Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Archive

Congratulations to the Columbia College Chicago alumni and faculty who won 2020 Black Theatre Alliance Awards. The awards were announced Monday, November 2, even though a planned live ceremony was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The winners include:...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Kelan M. Smith ’20, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, is featured in Porchlight Music Theatre’s New Faces Sing Broadway 1987, a revue of songs from Broadway...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Madison Kennedy ’18, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, will lead a virtual workshop for Columbia College students and alumni seeking work in the arts and entertainment field. Titled “Don’t...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Almanya Narula ’16, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, has published an article in the Chicago Reader – Chicago’s premier alternative publication since 1971 – examining the fast-developing discipline...
  Congratulations to Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member Heather Gilbert and former Columbia College Theatre Department student and faculty member David Cromer HDR ’17, who have been nominated for 2020 Tony Awards for their work on the...
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department launches its 2020-2021 Mainstage Season with The Race: 2020, a devised theatre piece for this election year, streaming online October 21 through 24. All performances are free. Performances are Wednesday-Thursday, October 21-22, 7:30...
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department honors the life and mourns the passing of longtime faculty member Bradley Mott, who died Saturday, October 10, at 64, following a battle with pancreatic cancer. Bradley, a graduate of Northwestern University, was...
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department proudly congratulates alumnus Brian LeTraunik ’98, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, on his new book A History of Contemporary Stage Combat, set to be published October 20, 2020,...
Congratulations to Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Niv Elbaz ’18, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Playwriting program, whose play Delilah has been selected for Panndora Productions‘ Panndora’s Box 14th Annual New Works Festival. Panndora Productions is an...
The Silent Theatre Company, an ensemble founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, will present the One State 24 Hour Theatre Festival as a live online event on Wednesday, September 30, at 7 PM. The festival...