The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department hosts Manic, a two-night festival of experimental new work by students, on Friday, May 6, from 6 to 9:30 PM and Saturday, May 7, from 7 to 10 PM. Presented by Manic, a...
Several alumni, students, and/or faculty members of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department have been honored with nominations for 2016 Joseph Jefferson Awards for Non-Equity Theatre, which were announced April 26, 2016. The Non-Equity Jeff Awards, the top prize...
The 2016 Michael Merritt Awards and Design Exposition, named in memory of set designer and former Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member Michael Merritt, will be held Monday, May 16, starting at 5 PM at Loyola University Chicago’s...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and faculty members are bringing the rock musical Little Shop of Horrors to Chicago-area theatregoers this spring. The show, presented by American Blues Theatre, runs April 29-June 26 at the Greenhouse Theatre Center,...
Strawdog Theatre Company, whose ensemble includes several Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, presents the classic American comedy Once in a Lifetime April 22-June 4. The production will be Strawdog’s last show in its longtime space at 3829 N....
Otherworld Theatre Company, an ensemble founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, opens its next production Sunday, April 17: Fight Quest, Module One: The Bandits of Hollow Hill. The fantasy-oriented production runs Sundays at 7 PM...
Alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s musical theatre program are featured in The Producers, playing at Chicago’s Mercury Theater starting April 14. The Producers, the hit musical comedy about two crooked Broadway producers trying to put on...
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department concludes its 2015-16 mainstage season with Death and the King’s Horseman, by Nobel Prize-winning Nigerian playwright and poet Wole Soyinka. Directed by Theatre Department faculty members Sonita L. Surratt and John Hildreth, the...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni Cindy Sciacca (BA ’99 Musical Theatre) and Michael Matthews (BA ’99 Acting) are collaborating on a new production of the musical Sister Act, running April 8-24 in Long Beach, California. This stage version...