Karen Aldridge

POTUS, or behind every great show are Seven TTS Alumni Trynna’ make it Happen!

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POTUS OR, BEHIND EVERY GREAT DUMBASS ARE SEVEN WOMEN TRYING TO KEEP HIM ALIVE, as Steppenwolf puts it “a bawdy and irreverent look at sex, politics and the women in charge of the man in charge of the free world“, By: Selina Fillinger, closes December 10th 2023 At Steppenwolf Theatre!

Acting Alumni included in the cast are: Chloe Baldwin (BFA ACTING 2017), Karen Aldridge (MFA ACTING 2001) & Celeste Cooper (MFA Acting 2012).

Other Featured Artists/ Alumni Include: Regina Garcia As The Scenic Designer (TTS Faculty), & Heather Gilbert As The Lighting Designer (MFA Lighting Design 1997).

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The Theatre School alumni receive 2022-2023 Equity Jeff Awards

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Congratulations to The Theatre School alumni who received 2022-2023 Equity Jeff Awards at the Jeff Awards ceremony on October 2, 2023 at Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook, IL.

KAREN ALDRIDGE (MFA, Acting, ’01) received the award for Performer in a Supporting Role, Play for Is God Is at A Red Orchid Theatre

TUCKIE WHITE (BFA, Acting, ’12) received the award for New Work for Motherhouse at Rivendell Theatre Ensemble.

Congratulated to Karen and Tuckie!

A complete list of TTS-affiliated nominees can be found here.

 

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The Theatre School Well Represented in 2022-2023 Equity Jeff Award Nominations

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Congratulations to The Theatre School alumni and faculty who received 2022-2023 Equity Jeff Award Nominations. All in all, TTS alumni and faculty received 22 nominations!

The 2023 Equity Jeff Awards will be presented October 2, 2023 at Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook, IL.

The full list of TTS-affiliated nominees are:

KAREN ALDRIDGE (MFA, Acting, ’01) – Performer in a Supporting Role, Play for Is God Is at A Red Orchid Theatre

TRACEY N. BONNER (MFA, Acting, ’05) – Performer in a Principal Role, Play for Toni Stone at Goodman Theatre

ANTHONY CHURCHILL (Faculty) – Projection Design for Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express at Drury Lane Productions

REESE CRAIG (BFA, Projection Design, ’23) – Projection Design for Right to be Forgotten at Raven Theatre

JOHN CULBERT (Dean Emeritus) – Scenic Design, Large for Arsenic and Old Lace at Court Theatre

SHANÉSIA DAVIS (BFA, Acting, ’89)  – Performer in a Principal Role, Play for Fences at American Blues Theater

VICTORIA DEIORIO (Former Faculty) – Sound Design, Midsize for Motherhouse at Rivendell Theatre Ensemble

JARED GOODING (BFA, Lighting Design, ’12) – Lighting Design, Midsize for Fences at American Blues Theater

IZUMI INABA (Faculty) – Costume Design, Large for The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington at Steppenwolf Theatre Company

AZAR KAZEMI (MFA, Directing, ’11) – Director, Play, Midsize for Motherhouse at Rivendell Theatre Ensemble

JEFFREY LEVIN (Faculty) – Original Music in a Play for Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express at Drury Lane Productions

JEFFREY LEVIN (Faculty) – Sound Design, Large for Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express at Drury Lane Productions

JACK MAGAW (Faculty) – Scenic Design, Midsize for Andy Warhol’s Tomato at Buffalo Theatre Ensemble

RAY NARDELLI (Faculty) – Sound Design, Large for The 39 Steps at Drury Lane Productions

LAUREN M. NICHOLS (Faculty) – Scenic Design, Midsize for Anna in the Tropics at Remy Bumppo Theatre Company

LIVIU PASARE (BFA, Projection Design, ’23) – Projection Design for Right to be Forgotten at Raven Theatre

COLLETTE POLLARD (BFA, Scene Design, ’00) – Scenic Design, Large for The Garbologists at Northlight Theatre

SARAH PRICE (BFA, Acting, ’12) – Performer in a Principal Role, Play for Dear Jack, Dear Louise at Northlight Theatre

NICK SANDYS (Faculty) – Performer in a Supporting Role, Play for Jeeves Intervenes at First Folio Theatre

MIKE TUTAJ (Faculty) – Projection Design for Andy Warhol in Iran at Northlight Theatre

MICHAEL WEBER (BFA, Acting, ’90) – Director, Musical, Large for Cabaret at Porchlight Music Theatre

TUCKIE WHITE (BFA, Acting, ’12) – New Work for Motherhouse at Rivendell Theatre Ensemble

LARRY YANDO (MFA, Acting, ’88) – Performer in a Principal Role, Play for A Christmas Carol at Goodman Theatre

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American Players Theatre – Second Rep now playing!

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A Doll’s House, American Players Theatre, closes 10/6/2019. KEIRA FROMM (MFA, Directing, ’09) directs. CAROLYN HOERDEMANN (BFA, Acting, ’92/Faculty) is in the cast.

A Doll’s House, American Players Theatre, closes 10/6/2019. KEIRA FROMM (MFA, Directing, ’09) directs. CAROLYN HOERDEMANN (BFA, Acting, ’92/Faculty) is in the cast.Fences, American Players Theatre, closes 9/28/2019. KAREN ALDRIDGE (MFA, Acting, ’01) is in the cast.

 

How to Catch Creation at Goodman Theatre

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How to Catch Creation, Goodman Theatre, closes 2/24/2019. KAREN ALDRIDGE (MFA, Acting, ’01), AYANNA BRIA BAKARI (BFA, Acting, ’17), JASMINE BRACEY (Faculty), and BERNARD GILBERT (MFA, Acting, ’16) are in the cast. PHYLLIS GRIFFIN (MFA, Acting, ’78/Faculty) is the vocal coach.

Source: How to Catch Creation | Goodman Theatre