Tag: Conor Clark
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Featured in North Texas Performing Arts Repertory’s ‘Urinetown’ April 22-May 1
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Conor Clark ’13, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Musical Theatre BA program, and former Theatre Department student Thomas McKee are in the cast of North Texas Performing Arts Repertory Theatre’s production of the 2001 Broadway hit Urinetown the Musical. Urinetown features music and lyrics by former Columbia College…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni and Faculty Bring Rare Tennessee Williams Drama to Raven Theatre April 25-June 4
Alumni, faculty, and former students of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are in the cast and creative/production team for Not About Nightingales, the rarely-seen early drama by Tennessee Williams that Chicago’s award-winning Raven Theatre is presenting through June 4. Based on real events, the 1938 play concerns a group of prison inmates who fight…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Featured in Raven Theatre’s World Premiere of ‘Sycamore’ March 8-April 29
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Robyn Coffin ’02, a regular cast member of the TV series Chicago Fire, is featured in the world premiere of Sycamore, a drama by Brooklyn-based playwright Sarah Sander, running March 8-April 29 at Chicago’s acclaimed Raven Theatre. Coffin, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, portrays…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Directing and Design Alumni Bring Midwest Premiere of Richard Greenberg’s ‘Assembled Parties’ to Raven Theatre Jan. 25-March 25
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Cody Estle ’11, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, is directing the Midwest premiere of The Assembled Parties, which runs January 25-March 25 at Raven Theatre, 6157 N. Clark, Chicago. Estle is Raven’s associate artistic director. Written by Richard Greenberg, the play focuses on a wealthy New York…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Faculty, Alumni, and Students Bring Historical Drama ‘Red Velvet’ to Raven Theatre; Performance on Thursday, Nov. 3, Features Discount Tickets and Postshow Discussion
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty, alumni, and students are involved in Raven Theatre‘s current production of Red Velvet, Lolita Chakrabarti’s drama about Ira Aldridge, the 19th-century African-American who became the first black actor to portray Shakespeare’s Othello on the London stage. Set in 1833, the acclaimed play is receiving its Chicago premiere. It runs…
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Columbia College Alumni Featured in Chicago Musical Theatre Festival, Featuring 13 New Works June 30-July 19
Alumni and students from the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, Music Department, and Dance Department are involved in the Underscore Theatre Company‘s second annual Chicago Musical Theatre Festival, running June 30-July 19 at the Den Theatre, 1333 N. Milwaukee, in Chicago’s Wicker Park community. The festival features 13 world-premiere musicals by local artists, selected from…
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Columbia College Theatre Faculty, Alumni and Students Bring World Premieres to Chicago Stages
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty and alumni are bringing two new plays to Chicago stages this month. Susan Padveen, coordinator of the Theatre Department’s BFA program in Theatre Directing, is staging the world premiere of Anna in the Afterlife, by Richard Engling, for the Polarity Ensemble Theatre. The show’s cast includes Columbia alumna Sheila…