Theatre Directing Archive

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...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and student talent is featured at Victory Gardens Theatre’s special “College Night: Family Secrets” performance of the hit musical Fun Home on Friday, October 20. On October 20, the 7:30 PM performance of...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums are on the creative/production team for the world premiere of 1980 (Or Why I’m Voting for John Anderson), running October 17-December 20. Presented by Jackalope Theatre, an ensemble founded and led by Columbia...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member Jen Ellison, a faculty member in the Comedy Writing and Performance BA Program, directs the Neo-Futurists theatre company’s new production, Tangles & Plaques, running October 12-November 18 at the Neo-Futurarium, located at...
Otherworld Theatre Company, an ensemble founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, presents the “cerebral science fiction adventure” Speed of Light October 6-21 at the Berger Park Coach House, 6205 N. Sheridan, in Chicago’s Edgewater Theatre...
Joanie Schultz (Photo: Joe Mazza)
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumna Joanie Schultz ’00, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, is featured in the October 2017 issue of American Theatre magazine, the U.S. nonprofit theatre community’s leading publication. Schultz — who...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, students, and faculty are in the cast and production team of Choir Boy, running September 27-November 12 at Chicago’s award-winning Raven Theatre. The drama, by Oscar-winning writer Tarell Alvin McCraney, concerns a gay...
Faculty members and alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are on the design and production team of the Chicago-area premiere of The Legend of Georgia McBride, running Sept. 14-Oct. 22 at Northlight Theatre in the Chicago suburb...
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...