Tag: Wendi Weber
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Columbia College Chicago Faculty and Alums Bring Shows to Edinburgh Festival Fringe Aug. 2-28
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty members and alums are heading to Scotland in August to participate in the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Branded as “the world’s greatest platform for creative freedom,” the fringe festival runs August 4 through 28 at multiple venues in Scotland’s capital city. As previously reported in this blog, a…
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Columbia College Chicago Faculty and Alums Bring Shakespearean Spoof ‘Macbeth by the Sea’ to Chicago Audiences July 20-23 Prior to Edinburgh Festival Fringe Run
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty members and alums are collaborating on a new comedy, Macbeth by the Sea, which is headed for the prestigious Edinburgh Festival Fringe for a two-week run August 4 through 19. Before they bring their send-up of Shakespeare’s “Scottish Play” to Scotland, they’ll preview the show at Otherworld Theatre, located…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni and Faculty Perform ‘Suspiria’ July 8
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumna and faculty member Stephanie Shaw ’92 is directing a staged reading of the 1977 Italian horror film Suspiria as part of “It Came from the Neo-Futurarium XII: Dawn Of The Neo-Futurarium!,” the Neo-Futurist theatre company‘s 12th annual summer festival of staged readings of the “best worst movies of all time.” The…
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Shakespeare’s Comedy ‘As You Like It’ Launches Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department’s Mainstage Season
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s 2016-2017 Mainstage Season begins Wednesday, October 26, with a two-week run of William Shakespeare’s romantic comedy As You Like It. An all-student cast and design/production team under the direction of faculty member Wendi Weber brings this play–one of Shakespeare’s most popular works–to the Sheldon Patinkin Studio Theatre in the Columbia…
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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…