Tag: Susan Gosdick
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Music Alums Bring ‘Hand to God’ to Paramount’s Copley Theatre May 25-July 10
Alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and the Columbia College Chicago Music Department are on the production team of Hand to God, running May 25 through July 10 at the Paramount Theatre‘s Copley Theatre, located at 8 E. Galena Blvd. in downtown Aurora, Illinois. This irreverent, darkly comic puppet play — a 2015…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alumni and Faculty Bring ‘Rock of Ages’ to Paramount Theatre April 13-May 29
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and faculty are in the cast and production team of Rock of Ages, running April 13 through May 29 at the Paramount Theatre, located at 23 E. Galena Blvd. in downtown Aurora, Illinois. A 2009 Broadway hit, Rock of Ages takes audiences back into the music era of the…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni Bring ‘Groundhog Day: The Musical’ to Paramount Theatre Jan. 26-March 13
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are in the cast and creative team for the first midwestern regional staging of Groundhog Day: The Musical, the stage version of the Bill Murray film comedy, running January 26 through March 13 at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora, Illinois. The show’s cast includes Columbia College alum Teressa LaGamba ’13, a…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Bring Regional Premiere of ‘Kinky Boots’ to Paramount Theatre Aug. 18-Oct. 17
Alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are in the cast and creative team of the professional Chicago-area regional premiere of the Tony Award-winning musical Kinky Boots at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora, Illinois. With a book by Harvey Fierstein and songs by Cyndi Lauper, Kinky Boots — the fun-filled story of a small-town…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alums Featured in Paramount Theatre’s ‘Newsies’ Sept. 4-Oct. 20
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are in the musical Newsies, running September 4 through October 20 at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora, Illinois. The production features Columbia alums Michael Kurowski ’16 as Crutchie and Koray Tarhan ’13 as Davey, and Columbia alum Ann Delaney is in the ensemble. All three are graduates of the…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni Featured in Holiday Musicals
Alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are featured in holiday-season musicals at some of the Chicago area’s top theatres. Among them: The Wizard of Oz, running through January 6 at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora, features alums Leah Morrow ’05, a graduate of Columbia College’s BA Program in Musical Theatre, and Allyson Graves ’12…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni and Faculty Bring ‘Peter Pan’ to Chicago Shakespeare Theatre June 27-Aug. 19
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and faculty are in the cast and production team of Peter Pan–A Musical Adventure, playing June 27 through August 19 at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre. Alumnus Michael Kurowski ’16, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, plays Tootles, one of the Lost Boys who live…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni Present New Take on Classic Musical ‘Cabaret’ April 20-May 6
No Stakes Theater Project, a company founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, presents the classic musical Cabaret April 20-May 6 at the Berger Park Coach House, 6205 N. Sheridan, in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood. The show is directed by NSTP’s founder/artistic director, Columbia College Theatre Department alum Erin Shea Brady ’13,…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni Bring Provocative War Drama ‘Guardians’ to Mary-Arrchie Theatre Sept. 8-Oct. 18
Arianna Soloway (BFA ’13), a graduate of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s BFA Program in Theatre Directing, is staging the opening show of Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company‘s 30th anniversary season–the powerful war drama Guardians, by Peter Morris. The drama, a hit in its premiere at the 2005 Edinburgh Festival Fringe and later Off-Broadway, is inspired…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni, Faculty, and Students Bring ‘Little Voice’ to Theater Wit Aug. 14-Sept. 5
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, faculty, and students are bringing British playwright Jim Cartwright’s The Rise and Fall of Little Voice to the stage of Chicago’s Theater Wit August 14-September 5. Presented by the No Stakes Theater Project, the show is directed by Erin Shea Brady, a graduate of Columbia’s Theatre Directing Program. Set…