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Albert Williams

An exhibit of photographs by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Ryan Bourque ’09 opens Friday, January 6, at ARC Gallery, 2156 N. Damen, Chicago. Bourque, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Acting program, is a professional photographer as...
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s blog “The Green Room” has chronicled the professional activities of our talented and accomplished alumni, faculty, and students over the past year. We covered news as it poured in not only from Chicago but...
Joanie Schultz (Photo: Joe Mazza)
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumna Joanie Schultz has been named Artistic Director of the WaterTower Theatre in Addison, Texas, just north of Dallas. Schultz, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s theatre directing program, begins her new position January 1,...
Alumni and current students from the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are pooling their talents for The 24 Hour Solo Show, an evening of one-person performances, on Sunday, December 18. The event starts at 8 PM at the Pendulum...
Chester Gregory
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Chester Gregory ’95, HDR ’15 is starring in the national touring company of Motown the Musical. Gregory portrays Berry Gordy, founder of Motown Records, in this hit show. The touring production hits the...
  The LIVINGroom, an ensemble of solo writer/performers including alumni and students from the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, will present The LIVINGroom: The Grown-Ups’ Table, an evening of solo performances timed for the December family holidays, on Sunday,...
The Paramount Theatre in Aurora has just announced the cast of its upcoming production of Stephen Sondheim’s musical thriller Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, and the company includes three recent graduates of the Columbia College Chicago...
Michael Allen Harris
Punk, a provocative new drama by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Michael Allen Harris ’11, will be presented in a workshop production December 9-17 by The New Colony at the Den Theatre, 1333 N. Milwaukee, in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood....
The Mercy Street Theatre Company, an ensemble founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, celebrates the winter holidays with Merry Christmas, Mulch Pile!, a comedy by Columbia alum Dakota Parobek ’15, a graduate of Columbia College’s BA program...