Tyler Anthony Smith

Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Tyler Anthony Smith ’17, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, is featured in Hell in a Handbag Productions‘ holiday musical Christmas Dearest, running November 27 through December 31 at Ebenezer Lutheran Church Auditorium, located at 1650 W. Foster in Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood. For tickets, click here. This campy spoof of A Christmas Carol finds tyrannical screen legend Joan Crawford visited by three ghosts who try to show her the true meaning of the holidays.

D.J. Douglass

The show’s sound designer is Columbia College alum D.J. Douglass ’12, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Musical Theatre.