Cody Estle (Photo: Joe Mazza at Brave-Lux)

Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Cody Estle ’11, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing Program, is directing the Chicago premiere of Scarcity, running September 7-October 9 at Redtwist Theatre, 1044 W. Bryn Mawr, in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood. The drama concerns a brilliant high school student whose female math teacher becomes obsessed with the boy’s intellect.

Sam Hubbard ’12, a graduate of the Columbia College Theatre Department’s Acting Program, is the production’s fight choreographer. Mary Brennan, a current student in the Theatre Department’s Theatre Technology BA Program, is stage manager, and current Theatre Directing Program student Max Colvill is Estle’s assistant director. For tickets, call 773-728-7529 or click here.