The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department concludes its 2015-16 mainstage season with Death and the King’s Horseman, by Nobel Prize-winning Nigerian playwright and poet Wole Soyinka. Directed by Theatre Department faculty members Sonita L. Surratt and John Hildreth, the...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni Cindy Sciacca (BA ’99 Musical Theatre) and Michael Matthews (BA ’99 Acting) are collaborating on a new production of the musical Sister Act, running April 8-24 in Long Beach, California. This stage version...
Veteran Chicago actor-singer and Columbia College Chicago Music Department faculty member Sharon Carlson, who teaches singing classes and private voice lessons for students in the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s Musical Theatre BA and Musical Theatre Performance BFA programs,...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Travis Coe (BA ’15), a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Acting BA program, is featured in The Few, running April 9-May 21 at Steep Theatre. This Chicago premiere of Samuel D. Hunter’s drama...
Columbia College Chicago alumni are featured in the musical Dreamgirls, presented by Porchlight Music Theatre starting April 8 at Stage 773. Porchlight’s Dreamgirls co-stars Candace Edwards (BA ’08), a graduate of the Columbia College Chicago Journalism Department‘s Broadcast...
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...