Tag: Kaiser Ahmed
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring Jackalope Theatre’s Living Newspaper Festival to the Stage Aug. 21-25
Jackalope Theatre, a company founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre alums and former students, presents its 16th annual Living Newspaper Festival, an evening of five one-act plays inspired by recent news headlines. The Living Newspaper Festival runs August 21 through 25 at Broadway Armory Park, located at 5917 N. Broadway in Chicago’s Edgewater…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring World Premiere ‘Neighborhood Watch’ to Jackalope Theatre May 27-June 28
Jackalope Theatre, a company founded and led by alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Program, presents the world premiere of Rehana Lew Mirza’s drama Neighborhood Watch. The show opens May 27 and runs through June 28 at Broadway Armory Park, located at 5917 N. Broadway in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood. For tickets, click here. The show’s cast features…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Leads Siddons Artistic Council Workshop Feb. 24
Columbia College Chicago Theatre alum Kaiser Ahmed ’08, a graduate of the Theatre Program’s Theatre Directing Program and artistic director of Chicago’s Jackalope Theatre, will headline a workshop on securing resources for theatrical self-producing on Monday, February 24, from 7 to 8:30 PM at Jackalope Theatre’s space inside Broadway Armory Park, located at 5917 N.…
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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 Alumni Win Jeff Awards for Performance and Playwriting
Congratulations to the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni who won Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award, at the 50th anniversary Non-Equity “Jeff Awards” ceremony on March 25, 2024. The awards honor excellence in Chicago’s non-Equity theatre during the 2023 theatre season, which ran from January 1 to December 31, 2023. The list of…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Bring Jackalope’s ‘The Smuggler’ to the Stage Feb. 16-March 16
Jackalope Theatre, a company founded and led by alumni and former students of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, presents the Chicago premiere of The Smuggler, starring Jackalope cofounder Andrew Burden Swanson, a former student in the Columbia College Theatre Department’s Acting program. The show runs February 16 through March 16 at the Chicago Park…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Speak at Free Siddons Artistic Council Panel on Artistic Leadership Oct. 3 at Black Ensemble
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums Kaiser Ahmed ’08, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, and Cavan Hallman ’05, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Playwriting program, will speak about the work of theatrical artistic directors at “Leadership Is Listening: A Conversation about Theatrical Leadership,” a panel discussion hosted by the…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alumni Join Free Webinar on ‘Keeping It Going: Life After Theatre School’ on March 22
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums are featured in a free Zoom webinar titled Keeping It Going: Life After Theatre School on Tuesday, March 22, from 7 PM to 8 PM CST. Columbia College alums Bre Jacobs ’20, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, and Sar Cohen ’18, a…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Hosts Free Siddons Artistic Council Event ‘Keeping It Going: Life After Theatre School’ March 14
Keeping It Going:Life After Theatre School (In Person Program) Monday, March 14 @ 7 pm CSTCourtyard Theater Columbia College Chicago The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department hosts Keeping It Going: Life After Theatre School– a free in-person dialogue with a panel of recent theatre school graduates and working professionals — on Monday, March…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni and Faculty Talent Bring Remy Bumppo’s ‘Passage’ to the Stage March 2-April 10
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Kaiser Ahmed ’08, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, is the director of Passage, running March 2 through April 10 at Theatre Wit, located at 1229 W. Belmont in Chicago’s Belmont Theatre District. Presented by Remy Bumppo Theatre, Christopher Chen’s play – inspired by E.M. Forster’s…