Acting Archive

Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum A. Ashley Hoff ’96, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, will return to Chicago to herald his acclaimed new book With Love, Mommie Dearest: The Making of an Unintentional...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums are in the cast and creative team of Lifeline Theatre‘s new production of Native Son, playwright Nambi E. Kelley’s adaptation of the landmark novel by Richard Wright. The show is directed by Columbia...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Tyler Anthony Smith ’17, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, is the author and co-star of Hell in a Handbag Productions‘ world premiere Poor People! The Parody Musical, running May 2 through June...
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department hosted a special event on Tuesday, April 16 – a panel discussion with members of the cast and creative team of the Goodman Theatre’s acclaimed production of August Wilson’s acclaimed drama Joe Turner’s...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Scarlett Sullivan ’11, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, has been named general manager of the AL. Ringling Brewing Company in Baraboo, Wisconsin. Sullivan started in the job on...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums are in the cast of August Wilson’s drama Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, running April 13 through May 12 at the Goodman Theatre, located at 170 N. Dearborn in downtown Chicago’s Loop Theatre...
Alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are in the cast and creative team of The S Paradox, a world premiere presented by the Babes with Blades Theatre Company. The show runs April 7 through May 18 at the...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Tyla Abercrumbie ’98, a regular cast member of the Showtime series The Chi, will join the of the new CBS TV series NCIS: Origins, which debuts in the 2024-2025 broadcast season. The entertainment news site...
Congratulations to the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni who won Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award, at the 50th anniversary Non-Equity “Jeff Awards” ceremony on March 25, 2024. The awards honor excellence in Chicago’s non-Equity theatre during...
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department honors the memory of former chair Fritzie Sahlins on the 100th anniversary of her birth on March 21, 1924. From 1974 through 1976, Fritzie co-chaired (with speech teacher Phyllis Griffin) the Theatre Department of...