Michaela Petro

Arianna Soloway

Kate Hardiman

John Kelly

Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are in the cast and production team of Henrik Ibsen’s classic drama Pillars of the Community, running January 19-March 3 at Strawdog Theatre, 1802 W. Berenice, Chicago. This acclaimed adaptation of Ibsen’s 1877 play tells the story of the return of a fugitive brother who puts the future of wealthy businessman Karsten Bernick in peril. Details of a long-buried sex scandal and embezzlement come to the surface and force Bernick to face his family, his community and his demons. The cast includes Michaela Petro, a former student in the Columbia College Theatre Department’s Acting program. The production team includes Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums Arianna Soloway ’13, a graduate of Columbia College Chicago’s BFA Program in Theatre Directing, and Kate Hardiman ’13, also a graduate of Columbia College’s Theatre Directing program, as well as former Theatre Design program student John Kelly. Kelly is the show’s lighting designer; Hardiman is the assistant lighting designer, and Soloway is the assistant director. For tickets, click here.