Andra Velis Simon Archive

Former Columbia College Chicago 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, directs the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Next to Normal at...
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...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and faculty talent is on display in Porchlight Music Theatre’s production of A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, running January 25 through March 10 at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts,...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and faculty are in the cast and production team for the musical Caroline, or Change, running September 22 through October 28 at the Den Theatre, 1331 N. Milwaukee, in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. For...
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department proudly congratulations former Theatre Department student and faculty member David Cromer HDR ’17 on winning the 2018 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical. Cromer — who studied acting and directing at...
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department proudly congratulations former student and faculty member David Cromer HDR ’17 on his nomination for a 2018 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical. Cromer — who studied acting and directing at...
Alumni, students, and faculty members of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are in the cast and creative team of 9 to 5 the Musical, presented April 7-May 20 by Firebrand Theatre at the Den Theatre, 1331 N. Milwaukee,...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department student, alumni, and faculty talent is featured in Porchlight Music Theatre’s staged concert of the musical They’re Playing Our Song, running March 6-8 at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts, 1016 N. Dearborn,...
  The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s 2017-2018 Mainstage Season resumes Wednesday, February 7, with Dog Act, by Liz Duffy Adams. Directed by Columbia College alumna and Theatre Department faculty member Stephanie Shaw ’92, MFA ’09, the play runs...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member Andra Velis Simon — musical director for The Hypocrites theatre company’s acclaimed interactive production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s operetta Pirates of Penzance — was praised by Los Angeles Times critic Charles McNulty...