Alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, the Columbia College Chicago Music Department, and the Columbia College Chicago Cinema and Television Arts Department have been nominated for 2018 Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award. The Non-Equity “Jeff Awards” honor excellence in Chicago’s non-Equity theatre. The list of this year’s Non-Equity “Jeff Award” nominees, announced April 23, included nominations for alumni, former students, and faculty from Columbia College Chicago in the areas of performance, playwriting and writing for performance, direction, choreography, musical direction, stage combat, and lighting design — including:

Performer in a Principal Role:

Joel Reitsma

Columbia College alum Joel Reitsma ’08, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Acting program, for his performance in The Invisible Hand (Steep Theatre);

John Mossman

Cinema and Television Arts Department faculty member John Mossman, for his performance in How I Learned to Drive (The Artistic Home).

Performer in a Supporting Role:

RjW Mays

Columbia College alum RjW Mays ’06, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, for her performance in Kingdom (Broken Nose Theatre).

New Play:

Michael Allen Harris

Columbia College alum Michael Allen Harris ’11, a graduate of the Columbia College Theatre Department’s Acting program, for his play Kingdom (premiered by Broken Nose Theatre).

New Musical:

Preston Max Allen

Columbia College alum Preston Max Allen ’13, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, for his musical Carrie 2: The Rage (An Unauthorized Musical Parody) (premiered by Underscore Theatre Company).

Gus Menary

Former Columbia College Theatre student Gus Menary, Ideation (Jackalope Theatre Company)

Jermaine Hill

Theatre Department faculty member Jermaine Hill, Ragtime (Griffin Theatre Company)

Kevin Bellie

Former Columbia College student Kevin Bellie, Bullets Over Broadway (NightBlue Performing Arts)

Jon Beal

Columbia College alum Jon Beal ’11, a graduate of the Columbia College Theatre Department’s Acting BA program, Cyrano (BoHo Theatre)

Jeffrey Levin

Columbia College alum Jeffrey Levin ’10, a graduate of the Music Department‘s BA Program in Music with a Composition Concentration, Her Majesty’s Will (Lifeline Theatre)

Heather Gilbert

Columbia College Theatre Department faculty member Heather Gilbert, Marie Christine (BoHo Theatre);

John Kelly

Former Columbia College Theatre student John Kelly, Foxfinder (Interrobang Theatre Project).