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Tony Award-Winning Columbia College Chicago Alum Tonya Pinkins Named Chair of Theatre at Fordham College at Lincoln Center

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The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department warmly congratulates Columbia College Chicago alum Tonya Pinkins ’96 — Tony Award-winning star of such Broadway musicals as Caroline, or Change and Jelly’s Last Jam — on her appointment as the Denzel Washington...
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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 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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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Performances and Displays Highlight Manifest Arts Festival May 12

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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...
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Columbia College Chicago Alum Directs World Premiere of ‘Aztec Human Sacrifice’ May 5-June 18

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Columbia College Chicago alum Jay Españo MFA ’16 – a graduate of the college’s MFA program in film directing and recipient of a Graduate Certificate in Laban Movement Analysis from Columbia College’s Dance Movement Therapy program — directs the world...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Tyla Abercrumbie Keynotes Columbia College Cultural Opportunities & Diversity Expo April 11

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Tyla Abercrumbie ’98, star of the Showtime series The Chi and author of the award-winning play Relentless, will be the keynote speaker at CODE: Cultural Opportunities and Diversity Expo, hosted by the Columbia College...
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Columbia College Chicago Alums and Faculty Bring Porchlight Music Theatre’s ‘New Faces Sing Broadway 1951’ to the Stage Jan. 23-24

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Columbia College Chicago alums and faculty are in the cast and creative team of Porchlight Music Theatre‘s New Faces Sing Broadway 1951, a revue of songs from classic shows that ran on Broadway in 1951, including Guys and Dolls,...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Introduces Intimacy for Stage and Screen Certificate Program

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Columbia College Chicago is introducing a new Intimacy for Stage and Screen Certificate program – the first college-level program of its kind in the U.S. Applications are now being accepted for the program, which will launch in Fall 2023....
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Columbia College Chicago Alum Receives 2022 Black Theatre Alliance Award for Her Play ‘Relentless’

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The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department proudly congratulates Columbia College Chicago alum Tyla Abercrumbie ’98 on winning the 2022 Lorraine Hansberry Award for Writing of a Play for her drama Relentless, which received its world premiere from Chicago’ TimeLine...
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Tony Award-Winning Columbia College Chicago Alum Tonya Pinkins Stars in ‘Raisin in the Sun’ at New York’s Public Theatre Sept. 27-Nov. 6

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Columbia College Chicago alum Tonya Pinkins ’96 — Tony Award-winning star of such Broadway musicals as Caroline, or Change and Jelly’s Last Jam — will star in the Public Theatre’s off-Broadway revival of Lorraine Hansberry‘s groundbreaking drama A Raisin...
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