Tag: Jen Sloan
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring ‘Gladiator Fight Night: Arcade Anarchy’ to the Stage May 14-17
The Point Theatre Project, a company founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre alums, presents Gladiator Fight Night: Arcade Anarchy, an interactive theatrical experience in which iconic video game characters fight their way to glory as they battle for the title of Champion. Audiences will choose who wins, who loses, and who advances to…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Combine Horror and Stage Combat in ‘Gladiator Fright Night’ Aug. 29-31
The Point Theatre Project, a company founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre alums, presents Gladiator Fright Night, an interactive theatrical experience in which iconic horror characters face off in a battle to the death. Audiences will vote to determine who moves up the bracket in this choose-your-own-adventure-style show. Performances take place August 29…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums ‘Unleash the Beast!’ in May 4 ‘Gladiator Fight Night’
The Point Theatre Project, a company founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre alums, presents Gladiator Fight Night: Unleash the Beast!, an interactive theatrical performance, on Sunday, May 4, at 7:30 PM at The Hive On Hubbard, 1843 W. Hubbard, Chicago. For tickets and more information, click here. The show’s cast of theatrical combatants…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring Pinter’s ‘Dumb Waiter’ to Bramble Arts Loft Jan. 23-Feb. 1
The Point Theatre Project, a company founded by Columbia College Chicago Theatre alums, presents The Dumb Waiter, Harold Pinter’s acclaimed absurdist dark comedy, in a reimagined production January 23 through February 1 at the Bramble Theatre Company’s Bramble Arts Loft, located at 5545 N. Clark in Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood. Tickets are “Pay What You Can.”…
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Fighting Words and Gladiator Gods: Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alums Perform Stage Combat Shows June 24 and 25
Alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s nationally recognized Stage Combat Program are taking center stage in two productions that celebrate the art of theatrical combat the weekend of June 24 and 25, 2023. The Babes With Blades Theatre Company’s Fighting Words festival is available both in person and via online streaming, with performances…
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Columbia College Chicago Alums’ Sci-Fi Musical ‘Abduction’ Presented as Benefit for UNICEF at Chicago’s Newport Theatre June 23-July 7
Abduction, an original science-fiction musical comedy created by Columbia College Chicago alumni T.J. Pieffer ’18 and Brad Kemp ’12, is being presented in a staged reading as a benefit for UNICEF humanitarian support in response to the war in Ukraine. The show will be presented THREE PERFORMANCES ONLY – Thursday, June 23, June 30, and…
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Columbia College Chicago Alums Featured in 31st Annual Rhinoceros Theatre Festival Jan. 11–Feb. 23
Alumni, former students, and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are featured as performers, writers, directors, and designers in the 31st annual Rhinoceros Theater Festival (Rhinofest 2020), running January 11 through February 23 at Prop Thtr, 3502 N. Elston, in Chicago’s Avondale neighborhood. Founded in 1988, Rhinofest is the longest-running multi-arts fringe festival…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alums Launch New Point Theatre Project with All-Woman Staging of ‘A Separate Peace’ Sept. 29-Oct. 14
The Point Theatre Project, a new company founded by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums, debuts with an all-woman adaptation of John Knowles’ classic novel A Separate Peace. The production runs September 29 through October 14 at City Lit Theatre, located inside the Edgewater Presbyterian Church at 1020 W. Bryn Mawr in Chicago’s Edgewater/Andersonville Theatre…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Directs World Premiere Comedy ‘Human Resource(s),’ Running Through July 6
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Jen Sloan ’17, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, has directed the world premiere of Human Resource(s), by Sara Means. Presented by Theatre Evolve, the comedy is described as “the sometimes-too-familiar story of corporate America and the extremes of clawing one’s way to the top” and…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Bring One-Woman Show ’20, With Issues’ to Playground Theatre July 26
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Emma Sheikh ’18, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Musical Theatre, stars in her own one-person show — 20, With Issues — playing one night only: Thursday, July 26, at the Playground Theatre, 3209 N. Halsted, in Chicago’s Belmont Theatre District. Showtime is 10 PM. Admission…