Million Dollar Quartet, Paramount Theatre, closes 10/29/2017. ADAM BROWN (BFA, Acting, ’12) is in the cast. SALLY DOLEMBO (Faculty) is the costume designer.
There was no plan for Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins to record together on December 4, 1956, but as fate would have it, they did and left behind a historic and mind-blowing album.
Source: Million Dollar Quartet | Events | The Paramount Theatre – Aurora, IL
Our Town, Redtwist Theatre, closes 10/8/2017. HUNTER BRYANT (BFA, Acting, ’17) is in the cast. BRIAN McKNIGHT (MFA, Acting, ’01) is in the cast and understudies. DANIEL FRIEDMAN (BFA, Lighting Design, ’15) is the lighting designer. KENDALL BARRON (BFA, Sound Design, ’18) is the assistant sound designer, CATHERINE MILLER (BFA, Dramaturgy/Criticism, ’14) is the casting director, and CONNOR WANG (BFA, Sound Design, ’17) is the sound designer.
Source: Redtwist Theatre
Simpatico, A Red Orchid Theatre at the McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton, New Jersey, closes 10/8/2017. KRISTIN E. ELLIS (BFA, Acting, ’11) and MIERKA GIRTEN (MFA Acting program ’92-’93) are in the cast.
Source: McCarter Theatre
Sylvester, Lifeline Theatre, closes 10/29/2017. SAMANTHA NEWCOMB (BFA, Acting, ’17) is in the cast. REBECCA KEESHIN (BFA, Acting, ’17) and MAX STEWART (BFA, Acting, ’15) are understudies. LAVINA JADHWANI (MFA, Directing, ’15) is the casting director.
Source: Lifeline Theatre :: Sylvester
Night in Alachua County, WildClaw Theatre of Chicago at The Den, closes 10/7/2017. HARRISON WEGER (BFA, Acting, ’16) is in the cast.
Source: Night In Alachua County (2017) | WildClaw Theatre of Chicago
Home Again, In nationwide release. P.J. BYRNE (MFA, Acting, ’99) is in the cast as Paul.
A story of love, friendship, and the families we create. #HomeAgainMovie starring Reese Witherspoon, in theaters this September.
Source: Home Again – Official Movie Site | In Theaters This September
The Heavens Are Hung in Black, Shattered Globe Theatre, closes 10/21/2017. LOUIS CONTEY (MFA, Directing, ’89) directs. HAILEY RAKOWIECKI (BFA, Costume Design and Tech, ’17) is the costume designer. MADISON BRIEDE (BFA, Costume Design, ’17) is the assistant costume designer.
Source: Shattered Globe Theatre | The Heavens Are Hung in Black
Congratulations to GABRIEL RUIZ (BFA, Acting, ’08) who was selected as Leading Performance in a Play for the 2017 Time Out Chicago Theater Awards for his work in Teatro Vista’s The Wolf at the End of the Block, written by fellow alum IKE HOLTER (BFA, Playwriting, ’07). The award winners were selected by a panel of critics and voting by more than 2,300 readers.
Our critics—and you—weigh in on the year’s best.
The Fever, 600 Highwaymen at the MCA, closes 9/10/2017. JAX JACKSON (BFA, Acting, ’08) is in the cast.
Source: MCA – 600 HIGHWAYMEN The Fever
You’re The Worst, FXX. DESMIN BORGES (BFA, Acting, ’05) stars as Edgar Quintero. The fourth season premieres tonight. (WEDNESDAYS at 10pm)
