Theatre Design Archive

Congratulations to the alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and Columbia College Chicago Music Department who have been nominated for Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award. The Non-Equity “Jeff Awards” honor excellence in Chicago’s non-Equity...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums are in the cast and creative team of Anything Goes, the classic Cole Porter musical comedy, presented by Porchlight Music Theatre January 13 through February 25 at the Ruth Page Center, located at...
Congratulations to the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago alumni and faculty cited in Newcity Stage‘s annual new year’s salute to movers and shakers in Chicago’s vibrant performing-arts scene. Among those listed in...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Ricky Lurie ’09, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Theatre Design, is the co-costume designer for the new Broadway musical Harmony, which opened November 13, 2023, at the Ethel Barrymore...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Evan Frank ’17, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Theatre Design, is the designer for Poolsides, a new site-specific production by the Pebble Collective theatre company. The show marks Frank’s...
Pulse Theatre Company Chicago, a troupe founded by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, is presenting the musical Once on This Island November 3 through 19 at the ETA Creative Arts Foundation, located at 7558 S. South Chicago, on...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums and faculty are in the cast and creative team of POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive. This satirical look at the women in charge of...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member Emilio Williams is the author of ¡Bernarda!, a new adaptation of Federico García Lorca’s classic drama The House of Bernarda Alba. Presented in its world premiere by Teatro Vista under the direction...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums and faculty members are on the production team of That Must Be the Entrance to Heaven, presented by Visión Latino Theatre Company as part of Destinos 2023, the 6th Chicago Latino Theatre Festival,...
Congratulations to Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Marvin Quijada ’05, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, whose play The Dream King was honored at the 2023 Joseph Jefferson Awards ceremony on Monday, October 2,...