Theatre Directing Archive

Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus J. Cody Spellman ’13, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, is directing the sketch comedy revue The Miseducation of 55th Street, running July 8-August 5 at The Revival, an improv...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member James Sherman‘s 1985 comedy/drama The God of Isaac is receiving a new production by Grippo Stage Company July 8-August 27 at the Piven Theatre in the northern Chicago suburb of Evanston. Sherman,...
Nothing Without a Company, an experimental theatre ensemble founded by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Anna Rose Ii-Epstein ’07, presents 4PLAYs, a one-night showcase of new one-acts by local writers. The four one-acts are all set in bars. In keeping...
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department is proud to congratulate Steppenwolf Theatre Company and its artistic director — Columbia College Chicago alum Anna D. Shapiro ’90, HDR ’15 — for being named “Best Established Theatre Company” in the Chicago...
Congratulations to the Columbia College Chicago alumni and students in the new production of the classic rock musical Hair, running through July 1 at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in the northern Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights. The show got...
Congratulations to the Columbia College Chicago alumni and students in the new production of the classic rock musical Hair at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in the northern Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights. The show got a rave review from...
Jackalope Theatre, a company founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, will take over the Historic Broadway Bank Building at 5960 N. Broadway, in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood, for “The Great Edgewater Escapade” on Saturday, June 3, from...
Mercy Street Theatre, a company founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, is presenting a reading of Swiss absurdist Max Frisch’s 1961 play Andorra on Tuesday, May 30, at 7:30 PM at the Frontier, 1106 W....
Otherworld Theatre Company, an ensemble founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, is presents a new interactive production Fight Quest 3: The Lair of Lost Heroes, running May 26-June 9 at Strawdog Theatre, 1802 W. Berenice,...
Otherworld Theatre Company, an ensemble founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, presents the world premiere of a “Dieselpunk” adventure play, The Rogue Aviator, running May 20-June 10 at Strawdog Theatre, 1802 W. Berenice, Chicago. Tickets for...