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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Dance Alumni and Faculty Named in Newcity’s ‘Players 2024: The Fifty People Who Really Perform for Chicago’

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Congratulations to the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago alumni and faculty cited in Newcity Stage‘s annual new year’s salute to movers and shakers in Chicago’s vibrant performing-arts scene. Among those listed in...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Launch Otherworld Theatre’s ‘Space Cat Holidays’ Dec. 8-Jan. 7

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Otherworld Theatre, a company founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, presents the sci-fi comedy Space Cat Holidays, a heartwarming, family-friendly adventure story that celebrates young people’s ability to solve problems by working together and using...
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Bring ‘Once on This Island’ to the Stage Nov. 3-19

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Pulse Theatre Company Chicago, a troupe founded by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, is presenting the musical Once on This Island November 3 through 19 at the ETA Creative Arts Foundation, located at 7558 S. South Chicago, on...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Directs ‘Raisin in the Sun,’ Running Oct. 22-Nov. 12 at South Coast Repertory

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Khanisha Foster ’02, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, directs a new production of Lorraine Hansberry‘s classic American drama A Raisin in the Sun for South Coast Repertory in...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums’ Jackalope Theatre Hosts Sept. 30 ‘Block Party’ in Andersonville

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Jackalope Theatre, a company founded and led by alumni and former students of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, hosts a family-friendly “Jackalope Theatre Block Party” on Saturday, September 30, as part of the Andersonville Arts Weekend in Chicago’s...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Directs Menotti’s Opera ‘The Consul’ Sept. 23-Oct. 8

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Rose Freeman (BA ’07), a graduate of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s Theatre Directing program, is directing the Third Eye Theatre Ensemble‘s production of Gian Carlo Menotti’s Pulitzer Prize-winning chamber opera The Consul, running September 23 through October...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Joanie Schultz Directs Her Adaptation of Ibsen’s ‘A Doll’s House’ Running Sept. 3-28 at Baltimore’s Everyman Theatre

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum and former faculty member Joanie Schultz ’00, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, is directing the East Coast premiere of her one-act adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s classic drama A Doll’s...
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Birthday Salute to Longtime Columbia College Chicago Theatre Chair Sheldon Patinkin (Aug. 27, 1935-Sept. 21, 2014)

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Sheldon Patinkin (August 27, 1935-September 21, 2014)
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department fondly honors the memory of Sheldon Patinkin – longtime chair of the Theatre Department, noted director and teacher, and cherished friend and mentor to many in the Chicago theatre community — who was born August...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum David Cromer Stars in ‘Exceedingly Well-Acted’ Production of Chekhov’s ‘Uncle Vanya’ in New York Through Sept. 3

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Former Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department student and faculty member David Cromer HDR ’17, recipient of a 2017 Honorary Doctorate of Arts from Columbia College, stars in the title role of Anton Chekhov’s classic drama Uncle Vanya in what...
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