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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

Posted by Albert Williams

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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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alumni and Faculty Nominated for 2022 Black Theatre Alliance Awards

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The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department proudly congratulates the Columbia College Chicago alumni and faculty who have been nominated for 2022 Black Theatre Alliance/Ira Aldridge Awards honoring the work of Chicago-area theatre artists during the 2021-2022 theatre season. The...

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(VIDEO) Remembering Composer and Columbia College Chicago Music Department Founder William Russo (June 25, 1928-January 11, 2003)

Posted by Albert Williams

The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department remembers composer, author, and teacher William Russo on the anniversary of his birth. Russo, who founded what is now the Columbia College Chicago Music Department in 1965, was born in Chicago on June...

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Columbia College Chicago Alums’ Sci-Fi Musical ‘Abduction’ Presented as Benefit for UNICEF at Chicago’s Newport Theatre June 23-July 7

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Abduction, an original science-fiction musical comedy created by Columbia College Chicago alumni T.J. Pieffer ’18 and Brad Kemp ’12, is being presented in a staged reading as a benefit for UNICEF humanitarian support in response to the war in...

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Columbia College Chicago TV/Theatre Alum Devlyn Camp Called ‘The Queer History Teacher We Need Right Now’ for Chronicling LGBTQ History in ‘Give ‘Em Hell, Harry!’ Podcast

Posted by Albert Williams

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 Dept. Alum Chronicles LGBTQ History in ‘Give ‘Em Hell, Harry!’ Podcast

Posted by Albert Williams

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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(VIDEO) Emmy Award-Winning ‘Transparent’ Creator Joey Soloway Talks About ‘Flipping the Script’ with Columbia College Chicago TV/Theatre Alum Devlyn Camp

Posted by Albert Williams

Columbia College Chicago has posted the video of Flipping the Script with Joey Soloway, a Zoom webinar featuring Emmy Award-winning writer/director/producer Joey Soloway, a former student in Columbia College’s Film and Video program, in conversation with Columbia College alum...

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Columbia College Chicago Music Department Founder William Russo Remembered in WBEZ Story About Chicago Free Theater

Posted by Albert Williams

Longtime Columbia College Chicago faculty member William Russo, founder of the Columbia College Chicago Music Department, is profiled by Chicago’s NPR outlet WBEZ in a podcast and print article posted on March 10, 2022. The “Curious City” story by...

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‘Transparent’ Creator Joey Soloway Talks About ‘Flipping the Script’ with Columbia College Chicago TV/Theatre Alum Devlyn Camp in March 4 Zoom Webinar

Posted by Albert Williams

The Columbia College Chicago Career Center and the college’s Student Diversity and Inclusion office are partnering to present a free online event featuring two notable trans/nonbinary creatives/activists with Columbia College connections. On Friday, March 4, at 3 PM CST...

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(VIDEO) Columbia College Alumni and Faculty Bring ‘Bug’ Back to Steppenwolf Theatre Nov. 11-Dec. 12

Posted by Albert Williams

Alumni and faculty members of Columbia College Chicago are in the cast and creative team for Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s remount of Bug, the creepy-crawly psychological thriller by Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning Steppenwolf ensemble member Tracy Letts. The show...

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