Jonathan Berry Archive

‘Little Shop of Horrors,’ Directed and Designed by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Faculty and Alumni, Extended Through July 31

Posted by
American Blues Theatre‘s hit production of the musical Little Shop of Horrors has been extended through July 31 at the Greenhouse Theatre Center, 2257 N. Lincoln, Chicago. The show, directed by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department adjunct faculty member Jonathan...
Read More
, , , Theatre, Theatre Design, Uncategorized Comments are off

Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni and Faculty Talent Honored with Jeff Award Nominations

Posted by
Several alumni, students, and/or faculty members of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department have been honored with nominations for 2016 Joseph Jefferson Awards for Non-Equity Theatre, which were announced April 26, 2016. The Non-Equity Jeff Awards, the top prize...
Read More
, , , , , , , , , , , Acting, Musical Theatre, Theatre, Theatre Design, Theatre Directing, Uncategorized Comments are off

Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni and Faculty Bring ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ to American Blues Theatre April 29-June 26

Posted by
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and faculty members are bringing the rock musical Little Shop of Horrors to Chicago-area theatregoers this spring. The show, presented by American Blues Theatre, runs April 29-June 26 at the Greenhouse Theatre Center,...
Read More
, , , College Night, Theatre, Theatre Design, Uncategorized Comments are off

Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni, Faculty, and Students Bring U.S. Premiere to Steep Theatre Jan. 21-Feb. 27

Posted by
Steep Theatre, one of Chicago’s most acclaimed storefront companies, is presenting the U.S. premiere of Posh, by British playwright Laura Wade, and several Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty members, students, and alumni are involved in the production. The...
Read More
, , , , , Acting, Technical Theatre, Theatre, Theatre Directing, Uncategorized Comments are off

Columbia College Theatre Alumni and Faculty Highlighted in List of Chicago Theatre Leaders–‘Players 2016: The Fifty People Who Really Perform for Chicago’

Posted by
Anna D. Shapiro
Chicago’s Newcity newspaper and website has released its annual listing of Chicago theatre’s top artists and practitioners, and Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and faculty members figure prominently. The article — “Players 2016: The Fifty People Who Really...
Read More
, , , , , Theatre, Theatre Directing, Uncategorized Comments are off

Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Grad Arianna Soloway Joins Haven Theatre’s ‘Director’s Haven’

Posted by
Haven Theatre Company, whose executive director and co-founder Carol Cohen studied Theatre Design at the  Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, has established “The Director’s Haven,” a showcase for emerging directors. Dedicated to putting early-career directors at the forefront, “The...
Read More
, , , , , Theatre, Theatre Design, Theatre Directing Leave a Comment

Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni and Faculty Nominated for 2015 Joseph Jefferson Awards

Posted by
Callie Johnson in Bailiwick Chicago's "Carrie: The Musical"
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty, alumni, and students figured heavily in the nominations for the 2015 Non-Equity Joseph Jefferson (“Jeff”) Awards honoring excellence in Chicago theatres not operating under an Actors’ Equity union contract. Columbia teachers and graduates...
Read More
, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Acting, Musical Theatre, Technical Theatre, Theatre, Theatre Design, Theatre Directing, Uncategorized Leave a Comment

Columbia College Chicago Alumna Anna D. Shapiro, Steppenwolf Theatre’s Incoming Artistic Director, Names Columbia Theatre Faculty Member Jonathan Berry as Steppenwolf Artistic Producer

Posted by
Jonathan Berry
Steppenwolf Theatre Company‘s incoming artistic director Anna D. Shapiro–a 1990 graduate of Columbia College Chicago–is bringing Columbia College Theatre Department faculty member Jonathan Berry onto the Steppenwolf artistic staff. In a profile of Shapiro published April 23, 2015, Chicago...
Read More
, , , , Theatre, Theatre Directing, Uncategorized Leave a Comment

Columbia College Chicago Theatre Faculty Bring ‘Side Man’ to Greenhouse Theater Center Starting April 24

Posted by
Side Man
American Blues Theater‘s new production of Side Man, Warren Leight’s drama about a jazz musician’s troubled marriage, begins previews this Friday, April 24. The show is directed by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member Jonathan Berry. Heather Gilbert, interim...
Read More
, , , , , Theatre, Theatre Design, Theatre Directing, Uncategorized Leave a Comment

Columbia College Chicago Theatre Faculty Bring ‘Side Man’ to Greenhouse Theater Center in April

Posted by
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member and Joseph Jefferson Award-winning director Jonathan Berry will stage American Blues Theatre‘s upcoming production of Side Man, Warren Leight’s Tony Award-winning drama about the splintered marriage of a jazz trumpeter and his alcoholic wife....
Read More
, , , , Theatre, Theatre Design, Theatre Directing, Uncategorized Leave a Comment
© Copyright 2014. Theme by BloomPixel.