Acting Archive

Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums are in the cast and creative team of The Ballad of Lefty & Crabbe, a new musical presented by Underscore Theatre Company. Running through July 14 at the Understudy, located at 4609 N....
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department proudly congratulates the alumni, faculty, and current and former students of the Theatre Department, the Columbia College Chicago Music Department, and the Columbia College Chicago Cinema and Television Arts Department who won 2019...
Behzad Dabu
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Behzad Dabu ’08 — a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Acting Program and a regular cast member on ABC TV’s How to Get Away with Murder — stars in La Jolla Playhouse‘s world-premiere...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member Barbara Robertson stars in Firebrand Theatre‘s Chicago premiere of Queen of the Mist, Michael John LaChiusa’s musical about Anna (Annie) Edson Taylor, the first woman to go over Niagara Falls. For tickets,...
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department congratulates Chicago’s cutting-edge Trap Door Theatre, whose managing director is Columbia College alum Nicole Wiesner ’00, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting. As reported May 22 by BroadwayWorld.com, Trap...
Nothing Without a Company, an experimental theatre ensemble founded by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Anna Rose Ii-Epstein ’07, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Acting program, is seeking submissions for its second annual New World Play Festival, a...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Caroline Neff ’07, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, is featured in next season’s Broadway production of Linda Vista, by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tracy Letts. Neff and Letts are...
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department will present a day of free performances and exhibits on Friday, May 10, as part of Columbia College Chicago‘s 19th annual Manifest Urban Arts Festival. The Getz Theater Center of Columbia College Chicago,...
Kudos to Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Claire Chrzan ’11, a graduate of Columbia’s Theatre Design program. As previously reported in this blog, she is nominated for two 2019 Non-Equity Joseph Jefferson Awards, for her lighting designs for...
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department is delighted to welcome actor, director, and teacher Carin Silkaitis as its new chair. Silkaitis — whose appointment was announced on April 25 by Rosita Sands, Interim Dean of Columbia College’s School of Fine...