Category: Playwriting
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Music Alumni and Faculty Nominated for 2026 Jeff Awards
Congratulations to the alumni, faculty, and former students and faculty members of the Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance who have been nominated for 2026 Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award. The Equity “Jeff Awards” honor excellence in Chicago’s Equity theatre during the 2025-2026 theatre season (July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026).…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring Rock Musical ‘Hair’ to Chopin Theatre July 2-Sept. 13
Columbia College Chicago Theatre alums are in the cast and creative team of Kokandy Productions‘ staging of Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical, running July 2 through September 13 at the Chopin Theatre, located at 1543 W. Division in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. Student discounts are available. For more information and tickets, click here. This production…
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‘Saucy and Seductive’: Glowing Reviews for About Face Theatre’s World Premiere of Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Preston Max Allen’s Trans Rom-Com ‘Modern Gentleman,’ Running Through April 18 with Special Columbia College Night Event April 3
Columbia College Chicago Theatre alumni are in the creative team and cast of About Face Theatre‘s world premiere of Modern Gentleman, a new comedy written by Columbia College alum Preston Max Allen ’13, a graduate of the Columbia College Theatre Program’s BA Program in Acting. The show runs through April 18 at Raven Theatre, located at…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring About Face Theatre’s World Premiere of Preston Max Allen’s New Rom-Com ‘Modern Gentleman’ to the Stage March 19-April 18, with Special Columbia College Night Event April 3
Columbia College Chicago Theatre alumni are in the creative team and cast of About Face Theatre‘s world premiere of Modern Gentleman, a new comedy written by Columbia College alum Preston Max Allen ’13, a graduate of the Columbia College Theatre Program’s BA Program in Acting. The show runs March 19 through April 18 at Raven Theatre,…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Music Alums Bring ‘Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors’ to the Stage Feb. 5-22
Columbia College Chicago Theatre alums are in the cast and creative team of Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, presented by the Lazy Susan Theatre Co. February 5 through 22 at the Greenhouse Theater Center, located at 2257 N. Lincoln in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood. “Loosely based” on Bram Stoker’s classic horror story, the play puts a…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Preston Max Allen’s New Off-Broadway Play ‘Caroline,’ Directed by Tony Award-Winning Columbia Alum David Cromer, Extended through Nov. 16; ‘Reviews Are Rolling In’
Caroline – the much-discussed new Off-Broadway play by Columbia College Chicago Theatre alum Preston Max Allen ’13, a graduate of the Columbia College Theatre Program’s BA Program in Acting – officially opened September 30 in its world premiere at New York City’s MCC Theater – and the reviews are rolling in, reports the theatre news…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums and Faculty Bring ‘Say Gay Plays’ to the Stage Sept. 20
Columbia College Chicago Theatre alums and faculty are featured in Say Gay Plays, a free staged reading of new short plays presented by About Face Theatre and the Silk Road Cultural Center on Saturday, September 20, at 2 PM. The performance takes place at Northeastern Illinois University’s Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies, 700…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Featured in Hit Musical ‘Amélie,’ Extended Through Oct. 19 at Chopin Theatre
Columbia College Chicago Theatre alums are in the cast and creative team of Kokandy Productions‘ Chicago premiere of the musical Amélie, which has been extended through Sunday, October 19, at the Chopin Theatre, located at 1543 W. Division in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. For tickets, click here. The show’s cast includes Columbia College alums Quinn Rigg…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring Musical ‘Amélie’ to Chopin Theatre July 17-Sept. 28
Columbia College Chicago Theatre alums are in the cast and creative team of Kokandy Productions‘ Chicago premiere of the musical Amélie, running July 17 through September 28 at the Chopin Theatre, located at 1543 W. Division in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. For tickets, click here. The show’s cast includes Columbia College alums Quinn Rigg ’20…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring ‘Living News Festival’ to Pittsburgh’s Throughline Theatre July 17-20
Columbia College Chicago Theatre alum J. Cody Spellman ’13, a graduate of the Theatre Program’s Theatre Directing program, is producing the second annual Living News Festival presented by Pittsburgh’s Throughline Theatre. The event, which features new short plays by Pittsburgh-area playwrights based on real news stories, runs July 17 through 20 at the Carnegie…