Month: October 2025
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Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance Celebrates ‘Grease’ Creator Jim Jacobs’ Induction into Illinois Rock & Roll Hall of Fame; ‘Grease’ Runs Nov. 13-22 at Getz Theatre Center
The Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance was proud to help celebrate Columbia College Chicago Honorary Doctorate of Arts recipient Jim Jacobs HDR ’14 on the occasion of his induction into the Illinois Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on September 14, 2025. Jacobs, who received his Honorary Doctorate when he was the…
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Columbia College Chicago Getz Theatre Center’s 2025-26 Mainstage Season Launches with ‘Iphigenia and Other Daughters’ Oct. 22-Nov. 1
The Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance‘s 2025-26 Mainstage Season kicks off with Iphigenia and Other Daughters, running October 22 through November 1 in Studio 404 of the Getz Theatre Center of Columbia College, located at 72 E. 11th St. in Chicago’s South Loop. Student discount tickets are available. For tickets, click here. Adapted…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum and Trans Advocate Precious Brady-Davis Named to Out Magazine’s Out100 for 2025
Columbia College Chicago Theatre alum Precious Brady-Davis ’13 has been named to Out magazine’s 2025 Out100 list, honoring her as one of “the LGBTQ+ people making the world bolder and brighter in 2025.” As previously reported in this blog, Brady-Davis, who graduated from Columbia College Chicago with an Interdisciplinary BA in Theatre and Liberal Education, is the…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Dance Alums Nominated for 2025 Black Excellence Awards
Congratulations to the Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Dance alums and faculty members who are nominated for the Black Arts & Culture Alliance of Chicago‘s 2025 Black Excellence Awards honoring and celebrating Chicago theatre, dance, music, film, literary, and visual artists. In the area of Theatre, the nominees in the category of Production Director include Columbia…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum’s ‘Highly Recommended’ Staging of ‘Dutchman’ Runs Through Oct. 25 at Trap Door Theatre
Columbia College Chicago Theatre alum Keith Surney ’13, a graduate of the Theatre Program’s BA Program in Acting, is making his debut as a stage director with an acclaimed revival of Amiri Baraka‘s controversial 1964 drama Dutchman. The production, in which Surney also plays the leading male role, runs through October 25 at Trap Door Theatre, 1655…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring Babes With Blades’ ‘The Mark’ to Edge Theatre Oct. 15-Nov. 22
Columbia College Chicago Theatre alums are in the cast and creative team of Babes with Blades Theatre Company‘s new show The Mark, running October 15 through November 22 at the Edge Theater, located at 5451 N. Broadway in Chicago’s Edgewater Theatre District. For tickets, click here. The show’s ensemble cast includes Tamarus Harvell, a former…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring ‘Jekyll & Hyde’ Musical to Chopin Theatre Oct. 9-Dec. 21
Columbia College Chicago Theatre alums are in the cast of the musical Jekyll & Hyde, running October 9 through Dec. 21 at the Chopin Theatre, located at 1543 W. Division in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. The show – based on the classic Victorian horror tale by Robert Louis Stevenson – is being marketed as Halloween…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring Hit Musical ‘Grease’ to Metropolis Performing Arts Centre – Extended through Oct. 26; Happy Birthday to ‘Grease’ Co-Author Jim Jacobs
Columbia College Chicago Theatre alums are in the cast and creative team of a new production of the hit musical Grease, which has been extended through October 26 at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights. Student discounts are available. For tickets, click here. This new production of the born-in-Chicago musical…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Preston Max Allen’s New Off-Broadway Play ‘Caroline,’ Directed by Tony Award-Winning Columbia Alum David Cromer, Extended through Nov. 16; ‘Reviews Are Rolling In’
Caroline – the much-discussed new Off-Broadway play by Columbia College Chicago Theatre alum Preston Max Allen ’13, a graduate of the Columbia College Theatre Program’s BA Program in Acting – officially opened September 30 in its world premiere at New York City’s MCC Theater – and the reviews are rolling in, reports the theatre news…