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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Choreographs ‘Camelot’ for Music Theater Works

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Ariel Etana Triunfo ’19, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Musical Theatre, is the choreographer for Music Theater Works‘ new production of Camelot, the classic Lerner and Loewe musical retelling of the legend...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Presents New Play at Chicago’s Historic Cliff Dwellers Oct. 20

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum David Stobbe ’16, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Musical Theatre, produces and performs in a new play, Ophelia in Space by Evey Reidy, at the historic Cliff Dwellers Club...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Music Alumni and Faculty Win 2022 Jeff Awards

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Congratulations to the alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and Columbia College Chicago Music Department who won 2022 Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award. The Equity “Jeff Awards,” which honor excellence in Chicago’s Equity theatre...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum’s Rock Musical Spoof ‘Carrie 2: The Rage’ Comes to Venus Cabaret Oct. 17

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Carrie 2: The Rage, The Unauthorized Musical Parody, a musical by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Preston Max Allen ’13, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, will be performed in a concert version on...
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. and Columbia College Alumni Network Host Alumnus Joseph Sikora for Oct. 18 Event

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The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department proudly hosts alumnus Joseph Sikora ’98, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, for a “fireside chat” on Tuesday, October 18, from 5:30 to 6:30 PM in the Sheldon Patinkin Theatre of...
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Rave Review for Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum’s Horror Parody ‘Frankenstreisand’

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Tyler Anthony Smith ’17, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, won a rave review in the Chicago Reader for his comedy Frankenstreisand, running through October 31 at Redline VR,...
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Columbia College Chicago Alum Receives 2022 Black Theatre Alliance Award for Her Play ‘Relentless’

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The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department proudly congratulates Columbia College Chicago alum Tyla Abercrumbie ’98 on winning the 2022 Lorraine Hansberry Award for Writing of a Play for her drama Relentless, which received its world premiere from Chicago’ TimeLine...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Speak at Free Siddons Artistic Council Panel on Artistic Leadership Oct. 3 at Black Ensemble

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  Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums Kaiser Ahmed ’08, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, and Cavan Hallman ’05, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Playwriting program, will speak about the work of theatrical artistic...
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Tony Award-Winning Columbia College Chicago Alum Tonya Pinkins Stars in ‘Raisin in the Sun’ at New York’s Public Theatre Sept. 27-Nov. 6

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Columbia College Chicago alum Tonya Pinkins ’96 — Tony Award-winning star of such Broadway musicals as Caroline, or Change and Jelly’s Last Jam — will star in the Public Theatre’s off-Broadway revival of Lorraine Hansberry‘s groundbreaking drama A Raisin...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Bring ‘Sweeney Todd’ to the Stage Sept. 8-Nov. 6

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are in the cast and production team of Kokandy Productions’ staging of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Stephen Sondheim’s musical thriller. The show runs September 8 through November 6 at...
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