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Albert Williams

Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni, Students, and Faculty Thrill Bristol Renaissance Faire Audiences with Swashbuckling Stage Swordplay

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The Bristol Renaissance Faire in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, is thrilling audiences with performances by Guido’s Academy of Theatrical Swordplay, a professional ensemble of stage combat artists including alumni, current students, and faculty from the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni Lead Chicago’s Raven Theatre Back to Live Performance with 2021-22 Season

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Chicago’s venerable, award-winning Raven Theatre, whose artistic director is Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Cody Estle ’11, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, has announced exciting news: it will return to live performance with its...
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Columbia College Chicago Alum and Trans Advocate Precious Brady-Davis’ Memoir ‘I Have Always Been Me’ Published July 1, 2021

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Prominent trans advocate and Columbia College Chicago alum Precious Brady-Davis ’13, who graduated from Columbia College with an Interdisciplinary BA in Theatre and Liberal Education, has written a memoir, I Have Always Been Me, which is being published July...
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Columbia College Chicago Alum Sets New Agenda for LGBTQ-Focused PrideArts Theatre with ‘Search for Identity’ Season

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The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department congratulates Columbia College Chicago alum Jay Españo MFA ’16, a graduate of the college’s MFA program in film directing, who has been named artistic director of Chicago’s LGBTQ-focused PrideArts theatre company. Españo, 47,...
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum’s Queer Comedy Series ‘These Thems’ Streams Free on Outfest Now in June 2021

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Gretchen Wylder ’07, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, has announced that their digital video series These Thems–The Queer Comedy Series is streaming for free through June on Outfest...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Faculty Bring ‘Legends of the ’50s and ’60s’ to the Music Theatre Works Stage June 18-27

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member Jermaine Hill, coordinator of the Theatre Department’s Musical Theatre Program, is the musical director for Legends Of The 50s And 60s: Greatest Hits, presented by Music Theater Works at the North Shore...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum’s ‘A Place for Us’ Project Celebrates Trans and Nonbinary Artists in Musical Theatre June 16-30

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Preston Max Allen ’13 — a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting who also took courses in the Theatre Department’s Musical Theatre and Comedy programs — is spearheading A Place...
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Columbia College Chicago Alum Wins About Face Theatre Playwriting Grant

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Columbia College Chicago alum Hannah Ii-Epstein ’15, a graduate of the college’s fiction writing program, has been selected as one of two recipients of a new grant presented by Chicago’s About Face Theatre to support the creative work of local...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Joins About Face Theatre’s Green Room Collective for LGBTQ+ Arts Leaders

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Kirsten Baity ’21, who graduated Summa cum Laude with a BA in Theatre with a Playwriting concentration, has been selected as one of two inaugural members of About Face Theatre’s Green Room Collective,...
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