Stage Combat Archive

Mercy Street Theatre, a company founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, presents the world premiere of Luz Estrada, an updated adaptation of Aristophanes’ classic antiwar comedy Lysistrata. Running June 25-July 16, Luz Estrada is performed...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Ryan Bourque ’09 has won a 2017 Joseph Jefferson Award for Non-Equity Theatre — aka the Jeff Award — for his Fight Choreography for Prowess, presented by Jackalope Theatre Company, an ensemble founded...
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, located at 72 E. 11th Street in Chicago’s South Loop, will host a day of free performances and exhibits on Friday, May 12, as part of Columbia College Chicago‘s 17th annual Manifest Urban...
Alumni, faculty, and former students of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are in the cast and creative/production team for Not About Nightingales, the rarely-seen early drama by Tennessee Williams that Chicago’s award-winning Raven Theatre is presenting through June...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department student Tristin Hall is featured in Interrobang Theatre Project‘s Chicago premiere of the drama Falling, running March 16-April 16 at the Athenaeum Theatre, 2936 N. Southport, Chicago. The play concerns a woman’s attempt to raise...
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department continues its 2016-2017 mainstage season with the hit musical Little Shop of Horrors, running March 8-18 in the Sheldon Patinkin Theatre of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Center, located at 72 E. 11th...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and faculty members are involved in the world premiere of The Sundial, Northwestern University professor Paul Edwards’ new stage adaptation of the 1958 novel by Shirley Jackson. The show, which runs January 6-February...
An exhibit of photographs by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Ryan Bourque ’09 opens Friday, January 6, at ARC Gallery, 2156 N. Damen, Chicago. Bourque, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Acting program, is a professional photographer as...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty and alumni talent are featured in the House Theatre of Chicago‘s 2016-17 season opener, A Comedical Tragedy for Mister Punch. Inspired by the classic tradition of Punch and Judy puppet theatre, the production runs September...