Tag: RjW Mays
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring Chicago Premiere of ‘Black Cypress Bayou’ to the Stage Feb. 13-March 15
Columbia College Chicago Theatre alums are in the cast and creative team of Black Cypress Bayou, a Chicago premiere running February 13 through March 15 at Definition Theatre, located at 1160 E. 55th St. on Chicago’s South Side. Student discounts are available. For tickets, click here. Set on a sweltering Texas night in the middle…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni in Cast and Creative Team of World Premiere ‘Prodigal Daughter,’ Running at Raven Theatre through June 22
Alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are in the cast and creative/production team of The Prodigal Daughter, a world premiere drama about a Black family in Chicago during the “Red Summer” of 1919. The show runs through June 22 at the award-winning Raven Theatre, located at 6157 N. Clark in Chicago’s Edgewater Andersonville…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alumni Bring World Premiere of ‘This Is Only a Test’ to the Stage Feb. 11-March 12
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are in the cast and production team of the world premiere of This Is Only a Test, running February 11 through March 12 at the Den Theatre, located at 1331 N. Milwaukee in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. The play is presented by Broken Nose Theatre, one of Chicago’s premier…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Bring Broken Nose Theatre’s Audio Drama ‘Primer’ to Audiences Nov. 15-Dec. 5
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums are on the creative/production team of the audio drama Primer, streaming on-demand from Broken Nose Theatre November 15 through December 5. Tickets are available here. Tickets for all Broken Nose Theatre performances are “Pay-What-You-Can,” allowing patrons to set their own price. The show’s cast includes Columbia College alum RjW…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum’s Drama ‘Kingdom’ Returns as Audio Production Oct. 4-24
Broken Nose Theatre, one of Chicago’s premier Pay-What-You-Can theatre companies, is launching its tenth season with an audio adaptation of Kingdom, a drama by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Michael Allen Harris ’11, a graduate of the Columbia College Theatre Department’s Acting program and winner of the 2018 Black Theatre Alliance Awards’ Lorraine Hansberry…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alums Bring New Plays to Life in Broken Nose Theatre’s ‘Bechdel Fest 7’ Aug. 25-28 at Steppenwolf
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are bringing new plays to life in Bechdel Fest 7: Momentum, Broken Nose Theatre‘s seventh annual feminist festival of new short plays featuring an ensemble of female-identifying and non-binary actors talking about things other than men. Bechdel Fest 7 runs August 25 through 28 at Steppenwolf Theatre’s intimate, flexible…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre, Music, and Cinema/TV Arts Department Alumni and Faculty Win 2019 Joseph Jefferson Awards
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department proudly congratulates the alumni, faculty, and current and former students of the Theatre Department, the Columbia College Chicago Music Department, and the Columbia College Chicago Cinema and Television Arts Department who won 2019 Joseph Jefferson Awards at the Jeff Awards’ annual ceremony on June 3. The Non-Equity Jeff Awards…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre, Communication, Music, and Cinema/TV Arts Dept. Alumni and Faculty Nominated for 2019 Joseph Jefferson Awards
Kudos to the alumni, faculty, and current and former students of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, the Columbia College Chicago Communication Department, the Columbia College Chicago Music Department, and the Columbia College Chicago Cinema and Television Arts Department who have been nominated for 2019 Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award. The Non-Equity “Jeff Awards”…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alums Bring Broken Nose’s ‘Plainclothes’ to the Stage Nov. 9-Dec. 15
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are in the cast and production team of Plainclothes, a world premiere by Broken Nose Theatre that runs November 9 through December 15 at the Den Theatre, 1331 N. Milwaukee, in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. Tickets are “Pay What You Can.” The show’s cast includes Columbia College alum RjW…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni and Faculty Honored with 2018 Black Theatre Alliance Awards
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department proudly congratulates the alumni and faculty members who were honored with Black Theatre Alliance/Ira Aldridge Awards for 2018. The awards were presented October 15 at a ceremony at Columbia College’s Hokin Lecture Hall. The winners included: alum RjW Mays ’06, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in…