ligia Sandoval, the play is performed in the Sheldon Patinkin Theatre of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre…
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Musical Theatre Alum Alanna Taylor Releases Debut Music Video
Columbia College Chicago alum Alanna Taylor (BA ’15), a graduate of the Columbia College Theatre Department‘s BA Program in Musical Theatre, has released her debut music video. Called “Crash,” the song was produced by Johnathan “Skipper” and Jamuel of Buy New Toys in collaboration with Taylor. The video is choreographed by Michael Sam Marie, a…
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Columbia College Chicago Musical Theatre Alumni ‘Sing About It’ at Davenport’s Cabaret March 7
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Nathan Cooper (BFA ’13) headlines “Let’s Sing About It: A Cabaret” on Monday, March 7, at Davenport’s Piano Bar and Cabaret, located at 1383 N. Milwaukee in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. Cooper, a graduate of Columbia College’s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, will sing songs reflecting on his…
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Columbia College Chicago Alum Behzad Dabu Featured in Goodman Theatre’s ‘Matchmaker’ March 5-April 10; March 9 ‘College Night’ Includes Pizza Party and Performance
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Behzad Dabu (BFA ’08) is featured in the Goodman Theatre‘s revival of Thornton Wilder’s classic comedy The Matchmaker. The show runs March 5-April 10 at the Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn, in downtown Chicago. Dabu, a graduate of the Columbia College Theatre Department’s acting program, previously appeared at the…
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Mercy Street Theatre Premieres Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum’s Play ‘Burn’ March 4-19
Mercy Street Theatre, a company founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, presents the world premiere of Burn, by Ian Michael James (BA ’14), a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting with a minor in playwriting. The play asks the question: If this were the last day of your…
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Columbia College Chicago Alumni and Faculty Talent Featured in City Lit Theater’s Premiere of Sheldon Patinkin’s Revue ‘I’ve Got the World on a String–Harold Arlen’s Songs of Love and Loss’ March 4-April 10
City Lit Theater is proudly presenting the last show that the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s longtime chairperson, Sheldon Patinkin, was working on when he passed away in 2014. I’ve Got the World on a String: Harold Arlen’s Songs of Love and Loss–devised by Patinkin and directed by City Lit’s artistic director Terry McCabe, a…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni and Faculty Celebrate Steep Theatre Anniversary with March 7 Performance of ‘Harper Regan’
Steep Theatre, one of Chicago’s most honored storefront ensembles, will mark its 15th anniversary with a performance of one of its most successful productions, Harper Regan, with a cast headed by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty and alumni. Harper Regan, by British playwright Simon Stephens, will be performed in a one-night-only concert reading…
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Columbia College Chicago Alumni Bring British Hit ‘The Effect’ to New York Starting March 2
Columbia College Chicago alumni are working together to bring the keenly anticipated The Effect, by British playwright Lucy Prebble, to U.S. audiences. The London hit will be directed in its North American premiere by David Cromer, an alumnus of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department. And the cast includes Steve Key (BA ’88), an alumnus…