Dakota Hughes Archive

Congratulations to the alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, the Columbia College Chicago Music Department, and the Columbia College Chicago Communication Department who have been nominated for Joseph Jefferson Awards, Chicago’s top theatre award. The 2023...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are in the cast and production team of a new production of the Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine musical Into the Woods, running February 1 through March 19 at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora, Illinois....
Carrie 2: The Rage, The Unauthorized Musical Parody, a musical by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Preston Max Allen ’13, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, will be performed in a concert version on...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Tyler Anthony Smith ’17, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, won a rave review in the Chicago Reader for his comedy Frankenstreisand, running through October 31 at Redline VR,...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Tyler Anthony Smith ’17, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, stars in his own play – Frankenstreisand, running September 29 through October 31 at Redline VR, 4702 N. Ravenswood,...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums are in the cast of Queer Eye: The Musical Parody, beginning June 2 at The Second City comedy theatre’s Up Comedy Club, located at 230 W. North in the Pipers Alley mall in Chicago’s...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Tyler Anthony Smith ’17, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, presents his one-person show People Do Do Such Things October 7 through 10 at Davenport’s Piano Bar and Cabaret,...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums Isaiah Silvia-Chandley ’18 and Michael George ’16 won a rave review from the Chicago Reader for their choreography for the professional Chicago-area regional premiere of the Tony Award-winning musical Kinky Boots — the...
Alumni of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are in the cast and creative team of the professional Chicago-area regional premiere of the Tony Award-winning musical Kinky Boots at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora, Illinois. With a book by...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums Whitney Dottery ’15, a graduate of the Columbia College Theatre Department’s BA Program in Musical Theatre, and Dakota Hughes ’15, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BFA Program in Musical Theatre Performance, are...