Tag: Sheldon Patinkin
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department’s Getz Theatre Marks 30th Anniversary Oct. 27
October 27, 2015, marks the 30th anniversary of the official dedication of the Emma and Oscar Getz Theatre, the proscenium main stage of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Center at 72 E. 11th St. in Chicago’s South Loop. On that date in 1985, Columbia College Chicago formally opened the Getz Theatre with a gala honoring…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Faculty and Alumni Bring ‘The Seven-Per-Cent Solution’ to the Stage Oct. 2
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member Terry McCabe‘s new stage adaptation of Nicholas Meyer’s novel The Seven-Per-Cent Solution will open the 2015-16 season at Chicago’s City Lit Theater, where McCabe is artistic director. The production’s cast includes Columbia College Chicago alumna Chelsea Roberts (BA ’14), a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in…
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Sheldon Patinkin Theatre Dedicated at Columbia College Chicago; Event Raises Funds for Sheldon Patinkin Award
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department hosted a reception on Monday, September 28, to celebrate the legacy of the late Sheldon Patinkin–teacher, director, friend, and mentor to thousands of theatre artists around the world, and longtime chair of the Theatre Department. Columbia College Chicago‘s president, Dr. Kwang-Wu Kim, formally dedicated the department’s lower-level studio performance…
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A Birthday Salute to Sheldon Patinkin (August 27, 1935-September 21, 2014)
August 27 would have been the 80th 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…
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Columbia College Theatre Department Teachers Onscreen and Onstage at June 23 Screening of Documentary on Pioneering Chicago Improv Troupe, ‘Compass Cabaret 55’
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member James Sherman will be on a panel discussing Chicago theatre and improv history when the Jewish Community Centers of Chicago’s Jewish Film Festival screens Compass Cabaret 55, a documentary about the fabled Compass Theater. The film, directed by Mark Siska, includes interviews with Chicago theatre notables, including the…
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(VIDEO) Anna D. Shapiro and David Cromer Speak to Columbia College Chicago Theatre Graduates at 2015 Commencement
https://vimeo.com/album/3416408/video/129244059 The 2015 commencement ceremony for Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department graduates featured inspiring talks by two alumni: Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s incoming artistic director, Anna D. Shapiro ’90, HDR ’15–recipient of an honorary Doctorate of Arts from Columbia College–and her former Theatre Department classmate David Cromer, who introduced her. Both are now award-winning directors with…
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Longtime Columbia College Theatre Chair Sheldon Patinkin Honored by Chicago Improv Festival
The 18th annual Chicago Improv Festival, running April 20-26 at multiple venues in Chicago, is dedicated in part to the late director and teacher Sheldon Patinkin, longtime chair of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department. “For many people, Sheldon was the nexus point of Chicago theater and Chicago improv/comedy as well as an ambassador, a…
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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…