Acting Archive

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...
Jess Godwin
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Jess Godwin ’05, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, will perform in concert Friday and Saturday, August 17 and 18, at Steppenwolf Theatre‘s intimate, flexible 1700 Theatre space, located at...
Congratulations to the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums who have been nominated for the inaugural ALTA Awards by the Alliance of Latinx Theater Artists of Chicago (ALTA). ALTA is a volunteering service organization dedicated to furthering the Chicago...
Former Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department student and faculty member David Cromer HDR ’17, who recently won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for the Broadway hit The Band’s Visit, returns to Broadway in the fall...
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department proudly congratulates the Columbia College alumni, faculty, and current and former students who have been nominated for 2018 Black Theater Alliance/Ira Aldridge Awards, including: alumnus Michael Allen Harris ’11, a graduate of the...
Michael Allen Harris
A new play by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Michael Allen Harris ’11, a graduate of the Columbia College Theatre Department’s Acting program, is featured in Bechdel Fest 6: Revolution, a festival of new short works presented by Broken...
The Bittersweet Arts Company, an ensemble formed by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and Columbia College Chicago Music Department alumni, is taking its first full-length production to the Minnesota Fringe Festival in August, and is presenting a two-night preview...