Tag: John Murbach
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Design Student to Be Honored at Michael Merritt Awards Event May 11 with John Murbach Prize
Congratulations to Johnny Jonathan, a 2026 graduate of the Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance‘s Theatre Design Program, who is the 2026 recipient of the John Murbach Columbia College Chicago Academic Prize for Collaborative Design + Tech from the Michael Merritt Awards and Endowment Fund. The Merritt Endowment Fund, named in honor of…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Students Honored by Michael Merritt Design Awards May 19
Current and former Columbia College Chicago Theatre students will be honored as part of the 2025 Michael Merritt Award for Excellence in Design and Collaboration celebration on Monday, May 19, at the Black Ensemble Theatre. Tuesday Thacker, a former student in the Theatre Stage Management program at Columbia, will receive The Early Career Technical Award,…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Faculty and Student Honored by Michael Merritt Design Awards May 13
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member and Tony Award-winning sound designer Mikhail Fiksel, a teacher in the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Theatre Design and Technology, is the recipient of the 2024 Michael Merritt Award for Excellence in Design and Collaboration. Fiksel won a 2022 Tony Award – the top prize for Broadway theatre…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Faculty and Student Honored by Michael Merritt Design Awards May 22
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member and Tony Award-nominated lighting designer Heather Gilbert, coordinator of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Theatre Design and Technology, is the recipient of the 2023 Michael Merritt Award for Excellence in Design and Collaboration. The award will be presented as part of the annual Michael Merritt Awards for…
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2021 Michael Merritt Awards Online Event May 17 Honors Theatrical Design and Collaboration
The 27th annual Michael Merritt Awards for Excellence in Design and Collaboration, a Chicago-based national theatre-industry awards program, will be presented in a free online ceremony on Monday, May 17, 2021, at 6 PM. The awards, administered by the Michael Merritt Awards and Endowment Fund, honor the memory of former Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Hosts Michael Merritt Awards for Theatrical Design May 13
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department will host the 26th annual Merritt Awards for Excellence in Design and Collaboration on Monday, May 13. The event will take place at the Getz Theater Center of Columbia College Chicago, located at 72 E. 11th in Chicago’s South Loop, where the first Merritt Awards were presented in 1994.…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Design Students’ Work to Be Highlighted at Michael Merritt Awards Event May 14; Therese Ritchie Receives John Murbach Prize
Graduating seniors in the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s Theatre Design program will be featured at the 25th Annual Michael Merritt Awards for Excellence in Design and Collaboration on Monday, May 14. Scenic designer and puppet creator Therese Ritchie, a 2018 graduate of the Theatre Department‘s BA Program in Theatre Design, will receive the 2018…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Design Student Chas Z. Mathieu to Receive John Murbach Prize at Michael Merritt Awards May 15
Scenic designer Chas Z. Mathieu, a senior in the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s Theatre Design program, has been named the recipient of the 2017 John Murbach Columbia College Chicago Prize. The award, named in honor of the late scenic designer and Columbia College Theatre Department faculty member John Murbach, will be presented to Mathieu as part…