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Columbia College Chicago Hosts Playwright Regina Taylor for Online Program ‘Social Justice and Creative Practice’ on April 12

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Columbia College Chicago will host “Social Justice and Creative Practice: The Power of the Creative Voice in Advancing Social Change,” an online conversation with renowned playwright, actor, director, activist, educator, and Columbia College honorary degree recipient Regina Taylor HDR...
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Columbia College Chicago Alum’s Pegasus Theatre Wins NEA Grant to Support Young Playwrights Festival

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The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department proudly congratulates Columbia College alum Ilesa Duncan ’99, executive/producing director of Pegasus Theatre Chicago, which has been approved for a $20,000 Grant for Arts Projects award from the National Endowment for the Arts....
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni Launch New Playwriting Initiative at Chicago’s Raven Theatre

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The Chicago Tribune reports that Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumna Tyla Abercrumbie ’98 has been selected as the inaugural playwright in a new $25,000 play development initiative by Chicago’s Raven Theatre, whose artistic director is Columbia College alumnus...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum’s Play Featured in New Works Virtual Festival on Dec. 23

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Congratulations to Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Kevin Wiczer ’05, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting. Wiczer’s new play A Man with No Opinion will be performed in a live-streamed reading on Wednesday, December...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum’s Play Selected for California Theatre Company’s Festival

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Congratulations to Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Niv Elbaz ’18, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Playwriting program, whose play Delilah has been selected for Panndora Productions‘ Panndora’s Box 14th Annual New Works Festival. Panndora Productions is an...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni Present ‘Apologies to Lorraine Hansberry (You Too, August Wilson)’ in a Live Streamed Performance June 19

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Mirrorbox Theatre, an Iowa theatre company led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Cavan Hallman ’05, presents a live streamed performance of the play Apologies to Lorraine Hansberry (You Too, August Wilson) on Friday, June 19, at 8...
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Columbia College Chicago Alumni Playwright Tyla Abercrumbie: ‘There is no turning back’

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumna Tyla Abercrumbie ’98 is profiled in a post by Chicago Theater, a Facebook group by and for Chicago’s theatre community. The group was created by a group of Chicago theatre artists and administrators...
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(VIDEO) MANIFEST RISES! Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Video Performances Highlight 2020 Manifest Urban Arts Festival in Its Digital Debut — Online May 11-15!

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  Columbia College Chicago‘s student-powered Manifest Urban Arts Festival makes its digital debut this year, going online for its landmark 20th annual edition May 11 through 15, and the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department will be proudly participating! To...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Keli Garrett Announced as 2020 Madeleine Moore Burrell Playwriting Fellowship Recipient

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Columbia College Chicago has announced that Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Keli Garrett ’91 is the 2020 Madeleine Moore Burrell Playwriting Fellowship recipient. The academic residency, now in its second year, was established with support from Columbia College...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Hosts Pegasus Theatre’s 33rd Annual Young Playwrights Festival Jan. 8-25

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The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department will host the 33rd annual Young Playwrights Festival presented by Pegasus Theatre Chicago, running January 8 through 25 at the Courtyard Theater in the Getz Theater Center of Columbia College Chicago, located at...
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