Category: Dance
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums and Faculty Bring ‘Full Monty’ Musical to Paramount Theatre Aug. 21-Oct. 6
Alums and faculty members of the Theatre Program at the Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance are in the cast and creative team of the musical The Full Monty, running August 21 through October 6 at the Paramount Theatre, located at 23 E. Galena Blvd. in downtown Aurora, Illinois. For tickets, click here.…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Music Alumni and Faculty Nominated for 2024 Joseph Jefferson Awards
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 2024 Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award. The Equity “Jeff Awards” honor excellence in Chicago’s Equity theatre during the 2023-2024 theatre season. The list of this year’s Equity Jeff…
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Featured in Peninsula Players’ ‘Million Dollar Quartet’ July 31-Aug. 18
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Eion Meldrum ’23, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, is featured in the cast of the rock musical Million Dollar Quartet at Peninsula Players in Fish Creek, Wisconsin. For tickets, click here. Meldrum, who plays guitar in addition to his acting and singing…
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Columbia College Chicago Alum’s Dance-Theatre Company, Synapse Arts, Celebrates Its 20th with a ‘Birthday Bash’ Aug. 3
Synapse Arts, a Chicago-based dance-theatre company co-founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Rachel Damon ’05, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Design BA program with a Minor in Dance, will celebrate its 20th (!) birthday on Saturday, August 3, with the Synapse Arts Birthday Bash at the Berger Park Cultural Center,…
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‘Magic to Do – Just for You!’: Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department’s Mainstage Season Features ‘Pippin’ at Getz Theatre Center April 25-May 4
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s 2023-24 Mainstage Season continues with Pippin, the Tony Award-winning musical by Stephen Schwartz and Roger O. Hirson. The production runs April 25 through May 4 in the Courtyard Theatre of the Getz Theatre Center of Columbia College, located at 72 E. 11th St. in Chicago’s South Loop. Student discounts are available. For tickets…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums and Faculty Bring Musical ‘Billy Elliot’ to Paramount Theatre Feb. 7-March 24
Alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are in the cast and creative team of the musical Billy Elliot at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora, Illinois. The show runs February 7 through March 24. For tickets and more information, click here. The production’s cast includes Columbia College alums Jared David Michael Grant ’12,…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Bring Cole Porter Classic ‘Anything Goes’ to the Stage Jan. 13-Feb. 25
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums are in the cast and creative team of Anything Goes, the classic Cole Porter musical comedy, presented by Porchlight Music Theatre January 13 through February 25 at the Ruth Page Center, located at 1016 N. Dearborn, Chicago. For tickets, click here. The show’s cast includes Columbia College alum Jerod…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Dance Alumni and Faculty Named in Newcity’s ‘Players 2024: The Fifty People Who Really Perform for Chicago’
Congratulations to the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago alumni and faculty cited in Newcity Stage‘s annual new year’s salute to movers and shakers in Chicago’s vibrant performing-arts scene. Among those listed in “Players 2024: The Fifty People Who Really Perform for Chicago,” posted on Newcity‘s website January 9,…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums and Faculty Bring ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ to Paramount Theatre Through Jan. 14, 2024
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums and faculty members are in the cast and creative team of the musical Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora, Illinois – the nation’s largest musical theatre subscription house. The production – which marks the show’s Professional Regional Premiere – opened November 17, 2023, and…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department’s Mainstage Musical ‘On the Town’ Continues Through Nov. 18 at Getz Theatre Center
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s production of On the Town, the opening production of the department’s 2023-24 Mainstage Season, continues November 15 through 18 in the Courtyard Theatre of the Getz Theatre Center of Columbia College, located at 72 E. 11th St. in Chicago’s South Loop. Student discounts are available. For tickets and more information –…