Tag: Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department
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March 14 ‘Oklahoma!’ Performance Benefits Musical Theatre Scholarships
The performance of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! at the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department on Saturday, March 14, at 7 PM, is a benefit for Columbia’s Musical Theatre Scholarships program. Tickets for the benefit performance are $5-$15. Proceeds from the show will be divided between the Jim Jacobs Musical Theatre Scholarship (offered to Musical Theatre students entering…
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‘Oklahoma!’ Opens at Columbia College Chicago’s Getz Theatre; Performance on March 14 Benefits Musical Theatre Scholarships
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s Spring 2015 Mainstage Musical — the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic Oklahoma! — opens Wednesday, March 11, at 6:30 PM at the Getz Theatre of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Center, 72 E. 11th St. The production runs through March 21. The performance on Saturday, March 14, at 7 PM is a…
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New Web Series ‘You’re So Talented’ Debuts March 11–A Collaboration Among Columbia College Theatre, Cinema, and Education Alumni
Alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre, Cinema Art + Science, and Education departments have joined forces to launch a new Web series, You’re So Talented, which premieres Wednesday, March 11. Presented by Open TV, and produced in association with Artful Enough Pictures and Samantha Lee, You’re So Talented is created by actor-writer Sam Bailey–the show’s…
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Columbia College Theatre Alumni and Student Talents Featured in Shows at Royal George Theatre and Theater Wit
Several Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and students are involved in Runcible Theatre Company’s staging of British playwright Howard Barker’s rarely-seen Scenes from an Execution, the tale of a 16th-century Italian painter’s clash with religious and secular authorities over her painting of a Venetian military victory against a Muslim enemy. The cast includes alumna Georgia Gove…
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Columbia College Theatre Alumni Mount New L.A. Production of ‘Boys’ Life’
A group of Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, now based in Los Angeles, have set out to mount a new production of Howard Korder‘s 1988 comedy Boys’ Life at the Complex Theatres in Hollywood. Alumni Tyler Vaughn (BA, Theatre/Acting, 2013) and Daniel Gallun (BA, Theatre/Acting, 2011) first encountered the play when studying acting at…
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Columbia College Alumnus/Teacher Eric Burgher Launches ‘Under the Lights’ Podcast to Highlight the Work of Chicago’s Arts Community
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus and teacher Eric Burgher has launched Under the Lights, a new podcast highlighting the work of Chicago artists–actors, directors, writers, musicians, improvisers, performance artists, casting directors, and others. Each episode of the podcast is a conversation with one or more artists–“a unique opportunity to get to know the people who…
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Columbia College Theatre Teacher Kimberly Senior Praised for New Production of ‘Anne Frank’
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member Kimberly Senior‘s new staging of The Diary of Anne Frank for Writers Theatre in Glencoe has received glowing reviews. Chicago Tribune critic Chris Jones praised Senior for delivering a “truthful, deeply engaged production” of the drama. And Chicagoland Theater Reviews’ Dan Zeff wrote: “The ensemble work is seamlessly…
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Columbia College Alumna Anna Shapiro’s Production of ‘Fish in the Dark’ Opens on Broadway Tonight
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumna Anna D. Shapiro‘s latest Broadway directing effort–the premiere of Fish in the Dark, written by and starring Larry (Curb Your Enthusiasm) David–opens tonight (Thursday, March 5). Anna told USA Today that “I totally panicked” when she was approached to direct the show.
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More Good Reviews for Hypocrites’ ‘Endgame’
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus and teacher Brian Shaw was singled out for his performance in The Hypocrites‘ acclaimed new production of Samuel Beckett’s absurdist classic Endgame in Time Out Chicago’s review of the production. “The Hypocrites deliver an intriguing Beckett in a box,” the review began. Critic Kris Vire continued: “Director Halena Kays .…
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More Good Reviews for Jackalope Theatre’s ‘Four’
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department student Michael Kurowski was singled out by Time Out Chicago theatre critic Kris Vire in his review of Jackalope Theatre’s Four, running through March 28 at Broadway Armory Park, 5917 N. Broadway, Chicago. “Jackalope finds quiet fireworks in a finely observed revival of Christopher Shinn’s 1998 play,” the review began, adding: “Newcomer Kurowski,…