Monthly Archive:: May 2017

Congratulations to the Columbia College Chicago alumni and students in the new production of the classic rock musical Hair at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in the northern Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights. The show got a rave review from...
Jackalope Theatre, a company founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, will take over the Historic Broadway Bank Building at 5960 N. Broadway, in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood, for “The Great Edgewater Escapade” on Saturday, June 3, from...
Physical Festival Chicago
  Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member Marc Frost is co-artistic director of the Fourth Annual Physical Festival Chicago, which runs June 2-10 at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont, in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood. Frost, who is also the...
Mercy Street Theatre, a company founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, is presenting a reading of Swiss absurdist Max Frisch’s 1961 play Andorra on Tuesday, May 30, at 7:30 PM at the Frontier, 1106 W....
Students and alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are in the cast and production team of the musical Ragtime, presented by the Griffin Theatre Company May 27-July 16. The show’s ensemble includes Juwon Tyrel Perry, a student in the...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Kimberly Wiczer Haupert ’07, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, is featured in Theatre Nebula’s world premiere of a new play by her brother and fellow Columbia College Theatre Department Acting...
Otherworld Theatre Company, an ensemble founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, is presents a new interactive production Fight Quest 3: The Lair of Lost Heroes, running May 26-June 9 at Strawdog Theatre, 1802 W. Berenice,...
The Silent Theatre Company, an ensemble founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, is partnering with the band Ode — a five-piece indie rock group that specializes in combining elements of Balkan folk music with hints...
David Cromer
Acclaimed stage director David Cromer HDR ’17, a former Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department student and faculty member and recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Arts from Columbia College, won a 2017 Obie Award on May 22 for his...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Lea Ciastko ’16, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Musical Theatre, is performing in Casting Asiancy, a one-night variety/comedy show on Wednesday, May 24, starting 8 PM at Second City...