Tag: Brian Shaw
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Columbia College Chicago Getz Theatre Center’s 2025-26 Mainstage Season Presents ‘We Make Monsters’ March 11-21
The Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance‘s 2025-26 Mainstage Season continues with We Make Monsters, an immersive theatrical experience that unearths the creatures lurking in our stories, our homes, and ourselves—blurring the line between the familiar and the terrifying. The show runs March 11 through 21 in Studio 404 of the historic…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Advisory Board Announces Sept. 21 Event Celebrating Longtime Theatre Program Head Sheldon Patinkin
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in Acting, Alumni Advisory Board, Class Notes, Columbia College Theatre Alumni and Friends, Comedy Writing and Performance, Improv, Intimacy Direction, Joseph Jefferson Awards Committee, Scholarships, Stage Combat, Technical Theatre, Theatre, Theatre Advisory Board, Theatre Design, Theatre Directing, Uncategorized, VoiceoverThe Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance is proud to announce the creation of the Theatre Advisory Board composed of alumni and friends of the Theatre Program at Columbia College. With a mission to leverage the expertise of the Columbia College Theatre Program’s alumni and other industry members through strategic guidance, collaborative partnerships,…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Students Honored with 2022 Sarah Siddons Scholarships
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department warmly congratulates students Olivia Maalouf, Alana Gordon-Levine, and Ty Gentry, who were honored as recipients of 2022 Sarah Siddons Society Scholarships on November 14 at the 2022 Sarah Siddons Award benefit, held at the Watts Theatre of DePaul University in Chicago. The three students are seniors on track to…
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Rave Review for Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum’s Horror Parody ‘Frankenstreisand’
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Tyler Anthony Smith ’17, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, won a rave review in the Chicago Reader for his comedy Frankenstreisand, running through October 31 at Redline VR, 4702 N. Ravenswood, Chicago. Smith wrote and stars in the play, which is presented by Hell…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Bring ‘Frankenstreisand’ to the Stage Sept. 29-Oct. 31
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Tyler Anthony Smith ’17, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, stars in his own play – Frankenstreisand, running September 29 through October 31 at Redline VR, 4702 N. Ravenswood, Chicago. The show is presented by Hell in a Handbag Productions, which Smith is a company…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Speak at Free Siddons Artistic Council Panel on Artistic Leadership Oct. 3 at Black Ensemble
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums Kaiser Ahmed ’08, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, and Cavan Hallman ’05, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Playwriting program, will speak about the work of theatrical artistic directors at “Leadership Is Listening: A Conversation about Theatrical Leadership,” a panel discussion hosted by the…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alumni Join Free Webinar on ‘Keeping It Going: Life After Theatre School’ on March 22
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums are featured in a free Zoom webinar titled Keeping It Going: Life After Theatre School on Tuesday, March 22, from 7 PM to 8 PM CST. Columbia College alums Bre Jacobs ’20, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, and Sar Cohen ’18, a…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Hosts Free Siddons Artistic Council Event ‘Keeping It Going: Life After Theatre School’ March 14
Keeping It Going:Life After Theatre School (In Person Program) Monday, March 14 @ 7 pm CSTCourtyard Theater Columbia College Chicago The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department hosts Keeping It Going: Life After Theatre School– a free in-person dialogue with a panel of recent theatre school graduates and working professionals — on Monday, March…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alumni and Faculty Lead Sarah Siddons Society’s New Artistic Council
The Sarah Siddons Society, a Chicago organization dedicated to funding scholarships for promising theater arts students at top Chicago-area colleges and universities, has announced the formation of the Siddons Artistic Council. The group will offer mentoring, networking, and guidance to recent Siddons scholarship recipients and members of the Chicago-area professional theatre community, while acting as…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Faculty Member Discusses ‘Adjusting Your Path During a Pandemic’ in Free Sarah Siddons Society Webinar Feb. 28
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member Donterrio is a featured speaker in Adjusting Your Path During a Pandemic, a free theatre career Zoom webinar presented by Chicago’s Sarah Siddons Society on Monday, February 28, at 7 PM Central time. The panel is the inaugural event presented by the Siddons Artistic Council, a group of…