Tag: Columbia College Chicago
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Columbia College Chicago Hosts 24th Annual Black Theatre Alliance Awards Oct. 15
Columbia College Chicago will host the 2018 Black Theater Alliance/Ira Aldridge Awards on Monday, October 15. The awards ceremony takes place at the college’s Hokin Lecture Hall, located at 623 S. Wabash in Chicago’s South Loop. The event begins with a reception at 7 PM and includes a screening of the documentary Black Theater: The…
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Columbia College Chicago Alumni and Faculty Bring ‘Eclipsed’ to Pegasus Theatre Chicago Oct. 4-Nov. 4
Columbia College Chicago alumni and faculty talent are on display in Eclipsed, presented October 4 through November 4 by Pegasus Theatre Chicago. The drama by Danai Gurira, set during the Liberian civil war of 2003, is a deeply felt portrait of women finding and testing their own strength. The show is directed by Columbia College…
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Columbia College Chicago Student and Alumni Talent Featured in Black Ensemble Theatre’s New Sammy Davis Jr. Musical Dec. 9-Jan. 21
Columbia College Chicago student Michael Adkins and alumnus Nathan Cooper ’13 are featured in the holiday musical Sammy: A Tribute to Sammy Davis Jr., running December 9-January 21 at the Black Ensemble Theatre, 4450 N. Clark, in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. Adkins, a sophomore in the Columbia College Chicago Business and Entrepreneurship Department‘s BA Program in…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Music Talent Featured in Kids’ Musical ‘The Tiger Who Wore White Gloves’ Through Dec. 23
Columbia College Chicago alumni and students are in the cast and creative team of Nora Brooks Blakely‘s musical The Tiger Who Wore White Gloves, running through December 23 at ETA Creative Arts Foundation, 7553 S. South Chicago, on Chicago’s South Side. The show is adapted by Blakely from a poem by her mother, Pulitzer Prize-winning…
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Columbia College Chicago Alums Bring New Play ‘Bobby Pin Girls’ to the Stage Oct. 29-Dec. 3
Nothing Without a Company, an adventurous theatre troupe founded and led by Columbia College Chicago alums, presents the world premiere of Bobby Pin Girls, running October 29-December 3 at the Chicago Mosaic School, 1101 W. Granville, in Chicago’s Edgewater Theatre District. Written by Columbia alum Janey Bell ’16 — a graduate of the Columbia College…
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Remembering Columbia College Chicago’s First Lifetime Trustee, Sydney Smith Gordon (1923-2017)
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department wishes to salute the memory of Columbia College Board of Trustees lifetime member Sydney Smith Gordon, who passed away on October 9, 2017, at the age of 94. Ms. Gordon, a longtime Chicagoan who moved to Colorado Springs in 2006 to be closer to family, was a staunch supporter…
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Columbia College Chicago’s Conaway Center Hosts 2017 Black Theater Alliance Awards Oct. 23
Columbia College Chicago will host the 2017 Black Theater Alliance/Ira Aldridge Awards on Monday, October 23, at the college’s Conaway Center, 1104 S. Wabash, in Chicago’s South Loop. The evening will begin with a reception at 7 PM followed by the awards presentation at 8 PM. As reported previously in this blog, several Columbia College…
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Columbia College Chicago’s Conaway Center Hosts 2017 Black Theater Alliance Awards Oct. 23
Columbia College Chicago will host the 2017 Black Theater Alliance/Ira Aldridge Awards on Monday, October 23, at the college’s Conaway Center, 1104 S. Wabash, in Chicago’s South Loop. The evening will begin with a reception at 7 PM followed by the awards presentation at 8 PM. Tickets are $25 per person, and should be purchased…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni Honored with 2017 Black Theater Alliance Award Nominations
Alumni and students from the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department have been nominated for 2017 Black Theater Alliance/Ira Aldridge Awards by Chicago’s Black Theater Alliance Awards. Columbia College Chicago alums and students honored with nominations for this year’s awards include: Tyla Abercrumbie ’92 — nominated for the Ruby Dee Award for Best Leading Actress in a Play for her performance…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumnus Performs at Sunset Strip’s Famed Viper Room June 23
Columbia College Chicago alumnus Curt Clendenin ’98, host of Los Angeles’ “Inspirado Projecto” radio show, will perform at the world-famous Viper Room nightclub located on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, California, on Friday, June 23, with his vocal group Yächtley Crëw, a “yacht rock band” that performs the best soft rock of the ’70s…