Tag: Rory Beckett
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Music Alums Launch Bittersweet Arts Company with July 29 Show
A group of Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and Columbia College Chicago Music Department alumni have partnered to form the Bittersweet Arts Company, described as “a collective of multi-talented artists whose unique ambitions and spirits are brought together through their love of experimentation and creative expression.” The interdisciplinary group, launched on July 1, will debut…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alums and Students ‘Hit the Streets’ in an Evening of Solo Performance Nov. 13
The LIVINGroom, an ensemble of solo writer/performers including alumni and students from the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, will present The LIVINGroom: From Where I’m Sitting, an evening of solo performances, on Sunday, November 13, at 8 PM at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont, Chicago. The evening explores how several lives intersect with one city, as eight…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Faculty, Alumni, and Students Team Up for ‘Banned Book Week’ Performance Sept. 26
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department associate chairperson Paul Amandes, coordinator of the Theatre Department’s Playwriting/Writing for Performance BA Program, will co-host and perform in Banned Together: A Censorship Cabaret on Monday, September 26, at 8 PM at Davenport’s Piano Bar, 1383 N. Milwaukee, in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. The event — part of Banned Book Week (September…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni and Students Present Solo Performance Event July 10
The LIVINGroom, an ensemble of solo writer/performers including several alumni and students from the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, presents a “celebration of self” with its midsummer event, The LIVINGroom: Block Party, on Sunday, July 10, at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont, Chicago. The evening starts at 7 PM with a block party, at which…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum’s HowlRound Essay Asks, ‘ How Do I Know I’m a Director?’
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Arianna Soloway (BFA ’13), a graduate of Columbia College Chicago’s BFA Program in Theatre Directing, recently contributed an essay to the theatre website HowlRound in which she discussed a common concern of young theatre practitioners: her struggle to self-define as an artist when she has a full-time non-theatre career.…
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New Schedule for ‘Manic’ Festival of Original Student Work at Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department May 6 and 7
UPDATE: The schedule has changed for Manic, this weekend’s festival of experimental new work by students at the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department. The performance schedule is now Friday, May 6, from 6 to 9:30 PM and Saturday, May 7, from 1 to 4:30 PM. (The Saturday performance was previously scheduled for the evening.) Presented…
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‘Manic: A Festival’ Showcases New Work by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Students May 6-7
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department hosts Manic, a two-night festival of experimental new work by students, on Friday, May 6, from 6 to 9:30 PM and Saturday, May 7, from 7 to 10 PM. Presented by Manic, a student performance art collective, the performances take place in Room 602 of the Columbia College Chicago…