Acting Archive

Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and faculty talent is featured in Court Theatre’s new production of the classic dark comedy Arsenic and Old Lace, running September 2 through October 2. Court’s production features Columbia College Theatre Department faculty...
Lifeline Theatre presents Miss Holmes Returns, a mystery comedy written by former Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department  student Christopher M. Walsh, a Lifeline ensemble member. The play — inspired by the works of writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of fictional...
Congratulations to the alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and Columbia College Chicago Music Department who have been nominated for 2022 Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award. The Equity “Jeff Awards” honor excellence in Chicago’s...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums are in the cast and production team of Babes With Blades Theatre Company‘s production of William Shakespeare’s historical drama Richard III, presented in partnership with the University of Illinois Chicago’s Disability Cultural Center. The...
Wreck, a play by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Kevin Wiczer ’05, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, will be presented August 19 through September 3 by a new theatre company, Theatre Ellipsis. Performances take place at the That’s...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Almanya Narula ’16, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, presents a special Columbia Night performance of her award-winning solo show Noor Inayat Khan: The Forgotten Spy, which she performed to acclaim in June...
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department proudly congratulates the Columbia College Chicago alumni and faculty who have been nominated for 2022 Black Theatre Alliance/Ira Aldridge Awards honoring the work of Chicago-area theatre artists during the 2021-2022 theatre season. The...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Almanya Narula ’16, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, presents an August 5-19 encore engagement of her solo show Noor Inayat Khan: The Forgotten Spy, which she performed to...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums are in the cast and creative team of the Paramount Theatre‘s production of the groundbreaking musical Fun Home, running August 3 through September 18 at Paramount’s Copley Theatre, located at 8 E. Galena...
Congratulations to Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Cynthia L. Dorsey ’05, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting. The BroadwayWorld entertainment news site and American Theatre report that Dorsey has been awarded the Prince/TTLP Fellowship, a...