Tag: Kirsten Fitzgerald
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni and Faculty Win 2026 Jeff Awards
Congratulations to the alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance who received 2026 Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award. The Equity “Jeff Awards” honor excellence in Chicago’s Equity theatre during the 2025-2026 theatre season (July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026). The individual winners include these Columbia College alumni…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Music Alumni and Faculty Nominated for 2026 Jeff Awards
Congratulations to the alumni, faculty, and former students and faculty members of the Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance who have been nominated for 2026 Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award. The Equity “Jeff Awards” honor excellence in Chicago’s Equity theatre during the 2025-2026 theatre season (July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026).…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Dance Alumni and Faculty Highlighted in Newcity Stage’s ‘Players 2023’ Feature
Alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago figure prominently in Newcity Stage‘s “Players 2023: Who Really Performs for Chicago Right Now” feature, published January 6, 2023. Among the Columbia College folks highlighted in the publication’s annual listing of movers and shakers in Chicago’s performing…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Music Alumni and Faculty Win 2022 Jeff Awards
Congratulations to the alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and Columbia College Chicago Music Department who won 2022 Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award. The Equity “Jeff Awards,” which honor excellence in Chicago’s Equity theatre during the 2021-2022 theatre season, were presented by the Joseph Jefferson Awards Committee on Monday, October…
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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 Department Faculty and Alums Featured in New Book ‘Ensemble: An Oral History of Chicago Theater’; Hull-House Museum Hosts Launch Party Aug. 12
Numerous alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are featured in the new book Ensemble: An Oral History of Chicago Theater, being published August 13, 2019, by Chicago-based Agate Publishing. Authored by oral historian Mark Larson, the book chronicles the development of a grassroots professional theatre movement in Chicago following World War…
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Praised for ‘Fantastic’ Performance in Chicago Premiere of Pulitzer Prize-Winning Drama ‘Sweat’
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumna Tyla Abercrumbie ’98 stars in the Goodman Theatre’s Chicago premiere of Lynn Nottage’s play Sweat, winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The production, which runs through April 14, was hailed as “better than Broadway’s” by the Chicago Tribune, whose theatre critic Chris Jones praised Abercrumbie for her…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Caroline Neff Wins Rave Reviews for Her Performance in Victory Gardens’ World Premiere ‘Lettie’
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Caroline Neff ’07, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, is winning rave reviews for her lead performance in Lettie, a new drama running through May 6 at Chicago’s Victory Gardens Theatre. In this world premiere by Boo Killebrew, Neff portrays a woman desperate to regain…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumnus Appears in A Red Orchid Theatre’s World Premiere ‘Traitor’ Jan. 7-Feb. 25
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Stephen Walker ’95, a graduate of the Columbia College Theatre Department’s BA Program in Theatre, is featured in the world premiere of Traitor, Chicago playwright Brett Neveu’s new reworking of Henrik Ibsen’s classic drama An Enemy of the People. Directed by Oscar-nominated actor Michael Shannon, the play runs January 7-February…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Teacher Featured in TV’s ‘The Exorcist’
Kirsten Fitzgerald, a teacher in the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s Acting program, has a featured role in The Exorcist, Fox TV’s filmed-in-Chicago series about demonic possession. Fitzgerald plays Maria Walters, a regular character in the drama, described as “slightly sinister” in a recent article on the website Monsters & Critics. Fitzgerald is one of…