Monthly Archive:: September 2019

Davon Suttles, a student in the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s Musical Theatre Program, is producing his first original production: Melanized, a multimedia tap dance show about the strength it takes to live as a person of color, as...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums Brenna Watkins ’19 and Katy Campbell ’19, both graduates of the Theatre Department’s Musical Theatre Program, are featured in Hell in a Handbag Productions‘ world premiere The Facts of Life — Satan’s School...
The Point Theatre Project, a new company founded by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums, debuts with an all-woman adaptation of John Knowles’ classic novel A Separate Peace. The production runs September 29 through October 14 at City Lit...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Jordan Pokorney ’17, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, is featured in AstonRep Theatre Company’s new production of Peter Shaffer’s psychological thriller Equus, running September 27 through October 27 at...
Congratulations to Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Pam Klier ’94, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting. The show business trade publication Billboard reports that she has joined the staff of Paradigm Talent Agency, as...
Former Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department student and faculty member David Cromer HDR ’17 — winner of the 2018 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for The Band’s Visit and recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Arts...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Cody Estle ’11, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, directs the opening production of the 2019-2020 season at Chicago’s award-winning Raven Theatre, located at 6157 N. Clark in Chicago’s Edgewater/Andersonville...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Connar Brown ’19, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting with a Minor in Voiceover and a Minor in Video Production, and Theatre Department student Matthew Schufreider, a junior in...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Taylor Danae ’19, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, presents a cabaret performance titled Women and Women First: A Feminist Fable on Sunday, September 22, at 7...
The Second City, America’s premier comedy theatre and training center, is marking its 60th anniversary with the publication of The Second City: The Essentially Accurate History, coauthored by the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s late longtime chair, Sheldon Patinkin....