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Congratulations to the current and former faculty and students of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department who were honored with 2019 Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award, at the annual Jeff Awards ceremony on October 21. The winners...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums are in the cast of the dark comedy Kentucky, which opens October 20 and runs through November 16 at Theatre Wit, located at 1229 W. Belmont in Chicago’s Belmont Theatre District. Presented by...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumna Joanie Schultz ’00, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, directs the Philadelphia Theatre Company’s production of A Small Fire, starring two-time Tony Award winner Bebe Neuwirth. The show runs October...
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department proudly congratulates the Columbia College alumni and current and former students who were honored with 2019 Black Theatre Alliance/Ira Aldridge Awards at the 25th annual Black Theatre Alliance Awards ceremony on October 14....
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department launches its 2019-2020 Mainstage Season with SPACE, written by Columbia College alum Keli Garrett ’91. Garrett, now based in California, will return to Chicago to attend the opening on Friday, October 18, at...
Alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are collaborating to bring the Chicago premiere of the bold drama The Effect to the stage of Strawdog Theatre Company. The show runs October 13 through November 23 at 1802 W....
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty, alumni, and student talent is featured in the Third Eye Theatre Ensemble‘s production of Darkling, a one-act opera that tells the story of the descendants of the Holocaust. The multimedia production is directed...
Alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are on the creative team of the Savoyaires‘ production of The Yeomen of the Guard, the 1888 operetta by librettist William S. Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan. Columbia College...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Kevin Wiczer ’05, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, has directed his first theatrical production as a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers union:The Addams Family, the musical...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Barry R. Norton ’87, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Theatre, directs the debut production of Theatre 121, the new resident community theatre company of the historic Woodstock Opera House...