Tag: Michael Matthews
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Success Stories of 2016: 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,…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni Talent Featured in California Production of ‘Sister Act’
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni Cindy Sciacca (BA ’99 Musical Theatre) and Michael Matthews (BA ’99 Acting) are collaborating on a new production of the musical Sister Act, running April 8-24 in Long Beach, California. This stage version of the hit movie, about a nightclub singer posing as a nun while hiding from her…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumnus Michael Matthews, Artistic Director of Celebration Theatre, Honored for Career Achievement by LA Drama Critics Circle
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department is thrilled to announce that alumnus Michael Matthews (BA ’99), artistic director of the Celebration Theatre in Los Angeles, will be honored for career achievement in direction by the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle at the organization’s 2016 awards ceremony, which will honor excellence in theatre seen in Los…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumnus Directs L.A. Premiere July 24-August 29
Michael Matthews, a graduate of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s BA Program in Acting, is directing the Los Angeles premiere of Failure: A Love Story, by Chicago playwright Philip Dawkins. The show, set against the backdrop of 1920s Chicago, is a touching, whimsical exploration of the impermanence of life and the permanence of love.…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumnus Michael Matthews Directs L.A. Premiere of ‘Sons of the Prophet,’ Extended Through April
The Los Angeles premiere of Sons of the Prophet, directed by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Michael Matthews, has been extended through April 26 at the Blank Theatre in Hollywood. The dark comedy by Stephen Karam, winner of the 2012 New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play, has won rave reviews in its LA production. “Director…