Category: Uncategorized
-
Comedy Cabaret Launches Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance’s 2026-27 Mainstage Season Oct. 8-24
The Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance‘s 2026-27 Mainstage Season kicks off with Comedy Cabaret ’26, running October 8 through 24 in the Sheldon Patinkin Theatre of the historic Getz Theatre Center of Columbia College, located at 72 E. 11th St. in Chicago’s South Loop. Student discount tickets are available. For tickets, click…
-
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums and Faculty Nominated for 2026 Black Theatre Alliance Awards
—
by
The Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance proudly congratulates the Columbia College Chicago alumni and faculty who have been nominated for 2026 Black Theatre Alliance Awards honoring the work of Chicago-area theatre artists during the 2025-2026 theatre season. The winners will be announced Monday, October 26, 2026, at the Beverly Arts Center, 2407…
-
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni and Faculty Win 2026 Jeff Awards
Congratulations to the alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance who received 2026 Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award. The Equity “Jeff Awards” honor excellence in Chicago’s Equity theatre during the 2025-2026 theatre season (July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026). The individual winners include these Columbia College alumni…
-
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Anna D. Shapiro Named Dean of Drama Program at New York’s Juilliard School
Congratulations to Columbia College Chicago Theatre alum and Tony Award-winning director Anna D. Shapiro ’90, HDR ’15 – a 1990 graduate of Columbia College’s theatre program and a 2015 recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Arts from Columbia College – on her appointment as Richard Rodgers Dean and Director of the Drama Division at the…
-
Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Music Alumni and Faculty Nominated for 2026 Jeff Awards
Congratulations to the alumni, faculty, and former students and faculty members of the Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance who have been nominated for 2026 Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award. The Equity “Jeff Awards” honor excellence in Chicago’s Equity theatre during the 2025-2026 theatre season (July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026).…
-
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring Rock Musical ‘Hair’ to Chopin Theatre July 2-Sept. 13
Columbia College Chicago Theatre alums are in the cast and creative team of Kokandy Productions‘ staging of Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical, running July 2 through September 13 at the Chopin Theatre, located at 1543 W. Division in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. Student discounts are available. For more information and tickets, click here. This production…
-
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Anna D. Shapiro’s Staging of ‘Are You Now’ Is ‘Theatre to Make the Blood Boil’
“I direct plays really for one reason, and that is to make the audience’s world bigger.”–Anna D. Shapiro
-
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Design Student to Be Honored at Michael Merritt Awards Event May 11 with John Murbach Prize
Congratulations to Johnny Jonathan, a 2026 graduate of the Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance‘s Theatre Design Program, who is the 2026 recipient of the John Murbach Columbia College Chicago Academic Prize for Collaborative Design + Tech from the Michael Merritt Awards and Endowment Fund. The Merritt Endowment Fund, named in honor of…
-
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring ‘Gladiator Fight Night: Arcade Anarchy’ to the Stage May 14-17
The Point Theatre Project, a company founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre alums, presents Gladiator Fight Night: Arcade Anarchy, an interactive theatrical experience in which iconic video game characters fight their way to glory as they battle for the title of Champion. Audiences will choose who wins, who loses, and who advances to…
-
Columbia College Chicago Getz Theatre Center’s 2025-26 Mainstage Season Presents ‘Fun Home’ April 30-May 9
The Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance‘s 2025-26 Mainstage Season concludes with the musical Fun Home, running April 30 through May 9 in the Courtyard Theatre of the historic Getz Theatre Center of Columbia College, located at 72 E. 11th St. in Chicago’s South Loop. Student discount tickets are available. For tickets, click…