Tag: Columbia College Chicago
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring Hell in a Handbag Productions’ ‘Golden Girls Meet the Skooby Don’t Gang’ Spoof to the Stage Oct. 10-Nov. 3
Columbia College Chicago alums are in the cast and creative team of Hell in a Handbag Productions‘ Halloween show The Golden Girls Meet the Skooby Don’t Gang: The Mystery of the Haunted Bush, running October 10 through November 3 at the Chopin Theatre, located at 1543 W. Division in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. For tickets,…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum’s New Musical ‘Never Better’ Runs Through Oct. 13 at Theo Ubique Theatre
Never Better, the new musical by Columbia College Chicago alum Preston Max Allen ’13, wraps up its premiere run at award-winning Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre on Sunday, October 13 at Theo’s space at 721 Howard Street in the Chicago suburb of Evanston. Student discounts for closing weekend are available for the show, which has garnered…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Music Alumni Win 2024 Joseph Jefferson Awards
Congratulations to the alumni of the Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance and the Columbia College Chicago School of Audio and Music who won 2024 Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award, at the 56th annual “Jeff Awards” ceremony on September 30, 2024, at Drury Lane Theatre in the Chicago suburb of Oakbrook…
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Featured in WBEZ Interview About His Theatre Company’s World Premiere ‘Beneath the Willow Tree,’ Running Through Sept. 29
Columbia College Chicago alum Aaron Reese Boseman ‘12, a graduate of the Columbia College Theatre Program’s Theatre Directing program, is featured in an interview published September 23, 2024, on WBEZ Chicago’s website. Headlined “For Pulse Theatre Company, the Art of Drama is a Family Affair,” the article focuses on Boseman’s journey as a theatre director…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Wins 2024 Emmy Award for Oscars Show Art Direction
The Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance warmly congratulates Columbia College alum John Zuiker ’05, a graduate of the Theatre Program’s BA Program in Theatre Design, who won the 2024 Emmy Award for Outstanding Production Design for a Variety Special for his art direction of The Oscars, which aired in the United States on ABC…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Featured in ‘East Texas Hot Links’ at Court Theatre Sept. 6-29
Columbia College Chicago alum A.C. Smith ’86, a graduate of the Theatre Program’s BA Program in Theatre, and former Theatre Program Acting program student AnJi White are in the ensemble cast of East Texas Hot Links, running September 6 through 29 at Court Theatre, located at 5535 S. Ellis in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood. For…
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Directs World Premiere of ‘Beneath the Willow Tree,’ Running Sept. 6-29
Pulse Theatre Chicago, a company co-founded and led by Columbia College Chicago alum Aaron Reese Boseman ‘12, a graduate of the Columbia College Theatre Program’s Theatre Directing program, presents the world premiere of Beneath the Willow Tree, a new drama following three generations of Black women in a Louisiana bayou. The production is directed by…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum’s New Musical ‘Never Better’ Runs Sept. 7-Oct. 13 at Theo Ubique Theatre
Columbia College Chicago alum Preston Max Allen ’13, a graduate of the Columbia College Theatre Program’s BA Program in Acting who also took courses in the Theatre Program’s Musical Theatre and Comedy programs, is the author of Never Better, a new musical now playing at award-winning Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre. The show runs September 7…
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Columbia College Chicago Alum Precious Brady-Davis Serves as Community Grand Marshal for 2024 Chicago LGBT Pride Parade June 30
LGBTQ-rights advocate, environmental activist, and Columbia College Chicago alum Precious Brady-Davis ’13, who graduated from Columbia College with an Interdisciplinary BA in Theatre and Liberal Education, will be a Community Grand Marshal for the 2024 Chicago LGBT Pride Parade on Sunday, June 30. Brady-Davis and her husband, Myles Brady-Davis, were chosen by PRIDEChicago, the all-volunteer…
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(AUDIO/VIDEO) Remembering Composer and Columbia College Chicago Music Department Founder William Russo (June 25, 1928-January 11, 2003)
The Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance remembers composer, author, and teacher William Russo on the anniversary of his birth. Russo, who founded what is now the Music Program of the Columbia College Chicago School of Audio and Music in 1965, was born in Chicago on June 25, 1928. Internationally recognized for his…