Tag: Michael Brown
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department’s 2022-23 Mainstage Season Opens with ‘The Amateurs’ at Getz Theatre Center Oct. 12-22
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s 2022-23 Mainstage Season opens with the 2018 play The Amateurs, by Jordan Harrison. The production, featuring an all-student cast and a production team composed of students, alumni, and faculty, runs October 12 through 22 in Studio 404 of the Getz Theatre Center of Columbia College, located at 72 E.…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Launches 2020-2021 Mainstage Season with Free Live-Streamed Performances of Election-Year Show ‘The Race: 2020’ Oct. 21-24
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department launches its 2020-2021 Mainstage Season with The Race: 2020, a devised theatre piece for this election year, streaming online October 21 through 24. All performances are free. Performances are Wednesday-Thursday, October 21-22, 7:30 PM (previews); Friday, October 23, 7:30 PM (opening); and Saturday, October 24, at 2 PM and…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Hosts Shakespeare Masterclass by LAMDA’s Rodney Cottier — FREE Special Event Feb. 5
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department is proud to host a FREE Shakespeare Masterclass led by Rodney Cottier, head of the Drama School at the renowned London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), the world’s oldest drama conservatory. The event, presented in association with the Theatre Department’s MA/MFA Program in European Devised Performance Practice,…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Faculty Bring Nabokov’s ‘Invitation to a Beheading’ to Chopin Theatre Through Sept. 14
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member Michael Brown, co-director of the Theatre Department’s MA/MFA Program in European Devised Performance Practice, is the co-creator of Invitation to a Beheading, a devised work of puppet and mask theatre based on Vladimir Nabokov’s novel. Presented by Rough House Theatre, Invitation to a Beheading runs through September 14…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Faculty Bring ‘Invitation to a Beheading’ to Steppenwolf July 25-28
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member Michael Brown, co-director of the Theatre Department’s MA/MFA Program in European Devised Performance Practice, is the co-creator and principal producer of Invitation to a Beheading, a devised work of puppet and mask theatre based on Vladimir Nabokov’s novel. Presented by Brown in association with Rough House Theatre, Invitation…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Teachers Lead Mask Workshop at 2016 Physical Festival June 4
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty members Michael Brown and Marc Frost will lead a workshop on “Masks: Presence, Potential and Play” on Saturday, June 4, as part of the Third Annual Physical Festival Chicago, which runs June 3-11 at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont, in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood. Frost, the festival’s co-founder and co-artistic…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Presents British Visiting Professor’s Production ‘Glockenspiel’ Oct. 6-8
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department is proud to present Glockenspiel, written and directed by Visiting Professor Steven Dykes from Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance in the United Kingdom. With a cast and crew of Columbia College students, this drama explores the impact of extensive combat deployments on the U.S. military, featuring…
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Columbia College Alumni Discount Offered for Physical Theatre Workshops Led by Master Teacher Norman Taylor Oct. 9-11
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department is offering a 10 percent discount to Columbia College Chicago alumni who register for a series of workshops in “The Art of Movement at the Service of the Actor” by master teacher Norman Taylor, widely regarded as one of the finest international ambassadors of the pedagogy of Jacques…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department to Launch MFA Program in Devised Performance in Partnership with London International School of Performing Arts
“A new generation of performing artists is changing the landscape of modern theatre.” The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department is expanding its international studies activities by launching its first-ever graduate-level training program in the 2016-2017 school year—a Master of Fine Arts in European Devised Performance Practice in partnership with the cutting-edge London International School of…