Musical Theatre Archive

Firebrand Theatre, a new Chicago-based musical theatre company “committed to employing and empowering women,” will launch on Monday, February 27, with a benefit concert, Nothin’ Like a Dame: A Celebration of Women in Musical Theatre, at the Mercury Theatre,...
Alumni and current students from the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are pooling their talents for The 24 Hour Solo Show, an evening of one-person performances, on Saturday, February 25. The event starts at 9 PM at the Pendulum...
Mondisa Monde Productions, a company founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Ashley Mondisa ’14, presents Black Vs. All, a new a cappella musical inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement. The production’s cast and creative...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums Ann Delaney ’14 and Jake Ganzer ’15 are in the cast of Hobo King, a new drama by Chicago playwright Javon Johnson, now receiving its world premiere from Congo Square Theatre. Inspired by...
Congratulations to the cast of Saturday Night Fever at Drury Lane Theatre in the Chicago suburb of Oakbrook Terrace — including Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums Allyson Graves ’12, Michael Samarie George ’16, and Danielle Jackman ’15. This stage version of the...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Courtney Mack ’15, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Musical Theatre Performance BFA program, is starring in a new production of the Broadway hit Urinetown, presented by BoHo Theatre February 4-March 26 at...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni Jerome Riley Jr. ’16 and Jared Grant ’12 are featured in the Chicago premiere of the musical The Scottsboro Boys, running February 3-March 12 at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont, in Chicago’s Lakeview...
Former Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Musical Theatre student Jody Shelton is the coauthor, director, musical director, and executive producer of Star Wars: The Farce Awakens, a new musical parody presented by The People’s Improv Theater. This spoof of...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums David Stobbe ’16, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Musical Theatre, and Maddie Sachs ’16, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, are in the...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department student Darren Patin, a senior in the Theatre Department’s Musical Theatre Performance BFA program, is featured in the rock musical High Fidelity, running January 27-March 5 at Refuge Records, 1415 N. Ashland, in Chicago’s...