Tag: Hannah Ii-Epstein
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums and Faculty Bring ‘Say Gay Plays’ to the Stage Sept. 20
Columbia College Chicago Theatre alums and faculty are featured in Say Gay Plays, a free staged reading of new short plays presented by About Face Theatre and the Silk Road Cultural Center on Saturday, September 20, at 2 PM. The performance takes place at Northeastern Illinois University’s Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies, 700…
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Columbia College Chicago Alums’ Theatre Nothing Without a Company Extends Original Musical ‘Sofa King Queer’ Through Dec. 14
Nothing Without a Company (NWaC), an experimental theatre ensemble founded and led by Columbia College Chicago alums Anna Rose Ii-Epstein ’07 and Hannah Ii-Epstein ’15, is extending its well-received world premiere of Sofa King Queer, a pop-punk/indie rock musical about sex, family, and queer resilience. Originally scheduled to close December 2, the show is now…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Dance Department Alums Selected for 2021 3Arts Make a Wave Grants
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department proudly congratulates the Columbia College alums and faculty members who have been selected to receive 2021 Make a Wave grants from the Chicago-based nonprofit grant-making organization 3Arts. The grant recipients were announced October 18, 2021. 3Arts is a nonprofit organization that supports Chicago’s women artists, artists of color, and…
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Columbia College Chicago Alum Wins About Face Theatre Playwriting Grant
Columbia College Chicago alum Hannah Ii-Epstein ’15, a graduate of the college’s fiction writing program, has been selected as one of two recipients of a new grant presented by Chicago’s About Face Theatre to support the creative work of local LGBTQ+ playwrights. The writers will each receive $2,000 grant awards for use in their art-making processes.…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Present New Site-Specific Works in ’24-Hour Fest Volume V’ Sept. 2
Nothing Without a Company, an experimental theatre group co-founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums, presents 24-Hour Fest Volume V, a showcase of six new site-specific ten-minute plays written, rehearsed, and performed in a 24-hour period. The culminating performance of the event takes place Saturday, September 2, at 7:30 PM at the…
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Alum’s New Play About Meth Dealer Premieres in Hawaii Jan. 21-Feb. 21
Columbia College Chicago alum Hannah Ii-Epstein (BA ’15), a graduate of the college’s fiction writing program, has a new play opening in her native Hawaii. Ii-Epstein’s drama Not One Batu receives its world premiere January 21-February 21 at the Kumu Kahua Theatre in Honolulu. The one-act focuses on a methamphetamine user-turned-dealer and her struggle to…
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Columbia College Theatre Alumni Create New Comedy with Music About Chicago’s Punk Scene Sept. 22-Oct. 10
Columbia College Chicago alumni are collaborating on the world premiere of Punk Punk, an interactive comedy with music about Chicago’s punk scene. The show is presented by Nothing Without a Company, whose artistic director, Anna Rose Ii-Epstein (BFA ’07), is a graduate of the Columbia College Theatre Department‘s acting program. Ii-Epstein plays Mindy, a young…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Faculty, Alumni, and Students Salute Female Pirates in ‘Nobody’s Wench’ Sept. 17-Oct. 4
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A crew of Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department teachers, alumni, and students are on board for Nobody’s Wench: Six Tales of Pirate Women on the Rolling Seas, presented by Fury Theatre and Badass Broads September 17-October 4 at Chase Park, 4701 N. Ashland, Chicago. This collection of short plays about real-life female pirates is the…