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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Bring Rock Musical ‘Rent’ to Porchlight Music Theatre Oct. 29-Nov. 27

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are in the cast and creative team of Porchlight Music Theatre‘s production of Rent, the landmark rock musical by Jonathan Larson. The show is directed by Columbia College alum Adrian Abel Azevedo ’15,...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Bring Rocky Horror-Themed Halloween Performance Event to Den Theatre Oct. 29-30

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are in the cast and production team of Science Fiction/Double Feature: A Rocky Horror Picture Party, an immersive Rocky Horror-themed Halloween Party and performance event on Saturday, October 29, and Sunday, October 30,...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Named Artistic Director of Milwaukee’s Next Act Theatre

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Cody Estle ’11, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, has been named artistic director of the Next Act Theatre in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The announcement was made on Monday, October 24,...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Music Alumni and Faculty Win 2022 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 won 2022 Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award. The Equity “Jeff Awards,” which honor excellence in Chicago’s Equity theatre...
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Rave Review for Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum’s Horror Parody ‘Frankenstreisand’

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Tyler Anthony Smith ’17, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, won a rave review in the Chicago Reader for his comedy Frankenstreisand, running through October 31 at Redline VR,...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Bring ‘Frankenstreisand’ to the Stage Sept. 29-Oct. 31

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Tyler Anthony Smith ’17, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, stars in his own play – Frankenstreisand, running September 29 through October 31 at Redline VR, 4702 N. Ravenswood,...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Speak at Free Siddons Artistic Council Panel on Artistic Leadership Oct. 3 at Black Ensemble

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  Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums Kaiser Ahmed ’08, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, and Cavan Hallman ’05, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Playwriting program, will speak about the work of theatrical artistic...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Featured in Citadel Theatre’s ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ Sept. 15-Oct. 16

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Aaron Reese Boseman ‘12, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, plays the voice of Audrey II in the musical Little Shop of Horrors, running September 17 through October 16 at...
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Tony Award-Winning Columbia College Chicago Alum Tonya Pinkins Stars in ‘Raisin in the Sun’ at New York’s Public Theatre Sept. 27-Nov. 6

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Columbia College Chicago alum Tonya Pinkins ’96 — Tony Award-winning star of such Broadway musicals as Caroline, or Change and Jelly’s Last Jam — will star in the Public Theatre’s off-Broadway revival of Lorraine Hansberry‘s groundbreaking drama A Raisin...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Directs Third Eye Theatre Ensemble’s Opera ‘Beowulf,’ Running Sept. 2-11

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Rose Freeman ’07, a graduate of the Theatre Department‘s Theatre Directing program, directs the Third Eye Theatre Ensemble’s midwest premiere of Han Lash’s chamber opera Beowulf, running September 2 through 11 at The...
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