Tag: Jim Corti
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni and Faculty Nominated for 2025 Joseph Jefferson Awards
Congratulations to the alumni, faculty, and former students and faculty members of the Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance who have been nominated for 2025 Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award. The Equity “Jeff Awards” honor excellence in Chicago’s Equity theatre during the 2024-2025 theatre season. The list of this year’s Equity Jeff…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums and Faculty Bring ‘Cats’ to Paramount Theatre April 30-June 15
Columbia College Chicago Theatre alums and faculty are on the production team of an innovative new circus-themed production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical Cats, running April 30 through June 15 at the Paramount Theatre, located at 23 E. Galena in Aurora, Illinois. For tickets, click here. The show’s projections designer is Columbia College alum Paul…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring ‘25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’ to Paramount Theatre March 12-April 27
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Program alums and faculty are in the cast of Paramount Theatre‘s production of the musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, running March 12 through April 27 at Paramount’s Copley Theatre, located at 8 E. Galena in North Island Center in downtown Aurora, Illinois. For tickets, click here. The show’s…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring ‘Waitress’ to Paramount Theatre Feb. 21-March 30
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 Chicago-area premiere of the musical Waitress, running February 21 through March 30 at the Paramount Theatre, located at 23 E. Galena Blvd. in downtown Aurora, Illinois. For tickets,…
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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 and Music Alumni and Faculty Nominated for 2024 Joseph Jefferson Awards
Congratulations to the alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and the Columbia College Chicago Music Department who have been nominated for 2024 Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award. The Equity “Jeff Awards” honor excellence in Chicago’s Equity theatre during the 2023-2024 theatre season. The list of this year’s Equity Jeff…
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Featured in Peninsula Players’ ‘Million Dollar Quartet’ July 31-Aug. 18
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Eion Meldrum ’23, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, is featured in the cast of the rock musical Million Dollar Quartet at Peninsula Players in Fish Creek, Wisconsin. For tickets, click here. Meldrum, who plays guitar in addition to his acting and singing…
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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 and Dance Alumni and Faculty Named in Newcity’s ‘Players 2024: The Fifty People Who Really Perform for Chicago’
Congratulations to the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago alumni and faculty cited in Newcity Stage‘s annual new year’s salute to movers and shakers in Chicago’s vibrant performing-arts scene. Among those listed in “Players 2024: The Fifty People Who Really Perform for Chicago,” posted on Newcity‘s website January 9,…
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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…