Musical Theatre Archive

Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty and alumni are in the cast and production team of Teatro Vista‘s world premiere of Brian Quijada’s musical Somewhere Over the Border, running May 12 through June 12 at the Windy City Playhouse,...
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department mourns the passing of longtime faculty member Estelle Goodman Spector, who passed away quietly at her home in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood on May 7, 2022. She was 91. Estelle‘s funeral service, though...
Notes & Letters, a new musical by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Annabelle Lee Revak ’19, who graduated with a double BA in Musical Theatre from the Theatre Department and Music Composition from the Columbia College Chicago Music...
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department mourns the passing of Columbia College alumna Jossara Jinaro ’96, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Musical Theatre. As reported in USA Today and other publications, Jossaro passed away April 27,...
Congratulations to Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Ariel Etana Triunfo ’19, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Musical Theatre. The Chicago-based dancer-singer-actor is on her first national tour with the Broadway hit Summer: The Donna Summer Musical in...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are in the cast and production team of the 2022 Black Playwrights Festival, running April 26 through 30 at the Black Ensemble Theatre, located at 4450 N. Clark in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. The...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Conor Clark ’13, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Musical Theatre BA program, and former Theatre Department student Thomas McKee are in the cast of North Texas Performing Arts Repertory Theatre’s production of...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Sarah Nandola ’20, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, is in the cast of the Cell Theatre’s off-Broadway production of Nightclub Cantata, Liz Swados’  provocative, eclectic 1977...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums are in the cast and production team of Porchlight Music Theatre‘s production of the musical Spring Awakening, running April 23 through May 29 at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts, located at...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and faculty are in the cast and production team of the world premiere of On the Greenbelt, presented by Strawdog Theatre Company at Links Hall, located at 3111 N. Western in Chicago. The...