Columbia College Chicago Archive

Congratulations to  Columbia College Chicago alumni T.J. Pieffer ’18 and Brad Kemp ’12, whose science-fiction musical comedy Abduction has been selected for a 2020 production by MTAP–Musical Theatre Artists of Pittsburgh. This will be the first staging of the...
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department proudly congratulates the Columbia College alumni and current and former students who were honored with 2019 Black Theatre Alliance/Ira Aldridge Awards at the 25th annual Black Theatre Alliance Awards ceremony on October 14....
Columbia College Chicago will host the 25th Annual Black Theatre Alliance/Ira Aldridge Awards on Monday, October 14, 2019. The awards ceremony takes place at the college’s Conaway Center, located at 1104 S. Wabash in Chicago’s South Loop. The event...
Columbia College Chicago has been named No. 1 in College Magazine‘s list of “Top 10 Colleges for Aspiring Comedians,” published July 11, 2019. With its nationally recognized BA Program in Comedy Writing and Performance at the Columbia College Chicago...
Columbia College Chicago alumnus Brad Kemp ’12, a graduate of the Columbia College Chicago Music Department‘s Bachelor of Music Composition program who also took courses in the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department’s Musical Theatre program, is a member of...
The Columbia College Chicago News Office reports that Paradigm Talent Agency has chosen Columbia College Chicago as the recipient of a $50,000 donation to create the Chip Hooper Scholarship, an endowed scholarship fund for the School of Fine and...
Columbia College Chicago’s Development and Alumni Relations office organized a Columbia Theatre Alumni Social for Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni and former students at the renowned Celebration Theatre in Los Angeles on Wednesday, February 20, 2019. The alums...
Chicago playwright, poet, educator, actor, and activist Kristiana Rae Colón is the first recipient of a new residency established by Columbia College Chicago for playwrights whose work demonstrates a commitment to communities of color: the Madeleine Moore Burrell Playwriting...
Alumni, former students, and faculty of Columbia College Chicago are featured in the 30th annual Rhinoceros Theater Festival (Rhinofest), running through February 24 at Prop Thtr, 3502 N. Elston, Chicago. Co-produced by the Curious Theatre Branch and Prop Thtr,...
Congratulations to the Columbia College Chicago alumni, faculty, and former students highlighted in Newcity‘s “Players 2019: The Fifty People Who Really Perform for Chicago.” Published January 2, 2019, the Newcity Stage feature saluted 50 influential leaders in Chicago’s performing...