Tag: Destiney Higgins
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alums Bring ‘Everybody’ to the Stage July 13-Aug. 11
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are in the cast and creative team of Everybody, presented by the Brown Paper Box Co. July 13 through August 11 at the Pride Arts Center, 4147 N. Broadway, Chicago. This modern riff on the medieval morality play Everyman follows “Everybody” as they question and explore life’s most basic…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Directs World Premiere of ‘Gentleman Caller,’ with a March 29 College Night Performance and Pizza Party
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Cody Estle ’11, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, directs the world premiere of The Gentleman Caller, a provocative drama by Chicago playwright Philip Dawkins, with a special “College Night” performance on Thursday, March 29. The show runs March 28-May 13 at Raven Theatre, where Estle…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni, Faculty, and Students Bring Chicago Premiere of ‘Choir Boy’ to Raven Theatre Sept. 27-Nov. 12
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, students, and faculty are in the cast and production team of Choir Boy, running September 27-November 12 at Chicago’s award-winning Raven Theatre. The drama, by Oscar-winning writer Tarell Alvin McCraney, concerns a gay teenager determined to be the best choir leader in his all-black prep school’s 50-year history, despite…
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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…