Category: Theatre Design
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni and Faculty Win 2026 Jeff Awards
Congratulations to the alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance who received 2026 Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award. The Equity “Jeff Awards” honor excellence in Chicago’s Equity theatre during the 2025-2026 theatre season (July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026). The individual winners include these Columbia College alumni…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Music Alumni and Faculty Nominated for 2026 Jeff Awards
Congratulations to the alumni, faculty, and former students and faculty members of the Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance who have been nominated for 2026 Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award. The Equity “Jeff Awards” honor excellence in Chicago’s Equity theatre during the 2025-2026 theatre season (July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026).…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Design Student to Be Honored at Michael Merritt Awards Event May 11 with John Murbach Prize
Congratulations to Johnny Jonathan, a 2026 graduate of the Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance‘s Theatre Design Program, who is the 2026 recipient of the John Murbach Columbia College Chicago Academic Prize for Collaborative Design + Tech from the Michael Merritt Awards and Endowment Fund. The Merritt Endowment Fund, named in honor of…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring ‘Gladiator Fight Night: Arcade Anarchy’ to the Stage May 14-17
The Point Theatre Project, a company founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre alums, presents Gladiator Fight Night: Arcade Anarchy, an interactive theatrical experience in which iconic video game characters fight their way to glory as they battle for the title of Champion. Audiences will choose who wins, who loses, and who advances to…
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‘Saucy and Seductive’: Glowing Reviews for About Face Theatre’s World Premiere of Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Preston Max Allen’s Trans Rom-Com ‘Modern Gentleman,’ Running Through April 18 with Special Columbia College Night Event April 3
Columbia College Chicago Theatre alumni are in the creative team and cast of About Face Theatre‘s world premiere of Modern Gentleman, a new comedy written by Columbia College alum Preston Max Allen ’13, a graduate of the Columbia College Theatre Program’s BA Program in Acting. The show runs through April 18 at Raven Theatre, located at…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Music Alums Win 2025 Joseph Jefferson Awards
The Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance proudly congratulates the Columbia College Chicago Theatre alums who won 2025 Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award, at the Non-Equity “Jeff Awards” ceremony on Monday, March 23, 2026. The Non-Equity “Jeff Awards” honor excellence in Chicago’s non-Equity theatre during the 2025 theatre season, which…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring About Face Theatre’s World Premiere of Preston Max Allen’s New Rom-Com ‘Modern Gentleman’ to the Stage March 19-April 18, with Special Columbia College Night Event April 3
Columbia College Chicago Theatre alumni are in the creative team and cast of About Face Theatre‘s world premiere of Modern Gentleman, a new comedy written by Columbia College alum Preston Max Allen ’13, a graduate of the Columbia College Theatre Program’s BA Program in Acting. The show runs March 19 through April 18 at Raven Theatre,…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Profiled in ‘American Theatre’ Magazine: ‘Be Unapologetically Yourself’
Columbia College Chicago Theatre alum Conchita Avitia ’18, a graduate of the Theatre Program’s BA Program in Theatre Design, is featured in an article posted February 26, 2026, by American Theatre, the nation’s only general-circulation magazine devoted to theatre. Avitia, winner of a 2023 Joseph Jefferson Award – Chicago’s top theatrical award – for lighting design,…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring Chicago Premiere of ‘Black Cypress Bayou’ to the Stage Feb. 13-March 15
Columbia College Chicago Theatre alums are in the cast and creative team of Black Cypress Bayou, a Chicago premiere running February 13 through March 15 at Definition Theatre, located at 1160 E. 55th St. on Chicago’s South Side. Student discounts are available. For tickets, click here. Set on a sweltering Texas night in the middle…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Music Alums Bring ‘Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors’ to the Stage Feb. 5-22
Columbia College Chicago Theatre alums are in the cast and creative team of Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, presented by the Lazy Susan Theatre Co. February 5 through 22 at the Greenhouse Theater Center, located at 2257 N. Lincoln in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood. “Loosely based” on Bram Stoker’s classic horror story, the play puts a…