Acting Archive

Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty, alumni, and student talent is featured in the Third Eye Theatre Ensemble‘s production of Darkling, a one-act opera that tells the story of the descendants of the Holocaust. The multimedia production is directed...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Kevin Wiczer ’05, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, has directed his first theatrical production as a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers union:The Addams Family, the musical...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are in the cast and production team of Mosquitoes, running October 4 through November 9 at Steep Theatre. The cast of the play, an intergenerational look at a family, includes Columbia College alumnus...
Otherworld Theatre Company, an ensemble founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, presents Countess Dracula, a new adaptation of the classic horror tale. A dramatized retelling of the mother of all vampire stories, Countess Dracula is...
The Point Theatre Project, a new company founded by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums, debuts with an all-woman adaptation of John Knowles’ classic novel A Separate Peace. The production runs September 29 through October 14 at City Lit...
Congratulations to Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Pam Klier ’94, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting. The show business trade publication Billboard reports that she has joined the staff of Paradigm Talent Agency, as...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Connar Brown ’19, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting with a Minor in Voiceover and a Minor in Video Production, and Theatre Department student Matthew Schufreider, a junior in...
The Second City, America’s premier comedy theatre and training center, is marking its 60th anniversary with the publication of The Second City: The Essentially Accurate History, coauthored by the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s late longtime chair, Sheldon Patinkin....
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Victor Holstein ’04, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, is featured in the Chicago premiere of Oslo, the drama that won the 2017 Tony Award for Best Play. The Chicago...
Congratulations to the alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, the Columbia College Chicago Music Department, and the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago who have been nominated for 2019 Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre...