Monthly Archive:: October 2018

Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department student and alumni talent is on display in Moby Dick! The Musical, presented by The Cuckoo’s Theater Project through December 1 at the Heartland Studio in Chicago’s Glenwood Avenue Arts District. Tina-Kim Nguyen, a...
AstonRep Theatre Company‘s production of Martin McDonagh’s dark comedy The Lonesome West, which costars Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Dylan Todd ’17, received a glowing review from the Chicago Reader, Chicago’s premier alternative weekly newspaper. “McDonagh’s characters are . ....
Underscore Theatre Company, a Chicago troupe devoted to presenting new musical theatre works, presents a reunion concert version of Carrie 2: The Rage (An Unauthorized Musical Parody), which Underscore produced last year in its world premiere. Written by Columbia...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Caroline Neff ’07, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, won a 2018 Joseph Jefferson Award in the category of Performer in a Principal Role–Play for her performance in the...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are participating in the Haven Theatre‘s fourth annual Director’s Haven, an initiative showcasing the talents of rising directors in Chicago. The project features three one-act plays on one program, each directed by a...
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department proudly congratulates the alumni and faculty members who were honored with Black Theatre Alliance/Ira Aldridge Awards for 2018. The awards were presented October 15 at a ceremony at Columbia College’s Hokin Lecture Hall....
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department opens its 2018-2019 Mainstage Season with a rarity: The Penelopiad, Canadian author Margaret Atwood‘s retelling of Homer’s Iliad from the perspective of the women. Performed by an all-female, all-student cast under the direction...
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and the college’s office of Development and Alumni Relations invite alumni and supporters of Columbia College‘s Theatre Department to the first-ever Columbia College Theatre Reunion Weekend October 19 and 20, 2018. The event...
Alumni and students of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s Musical Theatre Program are featured in the classic musical Gypsy, presented by Chicago’s Porchlight Music Theatre October 12 through November 25. The show’s cast includes current Columbia College students...