The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department will host the annual TEDxColumbiaCollegeChicago conference on Saturday, April 9, from 9 AM to 3:30 PM at the Getz Theatre, 72 E. 11th St., in Chicago’s South Loop. The 2016 conference’s theme...
Writer-director Cassie Ahiers (BA ’13), a graduate of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s theatre directing program, will unveil a new musical she has co-authored, The Mountain Digby, on Thursday, April 7, at MCL Chicago Comedy Theater, 3110...
Emmy Award-winning actor Jane Lynch, a former Chicago actor known for her roles in TV and film, will be the keynote speaker at the 2016 commencement ceremony for Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department graduates on Saturday, May 14, at...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Anna D. Shapiro (BA ’90), artistic director of Chicago’s acclaimed Steppenwolf Theatre Company, is directing the world premiere of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tracy Letts’ new drama, Mary Page Marlowe. Shapiro’s previous collaborations with...
The Factory Theatre, which has devoted itself to presenting original work in Chicago for 22 years, has moved into a new permanent home on Chicago’s northern border. The company, whose ensemble includes several Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni,...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni Jason Epperson (BA ’14) and Abigail Trabue (BA ’04) — artists, entrepreneurs, and husband and wife — have launched PerformInk, an online publication devoted to Chicago’s thriving theatre scene. PerformInk will be a...
Alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are in the cast and production team of West Side Story at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora, Illinois. Allyson Graves (BFA ’12), a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Musical Theatre Performance...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty members Kathleen Perkins and Ashton Byrum recently published articles in academic journals concerning their ongoing research related to theatre training in the United States. Perkins, co-coordinator of the Theatre Department’s Acting with International...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumna Amber Carey Gitter is directing a production of Steve Martin’s comedy Picasso at the Lapin Agile for The Stage in Tel Aviv, Israel. The play concerns a fictitious meeting between young Albert Einstein and...