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Kudos to the alumni, faculty, and current and former students of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, the Columbia College Chicago Communication Department, the Columbia College Chicago Music Department, and the Columbia College Chicago Cinema and Television Arts Department who...
Broken Nose Theatre, a non-Equity company whose ensemble and staff include several Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, presents the Midwest premiere of Yussef El Guindi’s dark comedy Language Rooms. The show opens Monday, April 22, and runs through...
Alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are bringing the Babes With Blades Theatre Company‘s non-traditional production of Shakespeare’s Othello to the stage April 20 through May 25. The show runs at the Factory Theater, located at 1623...
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department was proud to welcome former Theatre Department student and faculty member David Cromer HDR ’17, winner of the 2018 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for The Band’s Visit, back to...
Synapse Arts, a dance-theatre company co-founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Rachel Damon ’05, presents Synapse Arts–New Works, a program that includes performances by Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago alumni. The program takes place Thursday...
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department concludes its 2018-2019 Mainstage Season with the musical Xanadu, running April 18 through 27 in the Courtyard Theater of the Getz Theater Center of Columbia College,  located at 72 E. 11th in Chicago’s...
Otherworld Theatre Company, an ensemble founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, presents “The Greeks,” a package of two new plays inspired by Greek mythology. The rotating repertory of Medusa Undone and Corona, two modern retellings...
  Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Aidy Bryant ’09, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting and now a regular cast member on NBC’s Saturday Night Live, appeared as Attorney General William Barr in SNL‘s...
We Are the Tigers, the new Off-Broadway musical by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Preston Max Allen ’13, is highlighted in an article posted on the New York theatre news site Theatermania. Titled “10 Shows Your Teen Is...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member Carson Grace Becker has been named artistic director of Chicago Dramatists. Becker, who launched her playwriting career at Chicago Dramatists in the 1990s, is currently serving in a part-time capacity and will...