Tag: Jared David Michael Grant
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring North American Premiere of British Rock Musical ‘Sunny Afternoon’ to Chicago Shakespeare Theatre March 21-April 27
Columbia College Chicago Theatre alumni are in the cast and creative team of the North American premiere of Sunny Afternoon, running March 21 through April 27 at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre. The British rock musical, a London hit, chronicles the story of The Kinks, the English rock ‘n’ roll band that exploded onto the ’60s music…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums and Faculty Bring ‘Full Monty’ Musical to Paramount Theatre Aug. 21-Oct. 6
Alums and faculty members of the Theatre Program at the Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance are in the cast and creative team of the musical The Full Monty, running August 21 through October 6 at the Paramount Theatre, located at 23 E. Galena Blvd. in downtown Aurora, Illinois. For tickets, click here.…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums and Faculty Bring Musical ‘Billy Elliot’ to Paramount Theatre Feb. 7-March 24
Alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are in the cast and creative team of the musical Billy Elliot at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora, Illinois. The show runs February 7 through March 24. For tickets and more information, click here. The production’s cast includes Columbia College alums Jared David Michael Grant ’12,…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums and Faculty Bring ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ to Paramount Theatre Through Jan. 14, 2024
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums and faculty members are in the cast and creative team of the musical Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora, Illinois – the nation’s largest musical theatre subscription house. The production – which marks the show’s Professional Regional Premiere – opened November 17, 2023, and…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Co-Stars in National Tour of ‘Tootsie,’ Running Nov. 9-14 in New Orleans
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Jared David Michael Grant ’12, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Musical Theatre, is costarring in the first national tour of the Broadway musical Tootsie, which launched in October 2021 in Buffalo, New York. Grant plays Jeff Slater, the roommate of a male actor who disguises himself…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni and Faculty Nominated for 2020 Black Theatre Alliance Awards
Congratulations to the Columbia College Chicago alumni, students, and faculty who have been nominated for 2020 Black Theatre Alliance Awards. The nominees were announced August 7, 2020. Among those nominated are: Aaron Reese Boseman ‘12, a graduate of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program: nominated for the Lloyd Richards Award for Best…
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Featured in Theo Ubique’s Musical ‘Working’
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Jared David Michael Grant ’12, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Musical Theatre, is featured in Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre’s production of Working, which runs through January 26, 2020. Based on the late Chicago oral historian Studs Terkel’s 1974 book Working: People Talk About What They…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alums Featured in Chicago Shakespeare Theatre’s 2019 Summer Shows
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are featured in all three summer 2019 productions by Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Chicago’s internationally recognized Tony Award-winning theatre company located at Navy Pier, 800 E. Grand on Chicago’s lakefront. Columbia College alum Courtney Mack ’15 has taken over the role of Katherine Howard in Six, CST’s North American premiere…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Students and Alumni Featured in Holiday Shows
The talents of Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department students and alumni are featured in holiday-season productions at some of the Chicago area’s top theatres. Among them: Sophie Vitello, a senior in the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, plays the Ghost of Christmas Past in A Christmas Carol at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alumni and Students Featured in Porchlight Music Theatre’s ‘Gypsy’ Oct. 12-Nov. 25
Alumni and students of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s Musical Theatre Program are featured in the classic musical Gypsy, presented by Chicago’s Porchlight Music Theatre October 12 through November 25. The show’s cast includes current Columbia College students Aalon Smith, Marvin J. Malone II, and Ariel Triunfo. Smith plays “Dainty June,” a teenage performer…