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Albert Williams

The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s mainstage season continues March 9-19 with Love and Information, by acclaimed British playwright Caryl Churchill. Directed by Theatre Department chair John Green, with choreography by Musical Theatre students Jennifer Marie Ledesma and Ligia...
Alanna Taylor
Columbia College Chicago alum Alanna Taylor (BA ’15), a graduate of the Columbia College Theatre Department‘s BA Program in Musical Theatre, has released her debut music video. Called “Crash,” the song was produced by Johnathan “Skipper” and Jamuel of...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Nathan Cooper (BFA ’13) headlines “Let’s Sing About It: A Cabaret” on Monday, March 7, at Davenport’s Piano Bar and Cabaret, located at 1383 N. Milwaukee in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. Cooper, a...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Behzad Dabu (BFA ’08) is featured in the Goodman Theatre‘s revival of Thornton Wilder’s classic comedy The Matchmaker. The show runs March 5-April 10 at the Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn, in downtown...
Mercy Street Theatre, a company founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, presents the world premiere of Burn, by Ian Michael James (BA ’14), a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting with a...
City Lit Theater is proudly presenting the last show that the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s longtime chairperson, Sheldon Patinkin, was working on when he passed away in 2014. I’ve Got the World on a String:  Harold Arlen’s Songs...
  Steep Theatre, one of Chicago’s most honored storefront ensembles, will mark its 15th anniversary with a performance of one of its most successful productions, Harper Regan, with a cast headed by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty and...
Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble, a cutting-edge dance/theatre company whose artistic director, Sara Maslanka (BA ’13), is a Columbia College Chicago Dance Department alum, continues its 15th season with Bindis and Bruises, conceived and co-choreographed by ensemble member Priya Narayan and...
Columbia College Chicago alumni are working together to bring the keenly anticipated The Effect, by British playwright Lucy Prebble, to U.S. audiences. The London hit will be directed in its North American premiere by David Cromer, an alumnus of...
Ren Griffith (BFA ’15), a graduate of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, has two projects coming to fruition the first week of March. She’s the assistant choreographer for Applause, the musical based...