Tag: Chas Z. Mathieu
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Music Alumni Nominated for Joseph Jefferson Awards
Congratulations to the alumni of the Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance and Columbia College Chicago School of Audio and Music who have been nominated for Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award. The Non-Equity “Jeff Awards” honor excellence in Chicago’s non-Equity theatre during the 2025 theatre season, which ran from January 1…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre and Music Alums Bring Artistic Home’s ‘The Pavilion’ to the Den Theatre May 5-June 5
Alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and the Columbia College Chicago Music Department are on the production team of Craig Wright’s drama The Pavilion, presented by The Artistic Home May 5 through June 5. The show runs at the Den Theatre, located at 1331 N. Milwaukee in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. Columbia College…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alumni in Cast and Creative Team of World Premiere Thriller ‘Les Innocents’ Oct. 11-Nov. 4
Alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are in the cast and creative/production team of Les Innocents/The Innocents, a Halloween season thriller set in the mysterious catacombs of 19th-century Paris. This world premiere opens October 11 and runs through November 4 at the Preston Bradley Center, 941 W. Lawrence, in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. In…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Featured in Theatrical Docudrama ‘Blue Island in the Red Sea’ April 12-May 20
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Sean Patrick Leonard ’97, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, is in the cast of A Blue Island in the Red Sea, a new devised theatre piece running April 12-May 20 in the Pentagon space at Collaboraction Studios, located in the Flat Iron Arts Building,…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Faculty and Alumni Bring Gilbert & Sullivan’s ‘Pirates of Penzance’ to the Stage Oct. 6-15
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty and alumni are helping the Savoyaires musical theatre troupe bring Gilbert and Sullivan’s classic operetta The Pirates of Penzance to the stage October 6-15. Amy Uhl, a coordinator of the Theatre Department’s Musical Theatre Performance BFA and Musical Theatre BA programs, is directing and choreographing the production. Her assistant…
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre, Music, TV, and Management Alumni and Students Collaborate on New Musical ‘Abduction’ May 18-27
Alumni and current students at the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, the Columbia College Chicago Music Department, the Columbia College Chicago Television Department, and the Columbia College Chicago Business and Entrepreneurship Department are collaborating on the world premiere of Abduction, a new musical comedy, running May 17-27 at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont, in Chicago’s…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Design Student Chas Z. Mathieu to Receive John Murbach Prize at Michael Merritt Awards May 15
Scenic designer Chas Z. Mathieu, a senior in the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s Theatre Design program, has been named the recipient of the 2017 John Murbach Columbia College Chicago Prize. The award, named in honor of the late scenic designer and Columbia College Theatre Department faculty member John Murbach, will be presented to Mathieu as part…