Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Archive

Columbia College Chicago Alum and Trans Advocate Precious Brady-Davis Appointed as Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Commissioner

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LGBTQ-rights advocate, environmental activist, and Columbia College Chicago alum Precious Brady-Davis ’13, who graduated from Columbia College with an Interdisciplinary BA in Theatre and Liberal Education, has been appointed by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker to the Board of Commissioners...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Featured in Olney Theatre’s ‘Fela!’ July 7-Aug. 13

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Shantel Cribbs ’17, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, is featured in the musical Fela!, running July 7 through August 13 at the Olney Theatre Center in...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums’ Harry Potter Parody ‘Puffs’ Gets Rave Reviews; Runs Through July 23 at Chicago’s Otherworld Theatre

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Otherworld Theatre, a company founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, is getting rave reviews for its production of the unauthorized Harry Potter parody Puffs, Or: Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic...
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Columbia College Chicago TV/Theatre Alum’s ‘Queer Serial’ Podcast Chronicles LGBTQ History on the Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots

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Columbia College Chicago alum Devlyn Camp ’14 — who graduated with a BA in Television Writing and Producing from what is now the Columbia College Chicago Cinema and Television Arts Department and a Minor in Acting from the Columbia College...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Featured on New BET+ Series ‘Average Joe,’ Premiering June 26

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Darin Toonder ’97, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, is a recurring guest star on the new series Average Joe, which premieres Monday, June 26, on BET+. The show...
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Fighting Words and Gladiator Gods: Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alums Perform Stage Combat Shows June 24 and 25

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Alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s nationally recognized Stage Combat Program are taking center stage in two productions that celebrate the art of theatrical combat the weekend of June 24 and 25, 2023. The Babes With Blades...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Bring Midwest Premiere of ‘A Distinct Society’ to Writers Theatre June 22-July 23

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums are on the production team for the Midwest premiere of A Distinct Society, running June 22 through July 23 at Writers Theatre, located at 325 Tudor Court in the Chicago suburb of Glencoe....
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Bring Kokandy Productions’ ‘SpongeBob Musical’ to the Stage June 22-Aug. 20

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums are in the cast and production team of Kokandy Productions‘ staging of The SpongeBob Musical, running June 22 through August 20 at the Chopin Theatre, located at 1543 W. Division in Chicago’s Wicker...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums and Faculty Bring Rock ‘n’ Roll Musical ‘Buddy’ to Marriott Theatre June 21-Aug. 13

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums and faculty are in the cast and production team of the rock musical Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story, running June 21 through August 13 at Marriott Theatre in the Chicago suburb of...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Directs ‘Fun and Funky’ Version of Chekhov’s ‘Uncle Vanya,’ Running June 19-July 1 at Pittsburgh’s Throughline Theatre

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum J. Cody Spellman ’13, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, is directing a new production of Anton Chekhov’s classic comedy Uncle Vanya for Pittsburgh’s Throughline Theatre, where Spellman is artistic...
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