Playwriting Archive

  Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums Kaiser Ahmed ’08, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, and Cavan Hallman ’05, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Playwriting program, will speak about the work of theatrical artistic...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are in the cast and production team of Kokandy Productions’ staging of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Stephen Sondheim’s musical thriller. The show runs September 8 through November 6 at...
Chagall in School, a new comedy by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member James Sherman, receives its world premiere from Grippo Stage Company August 26 through October 8. The show, inspired by the life of famed artist Marc Chagall,...
Lifeline Theatre presents Miss Holmes Returns, a mystery comedy written by former Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department  student Christopher M. Walsh, a Lifeline ensemble member. The play — inspired by the works of writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of fictional...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Rose Hamill ’16, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Theatre Technology, will make her debut as a theatrical director by directing one of the plays in Broken Nose Theatre‘s Bechdel Fest 9: Next...
Congratulations to the alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and Columbia College Chicago Music Department who have been nominated for 2022 Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award. The Equity “Jeff Awards” honor excellence in Chicago’s...
Wreck, a play by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Kevin Wiczer ’05, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, will be presented August 19 through September 3 by a new theatre company, Theatre Ellipsis. Performances take place at the That’s...
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department proudly congratulates the Columbia College Chicago alumni and faculty who have been nominated for 2022 Black Theatre Alliance/Ira Aldridge Awards honoring the work of Chicago-area theatre artists during the 2021-2022 theatre season. The...
Hail Mary, a new comedy by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Ann Delaney ’14, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, will be performed in an online reading Monday, July 18, as part...
Congratulations to the cast and creative team of Kokandy Productions’ Chicago storefront premiere of Cruel Intentions: The ’90 Musical, including several alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department. Due to popular demand, the show has been extended through...