Stage Combat Archive

The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s blog “The Green Room” has chronicled the professional activities of our talented and accomplished alumni, faculty, and students over the past year. We covered news as it poured in not only from Chicago but...
The Robert Frosty Theatre Company, a sketch comedy group founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, presents the third annual edition of its comedy/sketch/stage combat holiday show ‘Twas the Fight Before Christmas through December 21. Written...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni Tyler Anthony Smith ’17, Abigail Phelps ’15, and Carson Schroeder ’16 are featured in the world premiere of Smith’s comedy Mein Comps, running October 23-25 at Strawdog Theatre, 1802 W. Berenice, Chicago. Showtime...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums are on the creative/production team for the world premiere of 1980 (Or Why I’m Voting for John Anderson), running October 17-December 20. Presented by Jackalope Theatre, an ensemble founded and led by Columbia...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, students, and faculty are in the cast and production team of Choir Boy, running September 27-November 12 at Chicago’s award-winning Raven Theatre. The drama, by Oscar-winning writer Tarell Alvin McCraney, concerns a gay...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Ryan Bourque ’09, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Acting program and winner of two Joseph Jefferson Awards (Chicago’s top theatrical prize) for his stage combat choreography, has staged the fight and hockey...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums are featured in the Factory Theatre‘s summer hit Fight City, running through August 26. The cast includes Columbia College alums Mandy Walsh ’99, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting,...
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...