Month: May 2025
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring ‘Adult Clown Show’ to Labyrinth Club May 30-June 15
The Silent Theatre Company, an ensemble founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre alumni, presents The Missing Box Top, described as “an adult clown show that juggles conspiracies and woo-woo.” This new devised theatre piece runs May 30 through June 15 at the Labyrinth Club, 3658 N. Pulaski, Chicago. For tickets, click here. Tickets…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring World Premiere ‘Neighborhood Watch’ to Jackalope Theatre May 27-June 28
Jackalope Theatre, a company founded and led by alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Program, presents the world premiere of Rehana Lew Mirza’s drama Neighborhood Watch. The show opens May 27 and runs through June 28 at Broadway Armory Park, located at 5917 N. Broadway in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood. For tickets, click here. The show’s cast features…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Students Honored by Michael Merritt Design Awards May 19
Current and former Columbia College Chicago Theatre students will be honored as part of the 2025 Michael Merritt Award for Excellence in Design and Collaboration celebration on Monday, May 19, at the Black Ensemble Theatre. Tuesday Thacker, a former student in the Theatre Stage Management program at Columbia, will receive The Early Career Technical Award,…
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance Performances and Displays Highlight ‘Manifest’ Arts Festival Friday, May 16
Manifest: Imagine, the 2025 edition of Columbia College Chicago‘s annual student-powered Manifest Arts Festival, takes place Friday, May 16, at multiple locations in Chicago’s buzzing South Loop community to celebrate student achievements at the end of the 2024-25 school year. The Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance is proudly participating, with free performances…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum’s New Play ‘Alex in Windyland’ Runs May 17-23 at Filament Theatre
Alex in Windyland, a new devised theatre piece created by Columbia College Chicago Theatre alum Abby Thompson ’19, a graduate of the Theatre Program’s BA Program in Acting with a Minor in Voiceover, runs May 17 through 23, in honor of Foster Care Awareness Month, at the Filament Theatre, located at 4041 N. Milwaukee, Chicago.…
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Former Columbia College Chicago Theatre Student and Teacher David Cromer Nominated for 2025 Tony Award for Directing ‘Gorgeously Perverse’ New Broadway Hit ‘Dead Outlaw’
The Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance proudly congratulates former student and faculty member and Columbia College Honorary Degree recipient David Cromer HDR ’17, who has been nominated for a 2025 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for Dead Outlaw. The show, which opened April 27 at the Longacre Theatre in…