Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are in the cast and production team of Music Theatre Works’ production of Stephen Schwartz’s musical Pippin, running June 1 through 25 at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie,...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Behzad Dabu ’08, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Acting Program, is profiled in a Los Angeles Times article headlined “What Does It Mean to Be a Successful Working Actor? Probably Not What...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Maddie Sachs ’16, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, is featured in the Grippo Stage Company’s world premiere of Shaw vs. Tunney, a new play written by...
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department mourns the passing of Columbia College alum David Yondorf ’08, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting and a longtime teacher in the Theatre Department’s Stage Combat Minor. Yondorf passed away May...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member and Tony Award-nominated lighting designer Heather Gilbert, coordinator of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Theatre Design and Technology, is the recipient of the 2023 Michael Merritt Award for Excellence in Design...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumnus Marvin Quijada ’05, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, is the creator and star of Teatro Vista‘s world premiere The Dream King, a “silent musical” running May 11 through...
Alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department‘s BA Program in Theatre Design and Technology are on the design teams for new productions in Chicago’s vibrant theatre scene this May 2023. Columbia College alum Kevin Rolfs ’17, a graduate...
The 2023 edition of Columbia College Chicago‘s student-powered Manifest Arts Festival takes place Friday, May 12, to celebrate student achievements at the end of the 2022-23 school year, and the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department is proudly participating, with...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Khanisha Foster ’02, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, has directed a new, gender-expansive production of William Finn and James Lapine’s musical A New Brain, running through June 24...
Congratulations to Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member Heather Gilbert, coordinator of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Design Program, who has been nominated for a 2023 Tony Award – the Broadway theatre industry’s top prize – for Best Lighting...