Tag: Jason Epperson
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni Featured in ‘RV Camping’ Magazine
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and former faculty members Jason Epperson ’14, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Theatre Design, and Abigail Trabue Epperson ’04, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Musical Theatre, are featured on the cover of RV Camping Magazine, a monthly digital/video publication devoted to…
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Columbia College Chicago Hosts 25th Annual Black Theatre Alliance Awards Oct. 14; Columbia Alumni and Faculty Among Nominees
Columbia College Chicago will host the 25th Annual Black Theatre Alliance/Ira Aldridge Awards on Monday, October 14, 2019. The awards ceremony takes place at the college’s Conaway Center, located at 1104 S. Wabash in Chicago’s South Loop. The event begins with a reception at 7 PM followed by the awards ceremony at 8 PM. Tickets…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Success Stories of 2016: 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 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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Columbia College Chicago Alumni Launch ‘Performink’ Theatre News Website
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni Jason Epperson (BA ’14) and Abigail Trabue (BA ’04) — artists, entrepreneurs, and husband and wife — have launched PerformInk, an online publication devoted to Chicago’s thriving theatre scene. PerformInk will be a rolling-news website with a weekly e-mail edition. The new PerformInk is a reboot of a Chicago…
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New Shows on Chicago Stages Feature Work of Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni and Faculty
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Michael Pogue, a 2006 graduate of the Columbia College Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, is featured in Stick Fly, running through July 5 at the Windy City Playhouse, 3014 W. Irving Park Road, Chicago. Lydia R. Diamond’s play, directed by former Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Faculty Bring ‘Side Man’ to Greenhouse Theater Center Starting April 24
American Blues Theater‘s new production of Side Man, Warren Leight’s drama about a jazz musician’s troubled marriage, begins previews this Friday, April 24. The show is directed by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member Jonathan Berry. Heather Gilbert, interim associate chair of the Columbia College Theatre Department as well as a faculty member, is designing…
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Columbia College Theatre Faculty, Alumni and Students Bring World Premieres to Chicago Stages
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty and alumni are bringing two new plays to Chicago stages this month. Susan Padveen, coordinator of the Theatre Department’s BFA program in Theatre Directing, is staging the world premiere of Anna in the Afterlife, by Richard Engling, for the Polarity Ensemble Theatre. The show’s cast includes Columbia alumna Sheila…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Faculty Bring ‘Side Man’ to Greenhouse Theater Center in April
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member and Joseph Jefferson Award-winning director Jonathan Berry will stage American Blues Theatre‘s upcoming production of Side Man, Warren Leight’s Tony Award-winning drama about the splintered marriage of a jazz trumpeter and his alcoholic wife. Theatre Department faculty member and interim associate chair Heather Gilbert will design the lights for the show,…
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Chicago Hit ‘Churchill,’ Designed by Columbia Teacher/Alumnus Jason Epperson, Opens Off-Broadway Tonight
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member/alumnus Jason Epperson is in New York today for the Off-Broadway debut of Churchill, a new one-man play adapted and performed by Chicago actor Ronald Keaton. The show is co-produced by Chicago’s Greenhouse Theater Center, where Epperson is Executive Director. Jason also designed the sets and lights for the production here…