Theatre Design Archive

Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums and faculty are in the cast and production team of the rock musical Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story, running June 21 through August 13 at Marriott Theatre in the Chicago suburb of...
Alums and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are in the cast and creative team of Another Marriage, a world premiere at Chicago’s internationally renowned Steppenwolf Theatre Company, the nation’s premier ensemble theatre company. The play runs...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums are in the cast and production team of the rock musical Passing Strange, running June 9 through July 30 at Theo Ubique Theatre, which is located at 721 Howard in the Chicago suburb...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member and Tony Award-nominated lighting designer Heather Gilbert, coordinator of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Theatre Design and Technology, is the recipient of the 2023 Michael Merritt Award for Excellence in Design...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Marvin Quijada ’05, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, is the creator and star of Teatro Vista‘s world premiere The Dream King, a “silent musical” running May 11 through...
Alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s BA Program in Theatre Design and Technology are on the design teams for new productions in Chicago’s vibrant theatre scene this May 2023. Columbia College alum Kevin Rolfs ’17, a graduate...
The 2023 edition of Columbia College Chicago‘s student-powered Manifest Arts Festival takes place Friday, May 12, to celebrate student achievements at the end of the 2022-23 school year, and the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department is proudly participating, with...
Congratulations to Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member Heather Gilbert, coordinator of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Design Program, who has been nominated for a 2023 Tony Award – the Broadway theatre industry’s top prize – for Best Lighting...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums, students, and faculty are in the cast and creative team of the U.S. premiere of the experimental and innovative new British musical London Road, presented by Chicago’s Shattered Globe Theatre. The show runs...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums are in the cast and creative team of the musical Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Roger Miller and William Hauptman’s stage version of Mark Twain’s classic novel. The show runs April...