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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department’s Mainstage Season Features Toni Morrison’s ‘The Bluest Eye’ at Getz Theatre Center March 13-23

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The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s 2023-24 Mainstage Season continues with The Bluest Eye, Lydia Diamond‘s stage adaptation of the groundbreaking novel by Toni Morrison. The production runs March 13 through 23 in Studio 404 of the Getz Theatre Center of Columbia College,...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums’ Musical Parody ‘Twihard!’ Extended Through March 24 at Otherworld Theatre; 10th Annual Juggernaut Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film Festival Runs April 19-21

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Otherworld Theatre, a company founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, has extended its hit production of Twihard! A Twilight Musical Parody. The show, co-written and directed by Columbia College alum Tiffany Keane Schaefer ’12, a graduate of...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Directs London Premiere of ‘Blue,’ Running March 5-30

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Blue, a new drama directed by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Michael Matthews ’99, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, will run March 5 through 30 at the Seven Dials Playhouse in London, England, following a successful engagement...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Music Dept. Alums and Faculty Bring ‘In Quietness’ to A Red Orchid Theatre Through March 10

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Alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and the Columbia College Chicago Music Department are on the design team for the Chicago premiere of In Quietness, extended through March 10 at A Red Orchid Theatre, located...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Bring Jackalope’s ‘The Smuggler’ to the Stage Feb. 16-March 16

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Jackalope Theatre, a company founded and led by alumni and former students of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, presents the Chicago premiere of The Smuggler, starring Jackalope cofounder Andrew Burden Swanson, a former student in the Columbia College...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Music Dept. Alums Bring Invictus Theatre’s ‘Topdog/Underdog’ to the Stage Feb. 13-March 31

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Alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and Columbia College Chicago Music Department are in the cast and creative team of Invictus Theatre Company’s production of Suzan-Lori Parks’ Pulitzer Prize-winning Topdog/Underdog, running February 13 through March...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Bring New Musical Parody ‘Twihard!’ to Otherworld Theatre Feb. 9-March 10

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Otherworld Theatre, a company founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, presents Twihard! A Twilight Musical Parody, co-written and directed by Columbia College alum Tiffany Keane Schaefer ’12, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program. Schaefer...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Music Alumni and Faculty Nominated for Jeff Awards

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Congratulations to the alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and Columbia College Chicago Music Department who have been nominated for Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award. The Non-Equity “Jeff Awards” honor excellence in Chicago’s non-Equity...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Directs a New ‘Dracula’ for Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park Feb. 3-March 3

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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 the director and co-author of a new adaptation of Dracula, the classic vampire novel by Bram...
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Columbia College Theatre Dept. Alums Bring ‘The Music Man’ to Metropolis Performing Arts Centre Feb. 2-11

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums are in the cast and creative team of The Music Man in Concert, a concert performance of the classic Meredith Willson musical, running February 2 through 11 at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in...
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