Theatre Directing Archive

Columbia College Theatre Alumni Create New Comedy with Music About Chicago’s Punk Scene Sept. 22-Oct. 10

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Columbia College Chicago alumni are collaborating on the world premiere of Punk Punk, an interactive comedy with music about Chicago’s punk scene.   The show is presented by Nothing Without a Company, whose artistic director, Anna Rose Ii-Epstein (BFA ’07),...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Grad Arianna Soloway Joins Haven Theatre’s ‘Director’s Haven’

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Haven Theatre Company, whose executive director and co-founder Carol Cohen studied Theatre Design at the  Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, has established “The Director’s Haven,” a showcase for emerging directors. Dedicated to putting early-career directors at the forefront, “The...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni Bring Midwest Premiere of ‘Washer/Dryer’ to Rasaka Theatre Sept. 17-Oct. 11

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are helping Rasaka Theatre Company, the midwest’s only theatre ensemble illuminating the South Asian American experience, to bring the midwest premiere of Nandita Shenoy’s Washer/Dryer to Chicago September 17-October 11. Kaiser Ahmed (BA...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Faculty, Alumni, and Students Salute Female Pirates in ‘Nobody’s Wench’ Sept. 17-Oct. 4

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A crew of Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department teachers, alumni, and students are on board for Nobody’s Wench: Six Tales of Pirate Women on the Rolling Seas, presented by Fury Theatre and Badass Broads September 17-October 4 at Chase...
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Columbia College Chicago Students Help Bring ‘Scottsboro Boys’ to Raven Theatre Sept. 16-Nov. 14

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Raven Theatre‘s Midwest premiere of Direct From Death Row The Scottsboro Boys (An Evening of Vaudeville and Sorrow) employs the talents of current and former Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department students. The production employs vaudeville-style music and dance to...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni Bring Provocative War Drama ‘Guardians’ to Mary-Arrchie Theatre Sept. 8-Oct. 18

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Arianna Soloway (BFA ’13), a graduate of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s BFA Program in Theatre Directing, is staging the opening show of Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company‘s 30th anniversary season–the powerful war drama Guardians, by Peter Morris. The drama,...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni Help Bring ‘Katrina’ to the Den Theatre Sept. 4-Oct. 4

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni Claire Chrzan (BA ’11) and Julia Rohed (BA ’13) are helping bring Katrina: Mother-in-Law of ‘Em All to Chicago. The dark comedy’s midwest premiere is presented by Interrobang Theatre Project September 4-October 4...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni Mount Sci-Fi/Fantasy Play Festival Aug. 22-23

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Otherworld Theatre Company , an ensemble founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, is presenting Paragon, a festival of short sci-fi and fantasy plays, on August 22-23 — Saturday, 11 AM to 7 PM, and Sunday,...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni Talent Featured in ‘Kafkapalooza’ New Play Festival Aug. 14-22

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are participating in Kafkapalooza, a festival of new plays, running August 14-22 at Collaboraction’s Pentagon Theatre in the Flat Iron Arts Building, 1579 N. Milwaukee, in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. Presented by the First...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni, Faculty, and Students Bring ‘Little Voice’ to Theater Wit Aug. 14-Sept. 5

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The Rise and Fall of Little Voice
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, faculty, and students are bringing British playwright Jim Cartwright’s The Rise and Fall of Little Voice to the stage of Chicago’s Theater Wit August 14-September 5. Presented by the No Stakes Theater Project,...
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