Theatre Design Archive

Jackalope Theatre, a company founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, will take over the Historic Broadway Bank Building at 5960 N. Broadway, in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood, for “The Great Edgewater Escapade” on Saturday, June 3, from...
Alumni and current students at the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, the Columbia College Chicago Music Department, the Columbia College Chicago Television Department, and the Columbia College Chicago Business and Entrepreneurship Department are collaborating on the world premiere of...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are in the cast and on the design team of Strawdog Theatre Company‘s closing production of the 2016-17 season — The Night Season, running May 12-June 24 at the Factory Theatre, 1623 W....
Scenic designer Chas Z. Mathieu, a senior in the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s Theatre Design program, has been named the recipient of the 2017 John Murbach Columbia College Chicago Prize. The award, named in honor of the late scenic...
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...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are in the cast and design team of We’re Gonna Die, the final production of Haven Theatre Company‘s 2016-2017 season. Written by Young Jean Lee and directed by Columbia College Theatre Department faculty member Josh Sobel, this...
Faculty, alumni, and former students of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department have been honored with nominations for 2017 Joseph Jefferson Awards for Non-Equity Theatre — aka the Jeff Awards — which were announced April 24, 2017. The Non-Equity...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Kaitlin Larson ’11, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, stars in her own one-woman show, Kaitlin: A Solo Comedy Review, running Apil 17-May 7. The show, which Larson wrote,...
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...