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Columbia College Chicago Alum Sets New Agenda for LGBTQ-Focused PrideArts Theatre with ‘Search for Identity’ Season

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The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department congratulates Columbia College Chicago alum Jay Españo MFA ’16, a graduate of the college’s MFA program in film directing, who has been named artistic director of Chicago’s LGBTQ-focused PrideArts theatre company. Españo, 47,...
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum’s Queer Comedy Series ‘These Thems’ Streams Free on Outfest Now in June 2021

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Gretchen Wylder ’07, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, has announced that their digital video series These Thems–The Queer Comedy Series is streaming for free through June on Outfest...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Faculty Bring ‘Legends of the ’50s and ’60s’ to the Music Theatre Works Stage June 18-27

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member Jermaine Hill, coordinator of the Theatre Department’s Musical Theatre Program, is the musical director for Legends Of The 50s And 60s: Greatest Hits, presented by Music Theater Works at the North Shore...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum’s ‘A Place for Us’ Project Celebrates Trans and Nonbinary Artists in Musical Theatre June 16-30

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Preston Max Allen ’13 — a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting who also took courses in the Theatre Department’s Musical Theatre and Comedy programs — is spearheading A Place...
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Columbia College Chicago Alum Wins About Face Theatre Playwriting Grant

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Columbia College Chicago alum Hannah Ii-Epstein ’15, a graduate of the college’s fiction writing program, has been selected as one of two recipients of a new grant presented by Chicago’s About Face Theatre to support the creative work of local...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum Joins About Face Theatre’s Green Room Collective for LGBTQ+ Arts Leaders

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Kirsten Baity ’21, who graduated Summa cum Laude with a BA in Theatre with a Playwriting concentration, has been selected as one of two inaugural members of About Face Theatre’s Green Room Collective,...
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2021 Michael Merritt Awards Online Event May 17 Honors Theatrical Design and Collaboration

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The 27th annual Michael Merritt Awards for Excellence in Design and Collaboration, a Chicago-based national theatre-industry awards program, will be presented in a free online ceremony on Monday, May 17, 2021, at 6 PM. The awards, administered by the...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Wins 2020 Lisagor Award for Theatre Journalism in ‘Chicago Reader’

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Congratulations to Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Kerry Reid ’87, editor of theatre and dance coverage for the Chicago Reader. She won two 2020 Peter Lisagor Awards for her arts journalism in the Reader. The awards were announced...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Alum’s Audio Productions of ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’ and ‘Troilus & Cressida’ Featured in Shakespearean Youth Theatre’s Dream Project

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Lukas Brasherfons ’14 is the director and adaptor of the Shakespearean Youth Theatre Dream Project‘s new online audio adaptations of Troilus & Cressida, William Shakespeare’s 1602 drama set during the Trojan War, and...
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