Tag: Lena Waithe
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Talks About Being a ‘Successful Working Actor’ in Hollywood
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Behzad Dabu ’08, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Acting Program, is profiled in a Los Angeles Times article headlined “What Does It Mean to Be a Successful Working Actor? Probably Not What You Think,” published May 24, 2023. In a sidebar feature, Dabu recounts his experiences as an…
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(VIDEO) Playwright, Actor, and Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Tyla Abercrumbie: ‘I’m so much more than being an artist, but I am still very much an artist’
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumna Tyla Abercrumbie ’98 is profiled in a feature published November 24, 2021, in the Chicago Reader, Chicago’s leading alternative publication. Headlined “Tyla Abercrumbie is About More Than The Chi,” the article recounts that Abercrumbie, who grew up in Chicago’s west-side Austin neighborhood, enrolled at Columbia College after dropping out…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni Launch New Playwriting Initiative at Chicago’s Raven Theatre
The Chicago Tribune reports that Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumna Tyla Abercrumbie ’98 has been selected as the inaugural playwright in a new $25,000 play development initiative by Chicago’s Raven Theatre, whose artistic director is Columbia College alumnus Cody Estle ’11, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program. The new program will…
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Columbia College Chicago Alum Behzad Dabu: ‘Theatre Is Sacred to Me’
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Behzad Dabu ’08, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Acting Program, is profiled in The Hedonist, an online magazine. Dabu is currently a featured cast member in ABC-TV’s series How to Get Away with Murder and in the Showtime series The Chi, which was created and is written by…
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Success Stories of 2017: News from Around the World
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s blog “The Green Room” has chronicled the professional activities of our talented and accomplished alumni, faculty, and students over the past year. We covered news as it poured in not only from Chicago but from New York, Hollywood, around the U.S., and overseas. As we head off for our holiday break,…