Acting Archive

Congratulations to film and TV writer-producer Dino Stamatopoulos, an alumnus of Columbia College Chicago‘s film program. The 2015 film Anomalisa, which he co-produced, has been nominated for an Oscar for Best Animated Feature. While attending Columbia College in 1983-86,...
Tyler Anthony Smith
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, students, and faculty are featured in the 19th annual Fillet of Solo Festival, presented January 15-31 at venues in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood. Produced by Lifeline Theatre and Live Bait Theatre, the fest...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and student talent are on board for Tennessee Williams’ rarely-revived drama The Mutilated, running January 14-February 28 at A Red Orchid Theatre, located at 1531 N. Wells in Chicago’s Old Town neighborhood. The...
Behzad Dabu
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Behzad Dabu (BFA ’08) is co-starring in the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Disgraced at Seattle Repertory Theatre. The show, directed by Columbia College Theatre Department faculty member Kimberly Senior, is a co-production with Chicago’s...
Actor-director Brian Shaw (BA ’86), a Columbia College Chicago graduate and a professor in Columbia’s Theatre Department, has directed a short film, Four Monologues, now available as a free iTunes app. The film was developed from an artist’s book...
Derrick Trumbly
“We helped student artists start to manage their debt . . . and we’re going to keep doing it. Please support us as we do.” Ed.Arts, a nonprofit organization co-founded by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Derrick Trumbly...
Jackalope Theatre Company, an ensemble founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, will present Thirst: A Climate Change Theatre Action on Wednesday, December 16, at 7:30 PM in its storefront space The Frontier, located at 1106...
The Mercy Street Theatre Company, an ensemble founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, celebrates the winter holidays with Merry Christmas, Mulch Pile!, a new comedy by resident playwright Dakota Parobek (BA ’15), a graduate of...
Actor, photographer, and Jeff Award-winning stage combat choreographer Ryan Bourque (BFA ’09), a graduate of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s acting program, will unveil an exhibit of photographic portraits of Chicago theatre artists on Monday, December 7, at...