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Broken Nose Theatre, one of Chicago’s premier Pay-What-You-Can theatre companies, is launching its tenth season with an audio adaptation of Kingdom, a drama by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Michael Allen Harris ’11, a graduate of the Columbia...
Columbia College Chicago alumni are in the cast and production team of the Chicago premiere of 4000 Days, running October 1 through 31 at Chicago’s LGBTQ-focused PrideArts theatre company. PrideArts’ artistic director — Columbia alum Jay Españo MFA ’16,...
Former Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Acting program student Matthew Schufreider is appearing in Ira Levin’s murder mystery Deathtrap at the historic Woodstock Opera House, located at 121 Van Buren in Woodstock, Illinois. Presented by Theatre 121, the play...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Kevin Wiczer ’05, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, is directing the musical Something Rotten!, running September 25 through October 24 at Cutting Hall Performing Arts Center, located at...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum and former faculty member Joanie Schultz ’00, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, has been named associate artistic director of the Cincinnati Playhouse, one of the nation’s top regional theatres....
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Preston Max Allen ’13 — a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting who also took courses in the Theatre Department’s Musical Theatre and Comedy programs —will present a concert performance...
Alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are featured in the fight team for Lyric Opera of Chicago’s eagerly awaited brand-new production of Macbeth, Giuseppe Verdi’s thrilling operatic adaptation of William Shakespeare’s tragedy. The production runs September 17...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Rose Freeman ’07, a graduate of the Theatre Department‘s Theatre Directing program, is directing the opening production of the Third Eye Theatre Ensemble‘s eighth season — a double bill of one-act operas running...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums Isaiah Silvia-Chandley ’18 and Michael George ’16 won a rave review from the Chicago Reader for their choreography for the professional Chicago-area regional premiere of the Tony Award-winning musical Kinky Boots — the...
Congratulations to Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Rebecca Lynn Dose ’19, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Stage Management BA program. She has been named Resident Stage Manager of the Magik Theatre in San Antonio, Texas. Dose came...