Tag: Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums’ New Musical Featured in 2024 Chicago Musical Theatre Festival at Steppenwolf Aug. 11
Out of Focus, a new musical by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums Quinn Rigg ’20 and Kelan M. Smith ’20, both graduates of the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, will be performed on Sunday afternoon, August 11, as part of the 2024 Chicago Musical Theatre Festival, a celebration and showcase of…
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Featured in Peninsula Players’ ‘Million Dollar Quartet’ July 31-Aug. 18
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Eion Meldrum ’23, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, is featured in the cast of the rock musical Million Dollar Quartet at Peninsula Players in Fish Creek, Wisconsin. For tickets, click here. Meldrum, who plays guitar in addition to his acting and singing…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Preston Max Allen’s Musical ‘We Are the Tigers’ Joins Broadway Licensing Global Catalogue
Congratulations to Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Preston Max Allen ’13, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting who also took courses in the Theatre Department’s Musical Theatre and Comedy programs. Allen‘s musical We Are the Tigers, which enjoyed a 2019 Off-Broadway run at Theatre 80 St. Marks in New York…
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Columbia College Chicago Alum’s Dance-Theatre Company, Synapse Arts, Celebrates Its 20th with a ‘Birthday Bash’ Aug. 3
Synapse Arts, a Chicago-based dance-theatre company co-founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Rachel Damon ’05, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Design BA program with a Minor in Dance, will celebrate its 20th (!) birthday on Saturday, August 3, with the Synapse Arts Birthday Bash at the Berger Park Cultural Center,…
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‘Sweaty, sexy, sinuous, and unapologetic’: Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Stars in Haven Chicago’s ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’ at Den Theatre Through Aug. 4
Alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are in the cast and production team of Haven Chicago‘s new production of the groundbreaking rock musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch. The show – Haven Chicago’s final production before shutting down this year – stars Columbia College alum Tyler Anthony Smith ’17, a graduate of the…
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Featured in U.S. Premiere of ‘Lord of the Rings’ Musical at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre July 19-Sept. 1
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Michael Kurowski ’16, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, is featured in the highly anticipated U.S. premiere of The Lord of the Rings – A Musical Tale. Kurowski plays Samwise Gamgee, the trusted sidekick of the story’s Hobbit hero Frodo, in this musical adaptation of the epic…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring ‘The F*ggots and Their Fr*ends Between R*volutions’ to Bramble Arts Loft July 25-Aug. 4
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums are in the company of the devised theatre piece The F*ggots and Their Fr*ends Between R*volutions, a new theatrical adaptation of the 1977 book The Faggots & Their Friends Between Revolutions by writer Larry Mitchell and illustrator Ned Asta. Described as “an imaginative adventure filled with laughter, dancing, puppets,…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Featured in U.S. Premiere of ‘Lord of the Rings’ Musical at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre July 19-Sept. 1
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Michael Kurowski ’16, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, is featured in the highly anticipated U.S. premiere of The Lord of the Rings – A Musical Tale. Based on the books by J.R.R. Tolkien, the family-friendly production runs July 19 through September 1 at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre,…
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum’s Vocal Group ‘Wins the Gold’ at International Choral Festival
Congratulations to Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Zac Richey ’21, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Musical Theatre with a Minor in Stage Combat. Richey is a member of the Westminster Chorus, a men’s a capella chorus based in Westminster, California – and the group won the Barbershop Harmony Society‘s 2024…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring ‘The Lightning Thief: A Percy Jackson Musical’ to Otherworld Theatre July 12-Aug. 18
Alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are in the cast and production team of The Lightning Thief: A Percy Jackson Musical, running July 12 through August 18 at Otherworld Theatre, located at 3914 N. Clark in Chicago. For tickets, click here. The rock musical is co-directed and co-designed by Columbia College alum Tiffany…