Tag: Marcus Klein
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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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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring Hell in a Handbag Productions’ ‘Scary Town’ to the Stage April 9-May 11
Columbia College Chicago Theatre alums are in the cast and creative team of Hell in a Handbag Productions‘ new show Scary Town, running April 9 through May 11 at The Clutch, located at 4335 N. Western in Chicago’s Lincoln Square neighborhood. This world premiere by Hell in a Handbag artistic director David Cerda is a semi-autobiographical…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring Hell in a Handbag Productions’ ‘Rudolph the Red-Hosed Reindeer’ to the Stage through Jan. 5
Columbia College Chicago Theatre alums are in the cast and creative team of Hell in a Handbag Productions‘ winter holiday show Rudolph the Red-Hosed Reindeer (An Unauthorized Musical Parody), running through January 5, 2025, at the Hoover Leppen Theatre at the Center on Halsted, located at 3656 N. Halsted in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood. This popular…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum’s ‘Standout Performance’ Praised in WTTW Review of Hell in a Handbag Productions’ ‘Golden Girls Meet the Skooby Don’t Gang’
Columbia College Chicago alum Tyler Anthony Smith ’17, a graduate of the Theatre program’s BA Program in Acting, was praised by WTTW critic Marc Vitali for his “standout performance” in Hell in a Handbag Productions‘ Halloween show The Golden Girls Meet the Skooby Don’t Gang: The Mystery of the Haunted Bush, running through November 3…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring Babes With Blades’ ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’ to Edge Theatre Oct. 16-Nov. 23
Columbia College Chicago Theatre alums are in the cast and production team of Babes With Blades Theatre Company’s new production of Shakespeare’s comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream, running October 16 through November 23 at the Edge Theater, located at 5451 N. Broadway in Chicago’s Edgewater Theatre District. For tickets, click here. The show’s cast includes…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring American Blues Theatre’s ‘Misery’ and ‘Last Wide Open’ to the Stage Through Oct. 26
Columbia College Chicago alums are in the cast and creative team of two productions that are running in repertory at Chicago’s award-winning American Blues Theatre, 5627 N. Lincoln, Chicago: Misery, William Goldman’s stage adaptation of the novel by Stephen King, and a return engagement of the musical The Last Wide Open, which premiered last summer…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring Hell in a Handbag Productions’ ‘Golden Girls Meet the Skooby Don’t Gang’ Spoof to the Stage Oct. 10-Nov. 3
Columbia College Chicago alums are in the cast and creative team of Hell in a Handbag Productions‘ Halloween show The Golden Girls Meet the Skooby Don’t Gang: The Mystery of the Haunted Bush, running October 10 through November 3 at the Chopin Theatre, located at 1543 W. Division in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. For tickets,…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring World Premiere ‘Last Wide Open’ to American Blues Theatre July 5-Aug. 18
Alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are on the design team for the world premiere of the new musical The Last Wide Open, running July 5 through August 18 at American Blues Theatre, 5627 N. Lincoln, Chicago. For more information and tickets, click here. The show’s scenic designers are Columbia College Theatre Department…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Music Dept. Alums and Faculty Bring World Premiere ‘Turret’ to A Red Orchid Theatre May 2-June 9
Alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and the Columbia College Chicago Music Department are on the design team for the world premiere of Turret, starring Oscar and Tony nominee Michael Shannon. Produced by A Red Orchid Theatre, the show runs May 2 through June 9 at the Chopin Theatre, located at 1543 W. Division…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Bring Babes with Blades’ ‘Duchess of Malfi’ to the Stage Sept. 9-Oct. 21
Alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are on the creative team of The Duchess of Malfi, presented by Babes With Blades Theatre Company September 9 through October 21 at the Factory Theatre, located at 1623 W. Howard in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood. The classic drama by John Webster concerns a widowed 17th-century aristocrat…