Columbia College Chicago Archive

Current and former Columbia College Chicago Theatre students will be honored as part of the 2025 Michael Merritt Award for Excellence in Design and Collaboration celebration on Monday, May 19, at the Black Ensemble Theatre. Tuesday Thacker, a former...
Manifest: Imagine, the 2025 edition of Columbia College Chicago‘s annual student-powered Manifest Arts Festival, takes place Friday, May 16, at multiple locations in Chicago’s buzzing South Loop community to celebrate student achievements at the end of the 2024-25 school...
Alex in Windyland, a new devised theatre piece created by Columbia College Chicago Theatre alum Abby Thompson ’19, a graduate of the Theatre Program’s BA Program in Acting with a Minor in Voiceover, runs May 17 through 23, in...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre alums are in the cast and creative team of the Artistic Home Studio‘s 2025 edition of its annual Cut to the Chase festival of new one-act plays, running May 1 through 4 at the Den...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre alums and faculty are on the production team of an innovative new circus-themed production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical Cats, running April 30 through June 15 at the Paramount Theatre, located at 23 E. Galena...
Former Columbia College Chicago Theatre student and faculty member and Columbia College Honorary Degree recipient David Cromer HDR ’17, winner of the 2018 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for The Band’s Visit, has re-teamed with his...
Otherworld Theatre, a company founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre alumni, presents its annual Paragon Play Festival April 17 through 27. The festival – the world’s largest celebration of science fiction and fantasy theatre – showcases 30...
  Columbia College Chicago Theatre alums are in the cast and creative team of Hell in a Handbag Productions‘ new show Scary Town, running April 9 through May 11 at The Clutch, located at 4335 N. Western in Chicago’s...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Program alums and faculty are in the cast of Paramount Theatre‘s production of the musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, running March 12 through April 27 at Paramount’s Copley Theatre, located at 8...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre alumni are in the cast and creative team of the North American premiere of Sunny Afternoon, running March 21 through April 27 at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre. The British rock musical, a London hit, chronicles the...