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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Directs ‘A New Brain’ for Los Angeles’ Celebration Theatre

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Khanisha Foster ’02, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, has directed a new, gender-expansive production of William Finn and James Lapine’s musical A New Brain, running through June 24...
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Columbia College Chicago Alum Directs World Premiere of ‘Aztec Human Sacrifice’ May 5-June 18

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Columbia College Chicago alum Jay Españo MFA ’16 – a graduate of the college’s MFA program in film directing and recipient of a Graduate Certificate in Laban Movement Analysis from Columbia College’s Dance Movement Therapy program — directs the world...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Faculty Member Heather Gilbert Nominated for Tony and Drama Desk Awards for Broadway’s ‘Parade’

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Congratulations to Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member Heather Gilbert, coordinator of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Design Program, who has been nominated for a 2023 Tony Award – the Broadway theatre industry’s top prize – for Best Lighting...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Mourns Black Theatre Alliance Awards Founder Vincent Williams

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The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department mourns the passing of Columbia College alum Vincent Williams ’03, founder and president of the Black Theatre Alliance/Ira Aldridge Awards, who died April 19, 2023. Williams, a graduate of the BA Program in...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alumni and Faculty Bring ‘Ragtime’ to Metropolis Performing Arts Centre May 4-June 4

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Alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are in the cast and creative team of the musical Ragtime, running May 4 through June 4 at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, located at 111 W. Campbell in the...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department’s 2022-23 Mainstage Season Presents ‘Sunday in the Park with George’ April 26-May 6

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The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s 2022-23 Mainstage Season concludes with Sunday in the Park with George, the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine, running April 26 through May 6 in the Courtyard Theatre of the Getz Theatre...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Mourns Teacher Paola Coletto

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The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department mourns the passing of Paola Coletto, a former Theatre Department teacher and Academy Director of the PadovArts Academy conservatory for the performing arts in Padua, Italy. The academy is an outgrowth of The...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums and Faculty Bring U.S. Premiere of ‘London Road’ to the Stage of Chicago’s Theatre Wit April 22-June 3

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums, students, and faculty are in the cast and creative team of the U.S. premiere of the experimental and innovative new British musical London Road, presented by Chicago’s Shattered Globe Theatre. The show runs...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alumni and Faculty Members Bring ‘Big River’ to Mercury Theatre Chicago April 21-June 11

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums are in the cast and creative team of the musical Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Roger Miller and William Hauptman’s stage version of Mark Twain’s classic novel. The show runs April...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Named Cultural Arts Director for Crystal Lake (Illinois) Park District

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  Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Allison Hogan ’17, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Musical Theatre, has been named Cultural Arts Director of the Crystal Lake Park District in Crystal Lake, Illinois – the...
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