Theatre Directing Archive

Alumni and students of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are featured in a new production of the classic rock musical Hair, running May 18-July 1 at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in the northern Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights....
Alumni and current students at the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, the Columbia College Chicago Music Department, the Columbia College Chicago Television Department, and the Columbia College Chicago Business and Entrepreneurship Department are collaborating on the world premiere of...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are in the cast and on the design team of Strawdog Theatre Company‘s closing production of the 2016-17 season — The Night Season, running May 12-June 24 at the Factory Theatre, 1623 W....
Jackalope Theatre, a company founded and led by alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, presents the Midwest premiere of the critically acclaimed play Ideation, by Aaron Loeb. This darkly comic psychological suspense thriller concerns a group of corporate...
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, located at 72 E. 11th Street in Chicago’s South Loop, will host a day of free performances and exhibits on Friday, May 12, as part of Columbia College Chicago‘s 17th annual Manifest Urban...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Cody Estle ’11, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, is directing the Chicago premiere of Bess Wohl’s American Hero, running May 8-June 3 at the Den Theatre, 1333 N. Milwaukee,...
David Cromer
Nationally acclaimed theatre director David Cromer, a former Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department student and faculty member, will be an honoree and speaker at the 2017 Columbia College Chicago commencement. Cromer will speak to graduating seniors from the Theatre, Dance,...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are in the cast and design team of We’re Gonna Die, the final production of Haven Theatre Company‘s 2016-2017 season. Written by Young Jean Lee and directed by Columbia College Theatre Department faculty member Josh Sobel, this...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums Cassandra Rose ’10, Reeny Hofrichter ’10, and Lyndee McPeek ’11 are among the playwrights whose new work will be featured in the 2017 Chicago One-Minute Play Festival: “Nevertheless, We Persisted.” The marathon evening...
Alumni, faculty, and former students of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are in the cast and creative/production team for Not About Nightingales, the rarely-seen early drama by Tennessee Williams that Chicago’s award-winning Raven Theatre is presenting through June...