Acting Archive

AstonRep Theatre Company‘s production of Martin McDonagh’s dark comedy The Lonesome West, which costars Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Dylan Todd ’17, received a glowing review from the Chicago Reader, Chicago’s premier alternative weekly newspaper. “McDonagh’s characters are . ....
Underscore Theatre Company, a Chicago troupe devoted to presenting new musical theatre works, presents a reunion concert version of Carrie 2: The Rage (An Unauthorized Musical Parody), which Underscore produced last year in its world premiere. Written by Columbia...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Caroline Neff ’07, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, won a 2018 Joseph Jefferson Award in the category of Performer in a Principal Role–Play for her performance in the...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are participating in the Haven Theatre‘s fourth annual Director’s Haven, an initiative showcasing the talents of rising directors in Chicago. The project features three one-act plays on one program, each directed by a...
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department proudly congratulates the alumni and faculty members who were honored with Black Theatre Alliance/Ira Aldridge Awards for 2018. The awards were presented October 15 at a ceremony at Columbia College’s Hokin Lecture Hall....
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and the college’s office of Development and Alumni Relations invite alumni and supporters of Columbia College‘s Theatre Department to the first-ever Columbia College Theatre Reunion Weekend October 19 and 20, 2018. The event...
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department proudly congratulates alumnus Marvin Quijada ’05, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, for winning the 2018 ALTA Award for Outstanding Performer in a Sketch or Review from the Alliance...
Columbia College Chicago will host the 2018 Black Theater Alliance/Ira Aldridge Awards on Monday, October 15. The awards ceremony takes place at the college’s Hokin Lecture Hall, located at 623 S. Wabash in Chicago’s South Loop. The event begins...
Alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are in the cast and creative/production team of Les Innocents/The Innocents, a Halloween season thriller set in the mysterious catacombs of 19th-century Paris. This world premiere opens October 11 and runs...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are in the cast and production team of Crumbs From the Table of Joy, running October 4 through November 18 at Raven Theatre in Chicago’s Edgewater Theatre District. The drama by Pulitzer Prize-winning...