Tag: Joanie Schultz
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Joanie Schultz Honored with Stage Director and Choreographers Foundation’s 2025 Zelda Fichandler Award
The Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance proudly congratulates Columbia College Chicago Theatre alum and former faculty member Joanie Schultz ’00, a graduate of the Theatre Directing program, on being honored with the prestigious Zelda Fichandler Award from the Stage Director and Choreographers Foundation. The 2025 Zelda Fichandler Award will be presented…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Advisory Board Announces Sept. 21 Event Celebrating Longtime Theatre Program Head Sheldon Patinkin
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in Acting, Alumni Advisory Board, Class Notes, Columbia College Theatre Alumni and Friends, Comedy Writing and Performance, Improv, Intimacy Direction, Joseph Jefferson Awards Committee, Scholarships, Stage Combat, Technical Theatre, Theatre, Theatre Advisory Board, Theatre Design, Theatre Directing, Uncategorized, VoiceoverThe Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance is proud to announce the creation of the Theatre Advisory Board composed of alumni and friends of the Theatre Program at Columbia College. With a mission to leverage the expertise of the Columbia College Theatre Program’s alumni and other industry members through strategic guidance, collaborative partnerships,…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Directs a New ‘Dracula’ for Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park Feb. 3-March 3
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum and former faculty member Joanie Schultz ’00, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, is the director and co-author of a new adaptation of Dracula, the classic vampire novel by Bram Stoker. In Schultz’s interpretation of the horror tale, “everyone has a secret . . . and…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Joanie Schultz Directs Her Adaptation of Ibsen’s ‘A Doll’s House’ Running Sept. 3-28 at Baltimore’s Everyman Theatre
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum and former faculty member Joanie Schultz ’00, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, is directing the East Coast premiere of her one-act adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s classic drama A Doll’s House, running September 3 through 28 at the Everyman Theatre in Baltimore, Maryland. For tickets, click…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Dance Department Alums Selected for 2021 3Arts Make a Wave Grants
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department proudly congratulates the Columbia College alums and faculty members who have been selected to receive 2021 Make a Wave grants from the Chicago-based nonprofit grant-making organization 3Arts. The grant recipients were announced October 18, 2021. 3Arts is a nonprofit organization that supports Chicago’s women artists, artists of color, and…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Joanie Schultz Named Associate Artistic Director of Cincinnati Playhouse
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum and former faculty member Joanie Schultz ’00, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, has been named associate artistic director of the Cincinnati Playhouse, one of the nation’s top regional theatres. In an announcement posted September 16, 2021, the Playhouse stated that Schultz “will collaborate with producing…
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Columbia College Chicago Alum Sets New Agenda for LGBTQ-Focused PrideArts Theatre with ‘Search for Identity’ Season
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department congratulates Columbia College Chicago alum Jay Españo MFA ’16, a graduate of the college’s MFA program in film directing, who has been named artistic director of Chicago’s LGBTQ-focused PrideArts theatre company. Españo, 47, who also holds a Graduate Certificate in Laban Movement Analysis from Columbia College’s Dance Movement Therapy…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Directs Philadelphia Theatre Company’s ‘A Small Fire’ Running Oct. 18-Nov. 10
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumna Joanie Schultz ’00, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, directs the Philadelphia Theatre Company’s production of A Small Fire, starring two-time Tony Award winner Bebe Neuwirth. The show runs October 18 through November 10 at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre, 480 S. Broad, Philadelphia. For tickets, click…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Joanie Schultz Honored by Dallas-Fort Worth Theatre Critics
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumna Joanie Schultz ’00, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, was honored by the 2017-2018 Dallas-Fort Worth Theatre Critics Awards, which were announced September 11. As reported previously in this blog, Schultz became artistic director of the WaterTower Theatre in Addison, Texas, in January 2017. In her…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Win Rave Reviews for Performances in U.S. Premiere of Simon Stephens’ ‘Birdland’ at Steep Theatre
Alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s Acting program were singled out for praise in the Chicago Tribune‘s review of the American premiere of Birdland, by Tony Award-winning British playwright Simon Stephens, running through May 12 at Chicago’s Steep Theatre. Joel Reitsma ’08, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Acting program, plays a rock star in…