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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Dior J. Stephens ’15, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, has a new collection of poetry coming out September 15. Titled 001, the volume “captures and conveys the mind...
Joanie Schultz (Photo: Joe Mazza)
  Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumna Joanie Schultz ’00, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, was honored by the 2017-2018 Dallas-Fort Worth Theatre Critics Awards, which were announced September 11. As reported previously in this blog,...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Courtney Mack ’15, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Musical Theatre Performance BFA program, stars in Ghost The Musical, running September 13 through October 14 at Theatre at the Center in Munster, Indiana....
The Columbia College Chicago Library is hosting a display of pictures, programs, and other materials related to the history of the Getz Theater Center of Columbia College Chicago, home of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department since 1980. Built...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Hannah Starr ’14, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, is celebrated as one of this year’s “Hot New Faces of Chicago Theatre” by Chicago Tribune theatre critic Chris Jones....
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and former students are featured in the musical Legally Blonde, running September 5 through October 21 at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora, Illinois. The cast includes Columbia College alums Teressa LaGamba ’13, a...
Congratulations to the alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and the Columbia College Chicago Music Department who have been nominated for 2018 Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award. The list of nominees for this...
Congratulations to Ariel Triunfo, a junior in the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s BA Program in Musical Theatre! Triunfo — one of three Columbia College Chicago Musical Theatre Program students accepted into the prestigious School at Jacob’s Pillow Musical...
August 27 would have been the 83rd birthday of Sheldon Patinkin–longtime chair of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, noted director and teacher, and cherished friend and mentor to many in the Chicago theatre community. Sheldon passed away on September...
A new musical by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum 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 be...