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Margaret Atwood’s ‘Penelopiad’ Opens Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department’s 2018-19 Mainstage Season in New Courtyard Theater Oct. 17-27

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The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department opens its 2018-2019 Mainstage Season with a rarity: The Penelopiad, Canadian author Margaret Atwood‘s retelling of Homer’s Iliad from the perspective of the women. Performed by an all-female, all-student cast under the direction...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni Reunion October 19-20 Celebrates Renovated Getz Theater Center with Performances, Panel Discussions, and More!

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The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and the college’s office of Development and Alumni Relations invite alumni and supporters of Columbia College‘s Theatre Department to the first-ever Columbia College Theatre Reunion Weekend October 19 and 20, 2018. The event...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alumni in Cast and Creative Team of World Premiere Thriller ‘Les Innocents’ Oct. 11-Nov. 4

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Alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are in the cast and creative/production team of Les Innocents/The Innocents, a Halloween season thriller set in the mysterious catacombs of 19th-century Paris. This world premiere opens October 11 and runs...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Bring ‘Crumbs From the Table of Joy’ to Raven Theatre Oct. 4-Nov. 18

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are in the cast and production team of Crumbs From the Table of Joy, running October 4 through November 18 at Raven Theatre in Chicago’s Edgewater Theatre District. The drama by Pulitzer Prize-winning...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Bring Sci-Fi Superhero Comedy to Otherworld Theatre Sept. 26-Oct. 27

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  Otherworld Theatre Company, an ensemble founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, presents the Midwest premiere of All I Want Is One More Meanwhile . . . , a superhero comedy by Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons....
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Joanie Schultz Honored by Dallas-Fort Worth Theatre Critics

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Joanie Schultz (Photo: Joe Mazza)
  Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumna Joanie Schultz ’00, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, was honored by the 2017-2018 Dallas-Fort Worth Theatre Critics Awards, which were announced September 11. As reported previously in this blog,...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring Jackalope Theatre’s Living Newspaper Festival to the Stage Aug. 23-27

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Jackalope Theatre, a company founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums and former students, presents its ninth annual Living Newspaper Festival, an evening of six 10-minute plays inspired by newspaper articles from around the nation. The...
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Former Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Student and Teacher David Cromer Returns to Broadway — On Stage This Time — With Elaine May in ‘The Waverly Gallery’

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Former Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department student and faculty member David Cromer HDR ’17, who recently won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for the Broadway hit The Band’s Visit, returns to Broadway in the fall...
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Columbia College Chicago Alumni, Faculty, and Students Honored with 2018 Black Theater Alliance Award Nominations

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The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department proudly congratulates the Columbia College alumni, faculty, and current and former students who have been nominated for 2018 Black Theater Alliance/Ira Aldridge Awards, including: alumnus Michael Allen Harris ’11, a graduate of the...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Bring One-Woman Show ’20, With Issues’ to Playground Theatre July 26

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Emma Sheikh ’18, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Musical Theatre, stars in her own one-person show — 20, With Issues — playing one night only: Thursday, July 26, at...
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