Monthly Archive:: January 2017

Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are featured in the Chicago premiere of a new version of Saturday Night Fever, the stage adaptation of the 1977 motion picture. Running January 19-March 19 at Drury Lane Theatre in the Chicago...
Obie Award-winning theatre director David Cromer, a former Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department student and faculty member now based in New York, will return to Chicago for a one-night-only reading of the classic Thornton Wilder drama Our Town, which he directed...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni talents are featured in Strawdog Theatre‘s new production of William Shakespeare’s classic romance Cymbeline, running January 13-February 25 at the Factory Theatre, 1623 W. Howard, in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood on the border...
The 20th annual Fillet of Solo Festival, a celebration of Chicago’s enduring storytelling and live lit scene, features the talents of Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and teachers. Featuring storytelling ensembles and solo performers, the festival runs January 13–29 at two locations...
Former Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department student Jon Martinez is choreographing the Chicago premiere of the Tony Award-winning musical Priscilla: Queen of the Desert, running January 12-February 12 at the Pride Arts Center, 4139 N. Broadway, Chicago. Presented by Pride Films...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Khanisha Foster ’02, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, is cited by American Theatre magazine in its “Role Call: People to Watch” feature on “6 Theatre Workers You Should...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Michael Peters ’05, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, is in the cast of Psychonaut Librarians, a new fantasy adventure play presented by The New Colony theatre company. Peters is...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Cassandra Rose ’10, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Playwriting program, unveils The Dictionary Project: Volume IV, a program of short plays written on commission, performed by an ensemble that includes several Columbia College...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member Barbara Robertson stars in the world premiere of Julie Jensen’s drama Winter, running January 7-February 11 at Rivendell Theatre Ensemble, 5779 N. Ridge, Chicago. Robertson, a veteran Chicago theatre artist and winner of eight...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and faculty members are involved in the world premiere of The Sundial, Northwestern University professor Paul Edwards’ new stage adaptation of the 1958 novel by Shirley Jackson. The show, which runs January 6-February...