Theatre Directing Archive

Columbia College Chicago Alums Featured in 31st Annual Rhinoceros Theatre Festival Jan. 11–Feb. 23

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Alumni, former students, and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are featured as performers, writers, directors, and designers in the 31st annual Rhinoceros Theater Festival (Rhinofest 2020), running January 11 through February 23 at Prop Thtr, 3502...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alums and Faculty Bring ‘Thirst’ to Strawdog Theatre Jan. 9-Feb. 15

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and former students are in the cast and production team of the Midwest premiere of Thirst, running January 9 through February 15 at Chicago’s Strawdog Theatre. Tamarus Harvell, a former student in the...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Kaiser Ahmed Named Artistic Director of Jackalope Theatre — Again

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Jackalope Theatre, a company founded and led by alumni and former students of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, has announced a change in leadership for its 2020-2021 season. Columbia College alum Kaiser Ahmed ’08, a graduate of the...
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Theatres Run by Columbia College Chicago Alumni Honored with Bayless Foundation Grants to ‘Help These Companies Thrive Now and in the Future’

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Congratulations to the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni whose theatres have received $150,000 grants from the Bayless Family Foundation’s “Stepping Stone” program. According to a report in Block Club Chicago, the foundation, established by celebrity chef Rick Bayless,...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Joins Lyric Opera of Chicago as Graphic Design Specialist

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Congratulations to Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Jake Fruend ’13, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program. He’s joining the internationally acclaimed Lyric Opera of Chicago as a full-time staff Graphic Design Specialist. “I’ll handle graphics...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni Bring Silent Theatre’s Site-Specific Play ‘Incomplete Conversations’ to Life — in a Church — Oct. 28-Nov. 23

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The Silent Theatre Company, an ensemble founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, presents a new site-specific, immersive play, Incomplete Conversations, running October 28 through November 23 at Tapestry Fellowship Church, 3824 W. Irving Park, Chicago....
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Tony Award-Winning Directors Anna D. Shapiro and David Cromer – Both Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums – Featured in Columbia Alumni Magazine

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Tony Award-winning directors Anna D. Shapiro and David Cromer — two of the leading artists in contemporary American theatre — met as fellow students at the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department in the late 1980s. Now the duo are...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Keli Garrett Featured in Alumni Podcast ‘Are Your Parents Proud of You?’; Garrett’s Drama ‘SPACE’ Runs Through Oct. 26 at Columbia College’s Getz Theater Center

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Keli Garrett ’91, author of the Theatre Department’s current Mainstage Season production SPACE, is featured in a special episode of Are Your Parents Proud of You?, a podcast created by Columbia alum Connar...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Highlighted in ‘American Theatre’ Magazine

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Cody Estle ’11, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, is highlighted as one of “6 Chicago Theatre Workers You Should Know” in the November 2019 issue of American Theatre magazine,...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Faculty and Alumni Honored with 2019 Joseph Jefferson Awards

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Congratulations to the current and former faculty and students of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department who were honored with 2019 Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award, at the annual Jeff Awards ceremony on October 21. The winners...
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