Tag: Grant Sabin
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring Silent Theatre’s Comedy ‘Keep Your Guard Up, Smitty Harbinger’ to the Den Theatre July 19-22
The Silent Theatre Company, an ensemble founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, presents the world premiere of Keep Your Guard Up, Smitty Harbinger, written and performed by Tim Campos. The show is directed by Columbia College alum Tonika Todorova ’02, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Theatre. The…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Bring Neo-Futurists’ ‘Empty Threats’ to the Stage June 7-July 14
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums are on the production team for Empty Threats, presented by the Neo-Futurists theatre company June 7 through July 14. The show’s scenic designer is Columbia College alum Grant Sabin ’05, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Design program and now a faculty member in that program. The show’s production manager…
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Success Stories of 2017: News from Around the World
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s blog “The Green Room” has chronicled the professional activities of our talented and accomplished alumni, faculty, and students over the past year. We covered news as it poured in not only from Chicago but from New York, Hollywood, around the U.S., and overseas. As we head off for our holiday break,…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni and Faculty Nominated for 2017 BroadwayWorld Awards
Congratulations to the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, faculty, and former students who have been nominated for BroadwayWorld.com‘s 2017 BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards, which honor Chicago-area theatre productions that opened between October 1, 2016, and September 30, 2017. The nominees were announced November 10. The winners will be chosen by BroadwayWorld readers through online…
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Columbia College Chicago Alumni and Faculty Nominated for 2017 Jeff Awards
Alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and the Columbia College Chicago Music Department have been nominated for 2017 Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award. The list of this year’s “Jeff Award” nominees, announced August 23, includes: Alumna Caroline Neff ’07, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting,…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni Bring ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ to the Stage Nov. 18-Dec. 31
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are in the cast and creative/production team of It’s a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago!, American Blues Theatre‘s annual holiday show. Performed in the manner of a live 1940s radio broadcast, the production features Foley sound effects executed in full view of the audience by alumnus Shawn Goudie ’04, an actor and…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Teacher Featured in TV’s ‘The Exorcist’
Kirsten Fitzgerald, a teacher in the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s Acting program, has a featured role in The Exorcist, Fox TV’s filmed-in-Chicago series about demonic possession. Fitzgerald plays Maria Walters, a regular character in the drama, described as “slightly sinister” in a recent article on the website Monsters & Critics. Fitzgerald is one of…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni Bring ‘Bardy Bunch’ Musical Spoof to Mercury Theater Sept. 15-Nov. 27
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are in the cast and production team of The Bardy Bunch: The War of the Families Partridge and Brady, an Off-Broadway hit musical receiving its Chicago premiere September 15–November 27 at the Mercury Theater, 3745 N. Southport, Chicago. The Bardy Bunch is a musical parody mash-up of a dozen…
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‘Little Shop of Horrors,’ Directed and Designed by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Faculty and Alumni, Extended Through July 31
American Blues Theatre‘s hit production of the musical Little Shop of Horrors has been extended through July 31 at the Greenhouse Theatre Center, 2257 N. Lincoln, Chicago. The show, directed by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department adjunct faculty member Jonathan Berry, features scenic design by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Grant Sabin (BFA ’05), a graduate…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni and Faculty Bring ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ to American Blues Theatre April 29-June 26
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and faculty members are bringing the rock musical Little Shop of Horrors to Chicago-area theatregoers this spring. The show, presented by American Blues Theatre, runs April 29-June 26 at the Greenhouse Theatre Center, 2257 N. Lincoln, Chicago. A special “College Night” performance on Thursday, May 12, costs only $10…