Tag: Ryan Bourque
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Success Stories of 2017: 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 Alumnus Provides Fight and Hockey Choreography for New Show at Minneapolis’ Children’s Theatre Company
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Ryan Bourque ’09, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Acting program and winner of two Joseph Jefferson Awards (Chicago’s top theatrical prize) for his stage combat choreography, has staged the fight and hockey scenes for a new musical at the nationally acclaimed Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis. Titled The…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Wins 2017 Jeff Award for Fight Choreography
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Ryan Bourque ’09 has won a 2017 Joseph Jefferson Award for Non-Equity Theatre — aka the Jeff Award — for his Fight Choreography for Prowess, presented by Jackalope Theatre Company, an ensemble founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni. Bourque is a graduate of the Theatre…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Faculty and Alumni Honored with 2017 Jeff Award Nominations
Faculty, alumni, and former students of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department have been honored with nominations for 2017 Joseph Jefferson Awards for Non-Equity Theatre — aka the Jeff Awards — which were announced April 24, 2017. The Non-Equity Jeff Awards, the top prize in Chicago’s lively non-Equity theatre scene, celebrate excellence in Chicago theatres…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumnus Ryan Bourque Unveils New Photo Exhibit Jan. 6
An exhibit of photographs by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Ryan Bourque ’09 opens Friday, January 6, at ARC Gallery, 2156 N. Damen, Chicago. Bourque, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Acting program, is a professional photographer as well as an actor and a Joseph Jefferson Award-winning stage combat choreographer. The exhibit, titled “People…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni Bring ‘Prowess’ to Jackalope Theatre May 18-June 25
Jackalope Theatre Company, an ensemble founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, wraps up its 2015-16 season with the world premiere of Prowess, running May 18-June 25 at Broadway Armory Park, 5917 N. Broadway in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood. The play is set in contemporary Chicago. It’s summertime, and as temperatures flare, shootings…
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Columbia College Chicago Alumni and Student Talent Featured in Rarely-Revived Tennessee Williams Drama at A Red Orchid Theatre Jan. 14-Feb. 28
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and student talent are on board for Tennessee Williams’ rarely-revived drama The Mutilated, running January 14-February 28 at A Red Orchid Theatre, located at 1531 N. Wells in Chicago’s Old Town neighborhood. The show’s cast includes Lauren Vogel, a senior in the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Musical Theatre.…
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Columbia College Theatre Alum Ryan Bourque Opens Photo Gallery Devoted to Chicago Theatre Dec. 7
Actor, photographer, and Jeff Award-winning stage combat choreographer Ryan Bourque (BFA ’09), a graduate of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s acting program, will unveil an exhibit of photographic portraits of Chicago theatre artists on Monday, December 7, at the Den Theater, 1331 N. Milwaukee, in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. Titled “Meronymy: Part of the…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum and Faculty Bring ‘Pilgrim’s Progress’ to A Red Orchid Theatre Nov. 4-Dec. 13
Ryan Bourque (BFA ’09), a graduate of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s acting program, is in the cast of A Red Orchid Theatre‘s keenly anticipated world premiere of Pilgrim’s Progress, by Bret Neveu. Bourque will share the stage with Oscar nominee Michael Shannon, a Red Orchid ensemble member, and the company’s artistic director Kirsten…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni Honored with 2015 Joseph Jefferson Awards
Congratulations to the current and former Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department students honored at the 2015 Joseph Jefferson Awards on Monday, October 5. Former Columbia College Chicago Theatre acting student Anthony Fleming III won the Jeff Award for Actor in a Supporting Role–Play for his performance in Moby Dick, presented by Lookingglass Theatre in association with…