Monthly Archive:: April 2017

Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums Cassandra Rose ’10, Reeny Hofrichter ’10, and Lyndee McPeek ’11 are among the playwrights whose new work will be featured in the 2017 Chicago One-Minute Play Festival: “Nevertheless, We Persisted.” The marathon evening...
Faculty, alumni, and former students of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department have been honored with nominations for 2017 Joseph Jefferson Awards for Non-Equity Theatre — aka the Jeff Awards — which were announced April 24, 2017. The Non-Equity...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Paige Daigle ’15, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, was interviewed by the Daily Herald newspaper in Chicago’s northern suburbs to discuss her role in Underscore Theatre Company‘s...
Alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and the Columbia College Chicago Music Department are pooling their talents for You Don’t Own Me: Songs from the 50s and 60s, a benefit concert for Firebrand Theatre on Monday, May 1....
Alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are in the cast of a new all-black production of the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar, running through May 28 at the Paramount Theatre in the Chicago suburb of Aurora. Alumni Travis...
Alumni, faculty, and former students of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are in the cast and creative/production team for Not About Nightingales, the rarely-seen early drama by Tennessee Williams that Chicago’s award-winning Raven Theatre is presenting through June...
Alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are featured in two world premiere Chicago theatre productions opening this week. Marvin Quijada ’05, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, is featured in the world premiere...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumna Erin Renee Baumrucker ’06, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Musical Theatre, is featured in the musical comedy Ruthless!, running through April 30 at the Steel Beam Theatre in the...
  No Stakes Theater Project, a company founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, presents the classic musical Cabaret April 20-May 6 at the Berger Park Coach House, 6205 N. Sheridan, in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood. The...
For the final production of its 2016-2017 Mainstage Season, the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department is collaborating with the Columbia College Television Department on Fefu and Her Friends, by acclaimed Cuban-American playwright María Irene Fornés. The show — a...