Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Presents Musical ‘Xanadu’ April 18-27

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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...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Bring Sci-Fi/Fantasy Adaptations of Greek Myth to Otherworld Theatre Through May 19

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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...
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Aidy Bryant Plays Atty. Gen. William Barr in ‘Saturday Night Live’ Sketch about Mueller Report

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  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...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum’s Off-Broadway Musical ‘We Are the Tigers’ Cited as One of ’10 Shows Your Teen Is Going to Be So Into’

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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...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Playwriting Teacher Named Artistic Director of Chicago Dramatists

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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...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Alexander Stuart — Actor and Activist — Stars in ‘Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time’ at Florida Studio Theatre Through March 29

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Alexander Stuart ’17 — a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting with a Minor in Stage Combat — stars in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time at...
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Praised for ‘Fantastic’ Performance in Chicago Premiere of Pulitzer Prize-Winning Drama ‘Sweat’

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumna Tyla Abercrumbie ’98 stars in the Goodman Theatre’s Chicago premiere of Lynn Nottage’s play Sweat, winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The production, which runs through April 14, was hailed as...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Preston Allen: ‘Musicals Can Tackle Real Things and They Don’t Need To Be Huge, They Just Need To Be Honest’

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Preston Max Allen ’13, whose new musical We Are the Tigers is currently running Off-Broadway at Theatre 80 St. Marks in New York City’s East Village, is profiled in an interview posted March 14...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Anna D. Shapiro to Direct Elton John’s New Broadway Musical ‘The Devil Wears Prada’

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Anna D. Shapiro ’90, HDR ’15, winner of the 2008 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play for the Broadway hit August: Osage County, returns to Broadway soon as director of Elton...
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