Tag: Linda Fortunato
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni and Faculty Nominated for 2025 Joseph Jefferson 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 2025 Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award. The Equity “Jeff Awards” honor excellence in Chicago’s Equity theatre during the 2024-2025 theatre season. The list of this year’s Equity Jeff…
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Featured in Peninsula Players’ ‘Million Dollar Quartet’ July 31-Aug. 18
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Eion Meldrum ’23, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, is featured in the cast of the rock musical Million Dollar Quartet at Peninsula Players in Fish Creek, Wisconsin. For tickets, click here. Meldrum, who plays guitar in addition to his acting and singing…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Stars in ‘Ghost The Musical’ at Theatre at the Center Sept. 13-Oct. 14
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Courtney Mack ’15, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Musical Theatre Performance BFA program, stars in Ghost The Musical, running September 13 through October 14 at Theatre at the Center in Munster, Indiana. This is the first Chicago-area regional production of the musical, which is based on the hit…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alumni and Faculty Bring Sondheim’s ‘A Little Night Music’ to BoHo Theatre May 19-July 8
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums and faculty are in the cast and creative team of BoHo Theatre‘s production of Stephen Sondheim’s musical A Little Night Music, running May 19 through July 8 at the Greenhouse Theatre Center in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood. The cast includes Columbia College alum Teressa LaGamba ’13, a graduate of…
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Columbia College Chicago Musical Theatre Alums Perform in Theatre at the Center’s ‘Cabaret’ May 4-June 4
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums appear in the musical Cabaret, running May 4-June 4 at Theatre at the Center in Munster, Indiana. Director-choreographer Linda Fortunato, artistic director of Theatre at the Center and a former Musical Theatre Dance instructor at the Columbia College Theatre Department, has assembled a cast that includes Columbia College alums Ann Delaney ’14, Courtney…
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Columbia College Chicago Musical Theatre Teacher Linda Fortunato Named Artistic Director of Theatre at the Center
Linda Fortunato, a faculty member in the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s Musical Theatre BA and Musical Theatre Performance BFA programs, has been named artistic director of Theatre at the Center in Munster, Indiana, one of America’s leading regional theatres. Fortunato will replace longtime TATC artistic director William Pullinsi effective January 1, 2016. Pullinsi will…
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Columbia College Musical Theatre Faculty and Alumni Bring ‘Spamalot’ to Theatre at the Center Sept. 17-Oct. 18
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Musical Theatre Dance teacher Linda Fortunato is choreographing Monty Python’s Spamalot, the opening show in the 2015-16 season at the Theatre at the Center, located at 1040 Ridge Rd. in Munster, Indiana. This popular musical version of the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail runs…
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Columbia College Chicago Alumni and Faculty in Local Premiere of Musical ‘Big Fish’ at Theater at the Center
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and faculty members are involved in the musical Big Fish at Theatre at the Center in Munster, Indiana. Big Fish–based on the 2003 Tim Burton film of the same title and on the 1998 novel that inspired the movie–had its pre-Broadway tryout in Chicago in April and May of…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni and Faculty Nominated for 2015 Joseph Jefferson Awards
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 were nominated for Jeff Awards–the top honor for Chicago’s vibrant theatre scene since the awards were…