Acting Archive

The Mercy Street Theatre Company, an ensemble founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, kicks off its second season with The Mercy Street Affair, an evening of new plays, live jazz, pastries, and craft cocktails inspired...
Ryan Bourque (BFA ’09), a graduate of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s acting program, is in the cast of A Red Orchid Theatre‘s keenly anticipated world premiere of Pilgrim’s Progress, by Bret Neveu. Bourque will share the stage...
Jackalope Theatre, a company founded and led by alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, launches its eighth season with The Raid, a new drama about abolitionist John Brown’s plans to free and arm black slaves across the...
Otherworld Theatre, a company founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, celebrates Halloween with Gone Dark, a new gothic thriller. Directed by Tiffany Keane (BA ’12), a graduate of the Theatre Department’s theatre directing program, this...
Kristin Chenoweth
  Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni Jess Godwin (BA ’05), Mallory Maedke (BFA ’14), and Alex Newkirk (BFA ’11) will be backup vocalists for Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth at Chenoweth’s concert at the landmark Chicago Theatre on Saturday,...
Kevin Wiczer (BA ’05), a graduate of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s BA Program in Acting, is directing Theatre Nebula‘s Halloween-season production of The Rocky Horror Show, Richard O’Brien’s campy, glam-rock spoof of sci-fi and horror movies. The...
Nicole Wiesner (BA ’00), a graduate of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s BA Program in Acting, is directing The Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls, running October 15-November 21 at Trap Door Theatre, located at 1655 W. Cortland in Chicago’s...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni BrittneyLove Smith (BFA ’11) and Cody Estle (BA ’11) are helping Northlight Theatre bring Charm to the stage of Steppenwolf Theatre‘s Merle Reskin Garage Theatre. Charm is a new play by Chicago writer...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni Claire Chrzan (BA ’11) and Jon Beal (BA ’11) are on the production team for the New Colony‘s Halloween-season production The Terrible, a world premiere by Morgan McNaught. Chrzan, a graduate of the...