Tag: Susan Padveen
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Joseph Sikora Speaks to Students
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Joseph Sikora ’98, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, visited the college on October 18 for a “fireside chat” in the Sheldon Patinkin Theatre of the Getz Theatre Center of Columbia College in Chicago’s South Loop. The event was a joint presentation of the Theatre Department and…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Honors Longtime Chair Sheldon Patinkin with Aug. 25 Event Celebrating His Birthday
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department fondly honors the memory of Sheldon Patinkin – longtime chair of the Theatre Department, noted director and teacher, and cherished friend and mentor to many in the Chicago theatre community — who was born August 27, 1935. To celebrate what would have been Sheldon’s 87th birthday, the Theatre Department hosts Theatre…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Mourns Former Faculty Member Estelle Spector
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department mourns the passing of longtime faculty member Estelle Goodman Spector, who passed away quietly at her home in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood on May 7, 2022. She was 91. Estelle‘s funeral service, though private, will be livestreamed Wednesday, May 11, at 2 PM Chicago time. Click here for a…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department’s Spring 2022 Mainstage Season: ‘Cabaret’ Feb. 16-19, Followed by ‘Hortensia and the Museum of Dreams’ and ‘Head Over Heels’; Live Performances Held at Getz Theatre Center in Chicago’s South Loop
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s 2021-22 Mainstage Season features three productions for the Spring 2022 semester—two musicals, Cabaret and Head Over Heels, and the drama Hortensia and the Museum of Dreams. Cabaret, with a book by Joe Masteroff and songs by composer John Kander and lyricist Fred Ebb, is a musical written in 1966 centering…
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(VIDEO) Happy New Year from the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department!
Susan Padveen, the Interim Allen and Lynn Chair of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, has released a New Year’s greeting to alumni, former students, and friends of the Theatre Department. Speaking on behalf of faculty, staff, and current students, Padveen is joined in the video by Theatre Design program student Rose Johnson in wishing…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Launches Alumni Network
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, in partnership with Columbia College’s Development and Alumni Relations office, has launched a Theatre Alumni and Friends website. The Theatre Department alumni outreach initiative, aimed at former students as well as graduates of the Columbia College Theatre program, is coordinated with the college’s new Alumni Network, a dynamic community…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Returns to Live Performance Oct. 13-23 with Devised Plays About American Gun Violence; ‘American Origami/#HereToo-CCC’ Opens 2021-2022 Season at Getz Theatre Center
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department proudly launches its 2021-2022 Mainstage Season with an exciting collaboration between the Theatre Department, Columbia College’s Museum of Contemporary Photography, the national theatre/activism initiative #HereToo, and the internationally acclaimed Tectonic Theatre Project: American Origami/#HereToo-CCC, a program of two devised plays in dialogue about America’s gun violence epidemic. The production…
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‘The Sheldon Effect Continues’: A Birthday Salute to Longtime Columbia College Chicago Theatre Chair Sheldon Patinkin (August 27, 1935-September 21, 2014)
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department fondly honors the memory of Sheldon Patinkin – longtime chair of the Theatre Department, noted director and teacher, and cherished friend and mentor to many in the Chicago theatre community — who was born August 27, 1935. Sheldon Patinkin was Chair of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department from…
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Susan Padveen Appointed Interim Chair of Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department is delighted to welcome longtime faculty member Susan Padveen to the position of Interim Allen and Lynn Turner Chair of Theatre. Padveen, an associate professor, replaces former Chair Carin Silkaitis, who has joined the University of Alaska Southeast in Juneau, Alaska, as Dean of Arts & Sciences. Padveen previously…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department’s Mainstage Season Concludes with Immersive Virtual Production ‘Case Study: Contact’ Runs May 4-7
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s 2020-2021 Mainstage Season concludes May 4 through 8 with the season’s final production: Case Study: Contact, a one-of-a-kind immersive virtual experience, performed live on Zoom, that invites each audience member select their own journey. If you had 365 days to live, would you live in the moment or try…