Category: Technical Theatre
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Music Alums Bring ‘Hand to God’ to Paramount’s Copley Theatre May 25-July 10
Alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and the Columbia College Chicago Music Department are on the production team of Hand to God, running May 25 through July 10 at the Paramount Theatre‘s Copley Theatre, located at 8 E. Galena Blvd. in downtown Aurora, Illinois. This irreverent, darkly comic puppet play — a 2015…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni and Faculty Bring Porchlight’s ‘Blues in the Night’ to the Stage Feb. 9-March 13
Alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are in the cast and creative team of the jazzy musical revue Blues in the Night, presented by Porchlight Music Theatre February 9 through March 13 at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts, located at 1016 N. Dearborn in Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood. This…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Bring ‘Pump Boys and Dinettes’ to Porchlight Music Theatre Oct. 30-Dec. 12
Alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are in the cast and production team of Porchlight Music Theatre‘s production of Pump Boys and Dinettes, running October 30 through December 12 at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts, 1016 N. Dearborn, Chicago. This homespun musical revue is an affectionate portrait of the friendly, fun-lovin’…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Wins 2020 Joseph Jefferson Award
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department proudly congratulates alumnus Paul Deziel ’14, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Technical Theatre program, who won the 2020 Joseph Jefferson Award — Chicago’s top theatre award — for his Projection Design for Jackalope Theatre’s P.Y.G. or The Mis-Edumacation of Dorian Belle. The 47th Annual Jeff Awards for Non-Equity…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre, Music, and Cinema/TV Department Alumni and Faculty Nominated for 2020 Jeff Awards
Congratulations to the alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, the Columbia College Chicago Music Department, and the Columbia College Chicago Cinema and Television Arts Department who have been nominated for 2020 Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award. The Non-Equity “Jeff Awards” honor excellence in Chicago’s non-Equity theatre during the 2019-2020…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums and Faculty Bring ‘Always . . . Patsy Cline’ to the Stage; Hit Musical Extended Through Jan. 4
The country musical Always . . . Patsy Cline, which features faculty and former students of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department in its cast and creative team, has been extended due to popular demand at the Den Theatre in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. The show now runs through the Christmas/New Year’s holidays, with closing…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni and Faculty Bring Musical ‘The Color Purple’ to Drury Lane Theatre Sept. 13-Nov. 3
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty and alumni are in the cast and creative team of The Color Purple, running September 13 through November 3 at Drury Lane Theatre in the Chicago suburb of Oakbrook Terrace. Columbia College alums Shantel Cribbs ’17 and Marvin Malone II ’19, both graduates of the Theatre Department’s BFA Program…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre, Music, and Cinema/TV Arts Department Alumni and Faculty Win 2019 Joseph Jefferson Awards
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department proudly congratulates the alumni, faculty, and current and former students of the Theatre Department, the Columbia College Chicago Music Department, and the Columbia College Chicago Cinema and Television Arts Department who won 2019 Joseph Jefferson Awards at the Jeff Awards’ annual ceremony on June 3. The Non-Equity Jeff Awards…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Faculty and Alums Bring Firebrand’s ‘Queen of the Mist’ to the Stage May 25-July 6
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member Barbara Robertson stars in Firebrand Theatre‘s Chicago premiere of Queen of the Mist, Michael John LaChiusa’s musical about Anna (Annie) Edson Taylor, the first woman to go over Niagara Falls. For tickets, click here. Robertson, a longtime Columbia College faculty member, is an eight-time winner of the Joseph…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre, Communication, Music, and Cinema/TV Arts Dept. Alumni and Faculty Nominated for 2019 Joseph Jefferson Awards
Kudos to the alumni, faculty, and current and former students of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, the Columbia College Chicago Communication Department, the Columbia College Chicago Music Department, and the Columbia College Chicago Cinema and Television Arts Department who have been nominated for 2019 Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award. The Non-Equity “Jeff Awards”…