Tag: Sheldon Patinkin
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni Reunion October 19-20 Celebrates Renovated Getz Theater Center with Performances, Panel Discussions, and More!
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in Acting, Comedy Writing and Performance, Dance, European Devised Performance Practice, Improv, Musical Theatre, Playwriting, Solo Performance, Stage Combat, Technical Theatre, Theatre, Theatre Alumni Reunion, Theatre Design, Theatre Directing, Theatre Technology, Uncategorized, Writing for PerformanceThe Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and the college’s office of Development and Alumni Relations invite alumni and supporters of Columbia College‘s Theatre Department to the first-ever Columbia College Theatre Reunion Weekend October 19 and 20, 2018. The event celebrates the Theatre Department’s rich history and exciting future and marks the reopening of the beautifully…
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Birthday Salute to Director, Teacher, and Longtime Columbia College Chicago Theatre Chair Sheldon Patinkin (August 27, 1935-September 21, 2014)
August 27 would have been the 83rd birthday of Sheldon Patinkin–longtime chair of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, noted director and teacher, and cherished friend and mentor to many in the Chicago theatre community. Sheldon passed away on September 21, 2014. Shortly before his death, he established the Sheldon Patinkin Endowed Award at Columbia College Chicago…
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Kelly Michale Highlighted as Inspiring Teacher
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Kelly Michale ’03, a theatre teacher, director, and forensics coach at Ruskin High School in Kansas City, Missouri, is saluted as an inspiring and inspired teacher as part of “This Is My Moment,” a series of videos commissioned by California Casualty, a company that specializes in customized auto and…
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Birthday Salute to Director, Teacher, and Longtime Columbia College Chicago Theatre Chair Sheldon Patinkin (August 27, 1935-September 21, 2014)
August 27 would have been the 82nd birthday of Sheldon Patinkin–longtime chair of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, noted director and teacher, and cherished friend and mentor to many in the Chicago theatre community. Sheldon passed away on September 21, 2014, following a heart attack. Shortly before his death, he established the Sheldon Patinkin Endowed Award…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums and Faculty Make the Chicago Reader’s ‘Best of Chicago 2017’ Poll
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department is proud to congratulate Steppenwolf Theatre Company and its artistic director — Columbia College Chicago alum Anna D. Shapiro ’90, HDR ’15 — for being named “Best Established Theatre Company” in the Chicago Reader newspaper’s “Best of Chicago 2017” readers’ poll. The poll was published in the June 22,…
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(VIDEO) Award-Winning Director/Actor David Cromer to Speak at Columbia College Chicago Graduation May 13
Nationally acclaimed theatre director David Cromer, a former Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department student and faculty member, will be an honoree and speaker at the 2017 Columbia College Chicago commencement. Cromer will speak to graduating seniors from the Theatre, Dance, Television, Audio Arts and Acoustics, and Creative Arts Therapies departments on Saturday, May 13, at 1:30 PM…
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Columbia College Chicago Alumni and Faculty Talent Featured in City Lit Theater’s Premiere of Sheldon Patinkin’s Revue ‘I’ve Got the World on a String–Harold Arlen’s Songs of Love and Loss’ March 4-April 10
City Lit Theater is proudly presenting the last show that the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s longtime chairperson, Sheldon Patinkin, was working on when he passed away in 2014. I’ve Got the World on a String: Harold Arlen’s Songs of Love and Loss–devised by Patinkin and directed by City Lit’s artistic director Terry McCabe, a…
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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 Department Brings ‘Blues for an Alabama Sky’ to Sheldon Patinkin Theatre Dec. 2-12
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s 2015-16 mainstage season continues with Blues for an Alabama Sky, Atlanta writer Pearl Cleage‘s powerful drama about a group of friends navigating high times and dire challenges in 1930 New York — when the creative euphoria of the Harlem Renaissance has given way to the harsher realities of…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Headlines Billy Strayhorn Centennial Celebration Nov. 21
Broadway performer Darius de Haas, a Chicago native and Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus, returns to his hometown to headline Lush Life: The Music of Billy Strayhorn, an evening of music and dance honoring the centenary of legendary jazz artist Billy Strayhorn. The event takes place Saturday, November 21, at 8 PM at the…