Tag: Second City
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Featured in Second City’s ‘Queer Eye: The Musical Parody’ Starting June 2
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums are in the cast of Queer Eye: The Musical Parody, beginning June 2 at The Second City comedy theatre’s Up Comedy Club, located at 230 W. North in the Pipers Alley mall in Chicago’s Old Town neighborhood. For tickets, click here. The show’s cast includes Columbia College alums Dakota Hughes…
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Comedy Writing & Performance Alum Creates Sketch Comedy Web Series
Actor/comedian Willy J. Sasso (BA ’14), a graduate of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s BA Program in Comedy Writing and Performance, is the co-creator and co-star of an online sketch show called The Drew & Bill Show. The web series was created with Sasso’s longtime friend and collaborator Drew Byerly. Sasso and Byerly write, direct,…
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Sheldon Patinkin Celebration Video Posted
An archival video of “A Celebration of the Life of Sheldon Patinkin” is available for viewing at the Columbia College Chicago web page for the Sheldon Patinkin Endowed Award. The memorial tribute to Patinkin–longtime chair of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, who died September 21, 2014–was held on January 26, 2015, at the North Shore…
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Sheldon Patinkin Celebration Draws Hundreds
Actors Scott Adsit and Jeff Perry were among the more than 800 people who turned out to celebrate the life and legacy of the late Sheldon Patinkin, longtime Chair of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, on Monday, January 26, 2015. Scott–a former Columbia student, veteran of The Second City’s mainstage revues, and star of the hit…