Theatre Directing Archive

Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni and Faculty Bring ‘Saturn Returns’ to the Neo-Futurists Oct. 15-Nov. 19

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Tif Harrison in "Saturn Returns." (Photo: Grace Pisula)
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty and alumni are on the creative/production team of Saturn Returns, the new prime-time production by the Neo-Futurists, one of Chicago’s leading experimental theatres. Admission to the show’s final preview on Saturday, October 15, at 7:30...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums and Faculty Celebrate Sci-Fi/Fantasy Theatre in ‘Paragon’ Oct. 1-2

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  Otherworld Theatre Company — a troupe founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni — presents its second annual Paragon—A Sci-Fi/Fantasy Theatre Short Play Festival Saturday and Sunday, October 1 and 2, at the Public House Theatre, 3914 N. Clark,...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni Explore Case of Female Serial Killer in ‘Self Defense’ Sept. 26

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  The No Stakes Theater Project, a company founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, presents a staged reading of Carson Kreitzer’s drama Self Defense, or Death of Some Salesmen on Monday, September 26, at 7 PM at...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni Invite Audiences to Tour ‘The Colored Museum’ Sept. 23-Oct. 23

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Pulse Theatre Company Chicago, a company founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, presents George C. Wolfe’s satire of African-American stereotypes, The Colored Museum, September 23-October 23 at ETA Creative Arts Foundation, 7558 S. South Chicago, on...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Directing Alums Selected for Victory Gardens Theatre’s Directors Inclusion Initiative

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni Kaiser Ahmed ’08 and Arianna Soloway ’13 — both graduates of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing Program — have been selected to participate in Victory Gardens Theatre‘s 2016-17 Season Directors Inclusion Initiative, which...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alums Bring Sci-Fi Classic ‘A Princess of Mars’ to the Stage Sept. 9-23

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  Otherworld Theatre Company, an ensemble founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, is bringing a world premiere adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ classic sci-fi novel A Princess of Mars to the stage September 9-23. The...
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Columbia College Theatre Alumni and Students Bring Chicago Premiere to Redtwist Theatre Sept. 7-Oct. 9

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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 Scarcity, running September 7-October 9 at Redtwist Theatre, 1044 W. Bryn Mawr, in Chicago’s Edgewater...
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Jackalope Theatre Company’s ‘Living Newspaper Festival’ Features Columbia College Chicago Alumni Talent Aug. 25-29

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Jackalope Theatre Company, a collective founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, presents its 7th Annual Living Newspaper Festival August 25-29. In homage to the 1930s Living Newspapers of the Federal Theatre Project, Jackalope has assembled...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Faculty, Alumni, and Student Talent Featured in ‘The Portrait’ July 15–Aug. 14

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The Portrait, a new one-person play by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department associate professor Susan Padveen, receives its world premiere July 15-August 14 as part of “Solo Celebration!,” an eight-month series of provocative and powerful one-person plays. Padveen, coordinator...
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Columbia College Chicago Playwriting Student’s Work Performed at Victory Gardens ‘College Night’ July 6

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A short play by Kyle Hamlin, a senior in the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s BA Program in Writing for Performance/Playwriting, will be showcased in “College Night: Histories,” a program of readings of works by student writers, presented Wednesday,...
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