Tag: Lauren Griffith
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums and Faculty Bring ‘Always . . . Patsy Cline’ to the Stage; Hit Musical Extended Through Jan. 4
The country musical Always . . . Patsy Cline, which features faculty and former students of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department in its cast and creative team, has been extended due to popular demand at the Den Theatre in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. The show now runs through the Christmas/New Year’s holidays, with closing…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni and Faculty Bring Gilbert and Sullivan’s ‘Yeomen of the Guard’ to the Stage Oct. 4-13
Alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are on the creative team of the Savoyaires‘ production of The Yeomen of the Guard, the 1888 operetta by librettist William S. Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan. Columbia College alum Lauren Griffith ’15, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance,…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Jess Godwin Performs in Concert at Steppenwolf’s 1700 Theatre Aug. 17-18
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Jess Godwin ’05, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, will perform in concert Friday and Saturday, August 17 and 18, at Steppenwolf Theatre‘s intimate, flexible 1700 Theatre space, located at 1700 N. Halsted in Chicago. For tickets, click here. The performance will be a pre-release celebration…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni Bring ‘Rudolph the Red-Hosed Reindeer’ to the Stage Nov. 25-Dec. 30
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Lauren Griffith ’15, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, is choreographing Hell in a Handbag Productions‘ annual holiday crowd-pleaser Rudolph the Red-Hosed Reindeer, running November 25-December 30. This parody of the children’s TV special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer will play at Mary’s Attic,…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Faculty and Alumni Bring Gilbert & Sullivan’s ‘Pirates of Penzance’ to the Stage Oct. 6-15
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty and alumni are helping the Savoyaires musical theatre troupe bring Gilbert and Sullivan’s classic operetta The Pirates of Penzance to the stage October 6-15. Amy Uhl, a coordinator of the Theatre Department’s Musical Theatre Performance BFA and Musical Theatre BA programs, is directing and choreographing the production. Her assistant…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni Bring ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ to Wilmette Nov. 4-13
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums are bringing the classic musical Fiddler on the Roof to the Wilmette Park District’s Center for the Arts November 4-13. The show runs in the theatre of the Wilmette Park District’s Community Recreation Center, 3000 Glenview Rd., in the northern Chicago suburb of Wilmette. The production’s creative team includes Columbia College…
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Columbia College Chicago Musical Theatre Alum Ren Griffith Busy on Local Stages
Ren Griffith (BFA ’15), a graduate of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, has two projects coming to fruition the first week of March. She’s the assistant choreographer for Applause, the musical based on the classic film All About Eve, which is being presented in a staged concert format…
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Sheldon Patinkin Theatre Dedicated at Columbia College Chicago; Event Raises Funds for Sheldon Patinkin Award
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department hosted a reception on Monday, September 28, to celebrate the legacy of the late Sheldon Patinkin–teacher, director, friend, and mentor to thousands of theatre artists around the world, and longtime chair of the Theatre Department. Columbia College Chicago‘s president, Dr. Kwang-Wu Kim, formally dedicated the department’s lower-level studio performance…