Comedy Writing and Performance Archive

We Are the Tigers, a new musical by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Preston Max Allen ’13, begins its Off-Broadway run February 7 at Theatre 80 St. Marks, located at 80 St. Marks Place in New York’s East...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and faculty members are featured in the 22nd annual Fillet of Solo Festival, presented January 18 through February 2 by Lifeline Theatre. Celebrating the breadth of Chicago’s enduring storytelling and live lit scene,...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Lea Ciastko ’16, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Musical Theatre, performs her one-woman show When Life Gives You Cancer, Make Comedy on Sundays, January 6, 13, 20, and 27,...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Hannah Starr ’14, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, performs their one-person show Boombox for two performances only — Monday, November 26, and Saturday, December 1, at 7:30 PM...
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department proudly congratulates alumnus Preston Max Allen ’13 on the news that his musical We Are the Tigers will receive an off-Broadway run in February 2019. The news was reported November 5 by the...
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and the college’s office of Development and Alumni Relations invite alumni and supporters of Columbia College‘s Theatre Department to the first-ever Columbia College Theatre Reunion Weekend October 19 and 20, 2018. The event...
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....
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...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Lea Ciastko ’16, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Musical Theatre, performs her one-woman show It’s My Cancer and I’ll Laugh If I Want To on Sundays, June 3, 10,...
The Bittersweet Arts Co., a multidisciplinary collective founded and led by alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and the Columbia College Chicago Music Department, presents a new play by Columbia College alum Ross Krakow ’17, a graduate...