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Graduates of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s Musical Theatre Program are featured in the musical Young Frankenstein, running September 22-November 6 at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights.   In this stage adaptation...
  Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are in the cast and production team of The Bardy Bunch: The War of the Families Partridge and Brady, an Off-Broadway hit musical receiving its Chicago premiere September 15–November 27 at the Mercury...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus and Broadway musical theatre performer Chester Gregory ’95, HDR ’15, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Musical Theatre, will appear at the City of Chicago’s third annual Fifth Star Awards on...
Anna D. Shapiro
Columbia College Chicago alum Anna D. Shapiro ’90, artistic director of Chicago’s internationally acclaimed Steppenwolf Theatre Company, will direct the opening production of the troupe’s 41st season — the world premiere of Visiting Edna, by Tony Award-winning playwright David Rabe. Shapiro, who...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and faculty are in the cast and production team of You on the Moors Now, a new production from The Hypocrites, one of Chicago’s most innovative theatre companies. The show, a Chicago premiere, is...
  Otherworld Theatre Company, an ensemble founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, is bringing a world premiere adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ classic sci-fi novel A Princess of Mars to the stage September 9-23. The...
Alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s Musical Theatre Program are in the cast of the musical Mamma Mia!, running September 7-October 30 at the Paramount Theatre, 23 E. Galena in Aurora, Illinois. The show’s ensemble includes alums Allyson Graves ’12, Courtney...
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 Scarcity, running September 7-October 9 at Redtwist Theatre, 1044 W. Bryn Mawr, in Chicago’s Edgewater...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty and alumni talent are featured in the House Theatre of Chicago‘s 2016-17 season opener, A Comedical Tragedy for Mister Punch. Inspired by the classic tradition of Punch and Judy puppet theatre, the production runs September...