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Albert Williams

Columbia College Chicago will host the 25th Annual Black Theatre Alliance/Ira Aldridge Awards on Monday, October 14, 2019. The awards ceremony takes place at the college’s Conaway Center, located at 1104 S. Wabash in Chicago’s South Loop. The event...
Numerous alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are featured in the new book Ensemble: An Oral History of Chicago Theater, being published August 13, 2019, by Chicago-based Agate Publishing. Authored by oral historian Mark Larson,...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Rob Colletti ’11, a graduate of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, will costar in the world premiere of the new musical Almost Famous, running September 13 through October 20 at...
Alumni and current students from the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s Musical Theatre Program are featured in the Chicago-area premiere of the musical Freaky Friday, presented August 2 through September 1 by Williams Street Repertory at the Raue Center...
The Silent Theatre Company, an ensemble founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, presents The Wild Party Variety Hour: The Strange Case of Dr. Marvin and Mr. Shhhhh! on Saturday, August 3, at Steppenwolf Theatre’s 1700...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Harter Clingman ’11, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, is featured in the national touring company of the Broadway hit Come From Away, Irene Sankoff and David...
Notes & Letters, a new musical by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Annabelle Revak ’19, will be presented in a workshop production by Underscore Theatre Company July 29 through August 2 at the Understudy, located at 4609 N....
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member Michael Brown, co-director of the Theatre Department’s MA/MFA Program in European Devised Performance Practice, is the co-creator and principal producer of Invitation to a Beheading, a devised work of puppet and mask...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and student talent is featured in the rock musical Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, running July 25 through August 24 at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in the Chicago suburbs of Arlington Heights. For...
Abduction, an original science-fiction musical comedy created by Columbia College Chicago alumni T.J. Pieffer ’18 and Brad Kemp ’12, is being presented in the 2019 New York Musical Festival July 19 through 21 at the prestigious Off-Broadway theatre Playwrights...