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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Bring Rocky Horror-Themed Halloween Performance Event to Den Theatre Oct. 29-30

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are in the cast and production team of Science Fiction/Double Feature: A Rocky Horror Picture Party, an immersive Rocky Horror-themed Halloween Party and performance event on Saturday, October 29, and Sunday, October 30,...
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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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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alums Bring Musical ‘Children of Eden’ to Cadillac Palace Oct. 15

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are in the cast and creative team of a staged concert presentation of Stephen Schwartz and John Caird’s musical Children of Eden that will play at the Cadillac Palace Theatre in downtown Chicago...
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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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(VIDEO) Happy Birthday to ‘Grease’ Co-Author Jim Jacobs!

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The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department wishes a happy birthday to actor-playwright-songwriter Jim Jacobs HDR ’14, coauthor of the hit musical Grease and benefactor of the Jim Jacobs Musical Theatre Scholarship at Columbia College, who turns 80 on October 7,...
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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 Bring ‘Frankenstreisand’ to the Stage Sept. 29-Oct. 31

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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, stars in his own play – Frankenstreisand, running September 29 through October 31 at Redline VR, 4702 N. Ravenswood,...
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