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Albert Williams

Alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s Musical Theatre Program are in the cast of the musical Mamma Mia!, running September 7-October 30 at the Paramount Theatre, 23 E. Galena in Aurora, Illinois. The show’s ensemble includes alums Allyson Graves ’12, Courtney...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Cody Estle ’11, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing Program, is directing the Chicago premiere of Scarcity, running September 7-October 9 at Redtwist Theatre, 1044 W. Bryn Mawr, in Chicago’s Edgewater...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty and alumni talent are featured in the House Theatre of Chicago‘s 2016-17 season opener, A Comedical Tragedy for Mister Punch. Inspired by the classic tradition of Punch and Judy puppet theatre, the production runs September...
Josh Salt
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Josh Salt ’14, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, will return to Broadway this fall in one of the theatre season’s most hotly anticipated productions: Les Liaisons Dangereuses, running...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty and alumni have been nominated for 2016 Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award. The list of nominees, announced August 30, includes Jesse Klug ’05, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Design...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Michael Pogue ’06, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Acting BA program, co-stars in a new production of Amiri Baraka’s landmark drama Dutchman, presented August 26-September 25 by American Blues Theater at the...
Jackalope Theatre Company, a collective founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, presents its 7th Annual Living Newspaper Festival August 25-29. In homage to the 1930s Living Newspapers of the Federal Theatre Project, Jackalope has assembled...
Courtney Mack
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Courtney Mack (BFA ’15), a graduate of Columbia’s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, is highlighted in the Chicago Tribune’s “Hot New Faces of Chicago Theater 2016” feature, published Wednesday, August 10. Mack...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and Music Department alumni talent will be on display in Underscore Theatre Company‘s third annual Chicago Musical Theatre Festival. Created to showcase and support Chicago’s burgeoning field of musical theatre creators, this year’s festival...
Aisha de Haas
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Aisha de Haas costars in the national tour of the Disney Theatrical Productions Broadway hit Newsies, playing in Chicago July 28-August 7. De Haas plays vaudeville performer Medda Larkin, a friend of the...