Tag: Harmony France
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums and Faculty Launch New Feminist Theatre Company with Feb. 27 Concert
Firebrand Theatre, a new Chicago-based musical theatre company “committed to employing and empowering women,” will launch on Monday, February 27, with a benefit concert, Nothin’ Like a Dame: A Celebration of Women in Musical Theatre, at the Mercury Theatre, 3745 N. Southport in Chicago. The concert, which starts at 7 PM, features 28 of Chicago’s…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Jess Godwin Performs with ‘Choir of Fierce Female Vocalists’ July 18 Following Release of New Album
Singer-songwriter Jess Godwin (BA ’05), a graduate of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s BA Program in Acting, has released her first full-length album, Comfortable. The album, containing nine songs written and performed by Godwin, is available on iTunes. On Monday, July 18, Godwin will appear at Davenport’s Piano Bar & Cabaret, located at 1383…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Headline Firebrand Theatre Memorial Day Concert May 30
Firebrand Theatre, a new company co-founded by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Harmony France, presents P!nk: Sung by Her!, a tribute to celebrated music artist P!nk featuring some of Chicago’s best female talent. The concert takes place Memorial Day Monday, May 30, at 7:30 PM at the Underground Lounge, 952 W. Newport, in Chicago’s…
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Columbia College Chicago Alumni and Faculty Talent Featured in City Lit Theater’s Premiere of Sheldon Patinkin’s Revue ‘I’ve Got the World on a String–Harold Arlen’s Songs of Love and Loss’ March 4-April 10
City Lit Theater is proudly presenting the last show that the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s longtime chairperson, Sheldon Patinkin, was working on when he passed away in 2014. I’ve Got the World on a String: Harold Arlen’s Songs of Love and Loss–devised by Patinkin and directed by City Lit’s artistic director Terry McCabe, a…
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Sheldon Patinkin Theatre Dedicated at Columbia College Chicago; Event Raises Funds for Sheldon Patinkin Award
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department hosted a reception on Monday, September 28, to celebrate the legacy of the late Sheldon Patinkin–teacher, director, friend, and mentor to thousands of theatre artists around the world, and longtime chair of the Theatre Department. Columbia College Chicago‘s president, Dr. Kwang-Wu Kim, formally dedicated the department’s lower-level studio performance…