Jackalope Theatre Company, a collective founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, presents its 6th Annual Living Newspaper Festival August 19-23. In homage to the 1930s Living Newspapers of the Federal Theatre Project, Jackalope has assembled an exciting group of Chicago playwrights, directors, and actors to dramatize stories ripped from recent newspaper headlines. Performances are Wednesday-Sunday at 7:30 PM at The Frontier, 1106 W. Thorndale in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood.

Among the Columbia College Chicago theatre alumni participating in the event are host Behzad Dabu, actors Ryan Hake, Kimberly Vaughn, and Lisa Troi Thomas, directors Pat Whalen and J. Cody Spellman, lighting designer Claire Sangster, articles curator Jon Cohen, co-producer Andrew Burden Swanson, and Jackalope’s interim artistic director Gus Menary.

A complete festival schedule is listed here. and on the event’s Facebook page. Tickets are $10; to make reservations, click here.