Acting Archive

Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Aidy Bryant ’09, a regular cast member on NBC’s Saturday Night Live, added a new character to her repertoire of roles on the comedy show September 29. In an opening sketch lampooning the...
  Otherworld Theatre Company, an ensemble founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, presents the Midwest premiere of All I Want Is One More Meanwhile . . . , a superhero comedy by Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons....
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and faculty are in the cast and creative team for the North American premiere of the London hit Nell Gwynn, running September 20 through November 4 at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre. The music- and...
Alumni and former faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are in the cast and creative team for Metropolis Performing Arts Centre‘s new production of the landmark musical A Chorus Line, running September 20 through November 3. The...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Alexander Stuart ’17,, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, stars in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time at the prestigious Actors Theatre of Louisville in Kentucky...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Dior J. Stephens ’15, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, has a new collection of poetry coming out September 15. Titled 001, the volume “captures and conveys the mind...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Hannah Starr ’14, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, is celebrated as one of this year’s “Hot New Faces of Chicago Theatre” by Chicago Tribune theatre critic Chris Jones....
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and former students are featured in the musical Legally Blonde, running September 5 through October 21 at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora, Illinois. The cast includes Columbia College alums Teressa LaGamba ’13, a...
Congratulations to the alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and the Columbia College Chicago Music Department who have been nominated for 2018 Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award. The list of nominees for this...
A new musical by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Preston Max Allen ’13, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting who also took courses in the Theatre Department’s Musical Theatre and Comedy programs, will be...