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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums’ Harry Potter Parody ‘Puffs’ Gets Rave Reviews; Returns by Popular Demand Aug. 11-27 at Chicago’s Otherworld Theatre

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Otherworld Theatre, a company founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, is extending its well-received production of the unauthorized Harry Potter parody Puffs, Or: Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Directs Shakespearean Youth Theatre’s ‘Comedy of Errors,’ Running July 21-Aug. 5 in Minneapolis

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Lukas Brasherfons ’14, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Acting with a Minor in Stage Combat, is the director of the Shakespearean Youth Theatre‘s new production of William Shakespeare’s The...
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Columbia College Chicago Faculty and Alums Bring Shakespearean Spoof ‘Macbeth by the Sea’ to Chicago Audiences July 20-23 Prior to Edinburgh Festival Fringe Run

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty members and alums  are collaborating on a new comedy, Macbeth by the Sea, which is headed for the prestigious Edinburgh Festival Fringe for a two-week run August 4 through 19. Before they bring...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Directs Musical ‘Xanadu,’ Running July 13-Aug. 13 at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Kevin Wiczer ’05, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, directs the musical Xanadu, running July 13 through August 13 at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, located at 111 W. Campbell in the Chicago...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums’ Harry Potter Parody ‘Puffs’ Gets Rave Reviews; Runs Through July 23 at Chicago’s Otherworld Theatre

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Otherworld Theatre, a company founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, is getting rave reviews for its production of the unauthorized Harry Potter parody Puffs, Or: Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic...
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Fighting Words and Gladiator Gods: Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alums Perform Stage Combat Shows June 24 and 25

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Alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s nationally recognized Stage Combat Program are taking center stage in two productions that celebrate the art of theatrical combat the weekend of June 24 and 25, 2023. The Babes With Blades...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Bring Kokandy Productions’ ‘SpongeBob Musical’ to the Stage June 22-Aug. 20

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums are in the cast and production team of Kokandy Productions‘ staging of The SpongeBob Musical, running June 22 through August 20 at the Chopin Theatre, located at 1543 W. Division in Chicago’s Wicker...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Directs ‘Fun and Funky’ Version of Chekhov’s ‘Uncle Vanya,’ Running June 19-July 1 at Pittsburgh’s Throughline Theatre

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum J. Cody Spellman ’13, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, is directing a new production of Anton Chekhov’s classic comedy Uncle Vanya for Pittsburgh’s Throughline Theatre, where Spellman is artistic...
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‘Intimacy for Stage and Screen’ Virtual Panel Features Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alums June 21

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A panel of Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and former faculty – including Tony Award-winning Broadway director David Cromer – will participate in a free Zoom discussion of the work of staging and performing intimate scenes in theatre...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums and Faculty Bring World Premiere ‘Another Marriage’ to Steppenwolf June 15-July 23

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Alums and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are in the cast and creative team of Another Marriage, a world premiere at Chicago’s internationally renowned Steppenwolf Theatre Company, the nation’s premier ensemble theatre company. The play runs...
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