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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Dance Alums Nominated for 2025 Black Excellence Awards

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Congratulations to the Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Dance alums and faculty members who are nominated for the Black Arts & Culture Alliance of Chicago‘s 2025 Black Excellence Awards honoring and celebrating Chicago theatre, dance, music, film, literary, and...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum’s ‘Highly Recommended’ Staging of ‘Dutchman’ Runs Through Oct. 25 at Trap Door Theatre

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre alum Keith Surney ’13, a graduate of the Theatre Program’s BA Program in Acting, is making his debut as a stage director with an acclaimed revival of Amiri Baraka‘s controversial 1964 drama Dutchman. The production, in which...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring Babes With Blades’ ‘The Mark’ to Edge Theatre Oct. 15-Nov. 22

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre alums are in the cast and creative team of Babes with Blades Theatre Company‘s new show The Mark, running October 15 through November 22 at the Edge Theater, located at 5451 N. Broadway in Chicago’s...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Preston Max Allen’s New Off-Broadway Play ‘Caroline,’ Directed by Tony Award-Winning Columbia Alum David Cromer, Extended through Nov. 16; ‘Reviews Are Rolling In’

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Caroline – the much-discussed new Off-Broadway play by Columbia College Chicago Theatre alum Preston Max Allen ’13, a graduate of the Columbia College Theatre Program’s BA Program in Acting – officially opened September 30 in its world premiere at...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums and Faculty Bring ‘Say Gay Plays’ to the Stage Sept. 20

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  Columbia College Chicago Theatre alums and faculty are featured in Say Gay Plays, a free staged reading of new short plays presented by About Face Theatre and the Silk Road Cultural Center on Saturday, September 20, at 2...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Preston Max Allen’s New Off-Broadway Play ‘Caroline’ Runs Sept. 12-Oct. 19, Directed by Tony Award-Winning Columbia Alum David Cromer

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A new play by Columbia College Chicago Theatre alum Preston Max Allen ’13, a graduate of the Columbia College Theatre Program’s BA Program in Acting, is receiving its world premiere from Off-Broadway’s MCC Theater, and it will be directed...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring ‘Mr. Wolf’ to Steppenwolf Theatre Sept. 11-Nov. 2

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre alum Caroline Neff ’07, a graduate of the Theatre Program’s BA Program in Acting, is featured in the Chicago premiere of Mr. Wolf, running September 11 through November 2 at the Tony Award-winning Steppenwolf Theatre, located at...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Take Up Arms in Babes with Blades’ Fighting Words Festival Sept. 6-14

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre alums are participating in the 2025 Fighting Words Festival presented by the Babes with Blades Theatre Company running September 6 through 14 at the Bramble Arts Loft, located at 5545 N. Clark in Chicago’s Andersonville...
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(VIDEO) Birthday Salute to Longtime Columbia College Chicago Theatre Chair Sheldon Patinkin (Aug. 27, 1935-Sept. 21, 2014)

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The Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance lovingly honors the memory of Sheldon Patinkin – longtime head of the Columbia College Theatre Program, noted director and teacher, and cherished friend and mentor to many in the Chicago...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Combine Horror and Stage Combat in ‘Gladiator Fright Night’ Aug. 29-31

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The Point Theatre Project, a company founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre alums, presents Gladiator Fright Night, an interactive theatrical experience in which iconic horror characters face off in a battle to the death. Audiences will vote...
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