Theatre Design Archive

Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Joanie Schultz ’00, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s theatre directing program, is directing the world premiere of Queen, running April 14–May 14 at Victory Gardens Theater, 2433 N. Lincoln, Chicago. Schultz’s design...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member Adrian Danzig is directing the world premiere of The? Unicorn? Hour?, a devised theatre piece presented by Chicago’s cutting-edge Neo-Futurists theatre company. The production also involves the talents of three Columbia College...
Alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are on the production team for Language of Angels, running February 15-March 26 at Redtwist Theatre, 1044 W. Bryn Mawr, in Chicago’s Edgewater Theatre District. The show is presented by The Cuckoo’s...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Claire Chrzan ’11, a graduate of Columbia’s Theatre Design program, is designing the lights for two upcoming Chicago theatrical productions at the Den Theatre, 1333 N. Milwaukee, in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. Peerless, presented...
  Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Cody Estle ’11, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, is directing the Midwest premiere of The Assembled Parties, which runs January 25-March 25 at Raven Theatre, 6157 N. Clark, Chicago. Estle is...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are in the cast and creative/production team of It’s a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago!, American Blues Theatre‘s annual holiday show. Performed in the manner of a live 1940s radio broadcast, the production features Foley...
Kirsten Fitzgerald, a teacher in the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s Acting program, has a featured role in The Exorcist, Fox TV’s filmed-in-Chicago series about demonic possession. Fitzgerald plays Maria Walters, a regular character in the drama, described as...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums are bringing the classic musical Fiddler on the Roof to the Wilmette Park District’s Center for the Arts November 4-13. The show runs in the theatre of the Wilmette Park District’s Community Recreation Center, 3000...
Tif Harrison in "Saturn Returns." (Photo: Grace Pisula)
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty and alumni are on the creative/production team of Saturn Returns, the new prime-time production by the Neo-Futurists, one of Chicago’s leading experimental theatres. Admission to the show’s final preview on Saturday, October 15, at 7:30...
Pulse Theatre Company Chicago, a company founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, presents George C. Wolfe’s satire of African-American stereotypes, The Colored Museum, September 23-October 23 at ETA Creative Arts Foundation, 7558 S. South Chicago, on...