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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Nominated for 2023 Emmy Awards in Writing and Production Design

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Congratulations to Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums John Zuiker ’05, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Theatre Design, and Asha Ward ’21, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Comedy Writing and Performance....
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Directs Shakespearean Youth Theatre’s ‘Comedy of Errors,’ Running July 21-Aug. 5 in Minneapolis

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Lukas Brasherfons ’14, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Acting with a Minor in Stage Combat, is the director of the Shakespearean Youth Theatre‘s new production of William Shakespeare’s The...
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Columbia College Chicago Faculty and Alums Bring Shakespearean Spoof ‘Macbeth by the Sea’ to Chicago Audiences July 20-23 Prior to Edinburgh Festival Fringe Run

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty members and alums  are collaborating on a new comedy, Macbeth by the Sea, which is headed for the prestigious Edinburgh Festival Fringe for a two-week run August 4 through 19. Before they bring...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums and Faculty Bring ‘Beauty and the Beast’ to Chicago Shakespeare Theatre July 14-Aug. 20

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums and faculty members are in the cast and production team of the family musical Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, running July 14 through August 20 at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, located on Navy Pier...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Designs Oak Park Festival Theatre’s ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream,’ Running July 13-Aug. 19

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Evan Frank ’17, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Theatre Design, is the scenic designer for Oak Park Festival Theatre’s production of William Shakespeare’s comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream, running...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Directs Musical ‘Xanadu,’ Running July 13-Aug. 13 at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Kevin Wiczer ’05, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, directs the musical Xanadu, running July 13 through August 13 at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, located at 111 W. Campbell in the Chicago...
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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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