Tag: Megan Carney
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‘Saucy and Seductive’: Glowing Reviews for About Face Theatre’s World Premiere of Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Preston Max Allen’s Trans Rom-Com ‘Modern Gentleman,’ Running Through April 18 with Special Columbia College Night Event April 3
Columbia College Chicago Theatre alumni are in the creative team and cast of About Face Theatre‘s world premiere of Modern Gentleman, a new comedy written by Columbia College alum Preston Max Allen ’13, a graduate of the Columbia College Theatre Program’s BA Program in Acting. The show runs through April 18 at Raven Theatre, located at…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums and Students Bring About Face Youth Theatre’s ‘Gayme Changer’ to the Stage June 18-24
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums and students are in the cast and creative team of About Face Youth Theatre‘s new ensemble-devised comedy Gayme Changers, running June 18 through 24 at the Den Theatre, located at 1331 N. Milwaukee in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. Kirsten Baity ’21, who graduated Summa cum Laude with a BA…
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Columbia College Chicago Alum Wins About Face Theatre Playwriting Grant
Columbia College Chicago alum Hannah Ii-Epstein ’15, a graduate of the college’s fiction writing program, has been selected as one of two recipients of a new grant presented by Chicago’s About Face Theatre to support the creative work of local LGBTQ+ playwrights. The writers will each receive $2,000 grant awards for use in their art-making processes.…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Joins About Face Theatre’s Green Room Collective for LGBTQ+ Arts Leaders
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Kirsten Baity ’21, who graduated Summa cum Laude with a BA in Theatre with a Playwriting concentration, has been selected as one of two inaugural members of About Face Theatre’s Green Room Collective, a new program for early career LGBTQ+ arts leaders. The program will help advance the next…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alums Support June 5-12 Supply Drive for Black Lives & Chicago Protesters
A group of theatre companies in Chicago’s Edgewater Theatre District are conducting a drive for donations of food and other supplies to redistribute to other organizations in Chicago directly supporting protestors and in neighborhoods where food supplies are limited. The participating theatres include Jackalope Theatre, a company founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre…