Monthly Archive:: August 2018

Congratulations to the alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and the Columbia College Chicago Music Department who have been nominated for 2018 Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award. The list of nominees for this...
Congratulations to Ariel Triunfo, a junior in the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s BA Program in Musical Theatre! Triunfo — one of three Columbia College Chicago Musical Theatre Program students accepted into the prestigious School at Jacob’s Pillow Musical...
August 27 would have been the 83rd birthday of Sheldon Patinkin–longtime chair of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, noted director and teacher, and cherished friend and mentor to many in the Chicago theatre community. Sheldon passed away on September...
A new musical by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Preston Max Allen ’13, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting who also took courses in the Theatre Department’s Musical Theatre and Comedy programs, will be...
Jackalope Theatre, a company founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums and former students, presents its ninth annual Living Newspaper Festival, an evening of six 10-minute plays inspired by newspaper articles from around the nation. The...
Alumni and former students of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are bringing the campy Off-Broadway hit El Grande de Coca-Cola to the stage of the Berger Park Cultural Center’s Coach House Theatre in Chicago’s Edgewater Theatre District August...
Jess Godwin
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Jess Godwin ’05, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, will perform in concert Friday and Saturday, August 17 and 18, at Steppenwolf Theatre‘s intimate, flexible 1700 Theatre space, located at...
Congratulations to the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums who have been nominated for the inaugural ALTA Awards by the Alliance of Latinx Theater Artists of Chicago (ALTA). ALTA is a volunteering service organization dedicated to furthering the Chicago...
Former Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department student and faculty member David Cromer HDR ’17, who recently won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for the Broadway hit The Band’s Visit, returns to Broadway in the fall...
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department proudly congratulates the Columbia College alumni, faculty, and current and former students who have been nominated for 2018 Black Theater Alliance/Ira Aldridge Awards, including: alumnus Michael Allen Harris ’11, a graduate of the...