Theatre Directing Archive

  Congratulations to the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, faculty, and former students who have been nominated for BroadwayWorld.com‘s 2017 BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards, which honor Chicago-area theatre productions that opened between October 1, 2016, and September 30, 2017....
Otherworld Theatre Company, an ensemble founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, presents its third annual Paragon science-fiction/fantasy play festival November 11 and 12 at the Public House Theater, 3914 N. Clark, in Chicago. Otherworld Theatre...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Cody Estle ’11, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, has been named artistic director of Chicago’s venerable, award-winning Raven Theatre. The appointment, effective immediately, was announced Monday, November 6, 2017,...
Columbia College Chicago alumni and students are in the cast and creative team of Nora Brooks Blakely‘s musical The Tiger Who Wore White Gloves, running through December 23 at ETA Creative Arts Foundation, 7553 S. South Chicago, on Chicago’s...
Congratulations to Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Pablo Ponce ’13, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Design BA program, for his 2017 Black Excellence Award from the African American Arts Alliance of Chicago. Ponce won the award for...
Nothing Without a Company, an adventurous theatre troupe founded and led by Columbia College Chicago alums, presents the world premiere of Bobby Pin Girls, running October 29-December 3 at the Chicago Mosaic School, 1101 W. Granville, in Chicago’s Edgewater...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums are in the cast and creative/production team for BoHo Theatre‘s production of the musical drama Marie Christine, by writer-composer Michael John LaChiusa. In previews October 21-27, the show opens October 28 and runs...
Columbia College Chicago will host the 2017 Black Theater Alliance/Ira Aldridge Awards on Monday, October 23, at the college’s Conaway Center, 1104 S. Wabash, in Chicago’s South Loop. The evening will begin with a reception at 7 PM followed...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums and students are participating in Headline Theatre Project: Winter Is Coming Edition, a one-night showcase of new plays inspired by current events, on Saturday, October 21, at 8 PM at The Frontier, Jackalope...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Rose Freeman ’07, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s theatre directing program, is directing the Chicago-area premiere of With Blood, With Ink, Daniel Crozier’s chamber opera about Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz...