Tag: Mike Mroch
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni and Faculty Mount ‘We’re Gonna Die’ for a Return Engagement at Steppenwolf Theatre March 26-April 16
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are in the cast and design team of We’re Gonna Die, presented by Haven Theatre Company for four Monday evening performances March 26-April 16 at Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s intimate, flexible 1700 Space. Written by Young Jean Lee and directed by Columbia College Theatre Department faculty member Josh Sobel, the show received its Chicago…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring ‘The Night Season’ to Strawdog Theatre May 12-June 24
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are in the cast and on the design team of Strawdog Theatre Company‘s closing production of the 2016-17 season — The Night Season, running May 12-June 24 at the Factory Theatre, 1623 W. Howard, in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood. Columbia College alum Mike Mroch ’11, a graduate of the Theatre…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni and Faculty Bring ‘We’re Gonna Die’ to Den Theatre May 3-June 4
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are in the cast and design team of We’re Gonna Die, the final production of Haven Theatre Company‘s 2016-2017 season. Written by Young Jean Lee and directed by Columbia College Theatre Department faculty member Josh Sobel, this Chicago premiere runs May 3-June 4 at the Den Theatre, 1335 N. Milwaukee, in Chicago’s Wicker…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni and Faculty Talent Honored with Jeff Award Nominations
Several alumni, students, and/or faculty members of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department have been honored with nominations for 2016 Joseph Jefferson Awards for Non-Equity Theatre, which were announced April 26, 2016. The Non-Equity Jeff Awards, the top prize in Chicago’s lively non-Equity theatre scene, celebrate excellence in Chicago theatres not under a union contract.…
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Columbia College Chicago Alumni and Students Bring Classic Comedy ‘Once in a Lifetime’ to Strawdog Theatre April 22-June 4
Strawdog Theatre Company, whose ensemble includes several Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, presents the classic American comedy Once in a Lifetime April 22-June 4. The production will be Strawdog’s last show in its longtime space at 3829 N. Broadway, Chicago. (The company is moving to a new location next season.) The cast of Once…
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Columbia College Chicago Alumni and Faculty Bring World Premiere to Steep Theatre Sept. 26-Nov. 7
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and faculty are joining forces to bring the world premiere of The Cheats, by Hamish Linklater, to the stage of Steep Theatre, one of Chicago’s finest Off-Loop companies, this fall. Joanie Schultz (BA ’00), a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing Program, is staging the production. Her assistant…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni Help Bring ‘Katrina’ to the Den Theatre Sept. 4-Oct. 4
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni Claire Chrzan (BA ’11) and Julia Rohed (BA ’13) are helping bring Katrina: Mother-in-Law of ‘Em All to Chicago. The dark comedy’s midwest premiere is presented by Interrobang Theatre Project September 4-October 4 at the Den Theatre, 1333 N. Milwaukee, in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. Chrzan, a graduate of…
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Columbia College Theatre Alumni Design New Shows at Chicago’s Strawdog Theatre
Alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are part of the design teams for the first two shows on Strawdog Theatre‘s fall schedule. After Miss Julie, British playwright Patrick Marber’s exploration of master/servant sexual politics in 1940s Britain, has a set designed by Mike Mroch , a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BFA Program…
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Columbia College Theatre Department Alumni and Faculty Bring ‘The Pied Piper’ to Stage at Strawdog Theatre
Columbia College Chicago faculty and alumni are involved in Strawdog Theatre‘s new production The Pied Piper, a world premiere based on the classic poem by Robert Browning. The show, which boasts an innovative, physical aesthetic, is directed by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member Josh Sobel, Strawdog’s literary manager. Claire Chrzan, a 2011 graduate…
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Columbia College Theatre Alumni Gear Up for New Shows on Chicago Stages
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are gearing up for new shows opening shortly on Chicago stages. Michael Allen Harris, a 2011 graduate of Columbia’s BFA program in Acting, is in the cast of Adventure Stage Chicago‘s world premiere of Worthy, running April 17-May 16. The family-friendly show is an adventure quest about four young…