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With Film and Broadway Projects in the Works, Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Anna D. Shapiro to Step Down as Steppenwolf Artistic Director in August 2021

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Distinguished Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Anna D. Shapiro ’90, HDR ’15, will step down as artistic director of Chicago’s internationally acclaimed Steppenwolf Theatre Company in August, both the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times reported on May 2,...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department’s Mainstage Season Concludes with Immersive Virtual Production ‘Case Study: Contact’ Runs May 4-7

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The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s 2020-2021 Mainstage Season concludes May 4 through 8 with the season’s final production: Case Study: Contact, a one-of-a-kind immersive virtual experience, performed live on Zoom, that invites each audience member select their own...
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Columbia College Chicago’s Theatre and Business & Entrepreneurship Departments Present ‘Third Mask Festival’ of New Devised Performance — Live and Online April 26-May 1

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The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and the Columbia College Chicago Business and Entrepreneurship Department present the third annual Third Mask Festival, running April 26 through May 1, 2021. The festival showcases the thesis projects of students in Columbia...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum’s New Play Dramatizes ‘Martha Mitchell Effect’

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  A new play by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumna Skye Robinson Hillis ’11, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, is being presented by the MFA Program in Playwriting at Ohio University, where Robinson Hillis...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Helps Lead Mercury Theatre’s Reopening

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Former Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department student Shane Murray-Corcoran is helping shepherd Chicago’s iconic Mercury Theatre back into action, according to a report in the Chicago Reader, the city’s premier alternative publication. Murray-Corcoran, a native of Ireland and graduate...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department’s Getz Theatre Center Resumes LIVE PERFORMANCE April 14 with Two Productions

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The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s Getz Theatre Center resumes LIVE IN-PERSON PERFORMANCE April 14-17 with two simultaneous productions (both performed with attention to safety and COVID awareness): Tales of Berlin, a live, site-specific, immersive theatrical event, takes the...
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Columbia College Chicago Hosts Playwright Regina Taylor for Online Program ‘Social Justice and Creative Practice’ on April 12

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Columbia College Chicago will host “Social Justice and Creative Practice: The Power of the Creative Voice in Advancing Social Change,” an online conversation with renowned playwright, actor, director, activist, educator, and Columbia College honorary degree recipient Regina Taylor HDR...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department’s Mainstage Production ‘Tales of Berlin’ – a Live, Immersive Devised Performance Event – Runs April 14-17

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The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s 2020-2021 Mainstage Season continues April 14 through 17 with Tales of Berlin, a live, site-specific, immersive theatrical event that takes the audience on a journey through WWII Berlin – the music, the dance,...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Guest Stars in ‘Chicago P.D.’ April 7

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Victor Holstein ’04, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, guest-stars on NBC’s Chicago P.D. this Wednesday, April 7, 2021. Holstein is featured in an episode titled Signs of Violence. It’s...
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