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Alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are featured in the third annual Chris’ Birthday Belt Fest, a benefit concert for Howard Brown Health, on Monday, May 15, at Uptown Underground, 4707 N. Broadway, in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood....
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are in the cast and on the design team of Strawdog Theatre Company‘s closing production of the 2016-17 season — The Night Season, running May 12-June 24 at the Factory Theatre, 1623 W....
Scenic designer Chas Z. Mathieu, a senior in the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s Theatre Design program, has been named the recipient of the 2017 John Murbach Columbia College Chicago Prize. The award, named in honor of the late scenic...
A new play by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department playwriting student Courtney Eathorne will be performed Friday, May 12, as part of “College Night” at Victory Gardens Theatre, located at 2433 N. Lincoln in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood. Eathorne,...
Jackalope Theatre, a company founded and led by alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, presents the Midwest premiere of the critically acclaimed play Ideation, by Aaron Loeb. This darkly comic psychological suspense thriller concerns a group of corporate...
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, located at 72 E. 11th Street in Chicago’s South Loop, will host a day of free performances and exhibits on Friday, May 12, as part of Columbia College Chicago‘s 17th annual Manifest Urban...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Cody Estle ’11, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, is directing the Chicago premiere of Bess Wohl’s American Hero, running May 8-June 3 at the Den Theatre, 1333 N. Milwaukee,...
David Cromer
Nationally acclaimed theatre director David Cromer, a former Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department student and faculty member, will be an honoree and speaker at the 2017 Columbia College Chicago commencement. Cromer will speak to graduating seniors from the Theatre, Dance,...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Julia Henning ’15, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, is in the cast of The Johnny Cycle: Part III–The Living, presented May 5-27 at the Mountain View Mausoleum in Altadena,...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are in the cast and design team of We’re Gonna Die, the final production of Haven Theatre Company‘s 2016-2017 season. Written by Young Jean Lee and directed by Columbia College Theatre Department faculty member Josh Sobel, this...