Tag: Jon Beal
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Music Alums Bring ‘Hand to God’ to Paramount’s Copley Theatre May 25-July 10
Alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and the Columbia College Chicago Music Department are on the production team of Hand to God, running May 25 through July 10 at the Paramount Theatre‘s Copley Theatre, located at 8 E. Galena Blvd. in downtown Aurora, Illinois. This irreverent, darkly comic puppet play — a 2015…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni Bring ‘Groundhog Day: The Musical’ to Paramount Theatre Jan. 26-March 13
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are in the cast and creative team for the first midwestern regional staging of Groundhog Day: The Musical, the stage version of the Bill Murray film comedy, running January 26 through March 13 at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora, Illinois. The show’s cast includes Columbia College alum Teressa LaGamba ’13, a…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alums Bring Stage Combat to Lyric Opera’s ‘Macbeth’ Sept. 17-Oct. 9
Alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are featured in the fight team for Lyric Opera of Chicago’s eagerly awaited brand-new production of Macbeth, Giuseppe Verdi’s thrilling operatic adaptation of William Shakespeare’s tragedy. The production runs September 17 through October 9. For tickets and more information, click here. The stage combat ensemble assembled for…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Faculty Bring Hit Musical ‘Mr. Burns’ Back to Chicago’s Theater Wit Aug. 27
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and faculty are on the creative team of Mr. Burns, a post-electric play, Anne Washburn’s comedy/drama/musical about a post-apocalyptic world comforted by memories of The Simpsons, which begins performances August 27 at Theater Wit, located at 1229 W. Belmont in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood. The show marks Theater Wit’s return to…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Faculty and Alumni Honored with 2019 Joseph Jefferson Awards
Congratulations to the current and former faculty and students of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department who were honored with 2019 Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award, at the annual Jeff Awards ceremony on October 21. The winners of this year’s “Equity Jeff Awards,” which honor excellence in Chicago-area theatres operating under Actors’ Equity…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre, Music, and Dance Alumni and Faculty Nominated for 2019 Joseph Jefferson Awards
Congratulations to the alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, the Columbia College Chicago Music Department, and the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago who have been nominated for 2019 Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award. The list of nominees for this year’s “Equity Jeff Awards,” which honor excellence in Chicago-area…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre, Music, and Cinema/TV Dept. Alumni and Faculty Nominated for 2018 Jeff Awards
Alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, the Columbia College Chicago Music Department, and the Columbia College Chicago Cinema and Television Arts Department have been nominated for 2018 Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award. The Non-Equity “Jeff Awards” honor excellence in Chicago’s non-Equity theatre. The list of this year’s Non-Equity “Jeff…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni and Faculty Bring Rare Tennessee Williams Drama to Raven Theatre April 25-June 4
Alumni, faculty, and former students of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are in the cast and creative/production team for Not About Nightingales, the rarely-seen early drama by Tennessee Williams that Chicago’s award-winning Raven Theatre is presenting through June 4. Based on real events, the 1938 play concerns a group of prison inmates who fight…
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Columbia Faculty and Alumni Bring ‘Existential Slasher Comedy’ to the Stage April 15-May 27
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member Vanessa Stalling is directing the midwest premiere of Hookman, by San Francisco playwright Lauren Yee. Described as a “bitingly funny, edge-of-your-seat scary” work, Hookman is an “existential slasher comedy” about grief, adolescence, and the power of the stories we tell each other and ourselves. Theatre Department alumnus alumnus Jon…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Faculty and Alumni Talent Featured in ‘A Comedical Tragedy for Mister Punch’ Sept. 2-Oct. 23
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty and alumni talent are featured in the House Theatre of Chicago‘s 2016-17 season opener, A Comedical Tragedy for Mister Punch. Inspired by the classic tradition of Punch and Judy puppet theatre, the production runs September 2-October 23 at the Chopin Theatre, 1543 W. Division, Chicago. The ensemble includes Theatre Department faculty member…