David Cromer Archive

Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring ‘Bug’ to Broadway

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Alumni and former faculty members of Columbia College Chicago are in the cast and creative team for the Manhattan Theatre Club and Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s Broadway co-production of Bug, the creepy-crawly psychological thriller by Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Honored in Chicago Tribune’s ‘Best of 2025’ Coverage of Chicago and Broadway Theatre

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Three Columbia College Chicago Theatre alums were singled out by the Chicago Tribune for its “Best of 2025” salute to the “Top 10 Performances on Chicago Stages This Year.” In the article, published December 26, 2025, Tribune theatre critic...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Preston Max Allen’s New Off-Broadway Play ‘Caroline,’ Directed by Tony Award-Winning Columbia Alum David Cromer, Extended through Nov. 16; ‘Reviews Are Rolling In’

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Caroline – the much-discussed new Off-Broadway play by Columbia College Chicago Theatre alum Preston Max Allen ’13, a graduate of the Columbia College Theatre Program’s BA Program in Acting – officially opened September 30 in its world premiere at...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum Preston Max Allen’s New Off-Broadway Play ‘Caroline’ Runs Sept. 12-Oct. 19, Directed by Tony Award-Winning Columbia Alum David Cromer

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A new play by Columbia College Chicago Theatre alum Preston Max Allen ’13, a graduate of the Columbia College Theatre Program’s BA Program in Acting, is receiving its world premiere from Off-Broadway’s MCC Theater, and it will be directed...
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(VIDEO) Former Columbia College Chicago Theatre Student and Teacher David Cromer’s Broadway Hit ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’ Airs Live June 7 on CNN

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For the first time ever, a live performance of a Broadway play will be broadcast for free on TV – and that play is directed by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Program former student and faculty member and Columbia College...
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Former Columbia College Chicago Theatre Student and Teacher David Cromer Nominated for 2025 Tony Award for Directing ‘Gorgeously Perverse’ New Broadway Hit ‘Dead Outlaw’

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The Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance proudly congratulates former student and faculty member and Columbia College Honorary Degree recipient David Cromer HDR ’17, who has been nominated for a 2025 Tony Award for Best Direction of...
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Former Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Student and Teacher David Cromer’s New Broadway Show ‘Dead Outlaw’ Opens April 27

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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...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alum’s TV Series ‘Moral Orel’ Named ‘Best Stop-Motion Show of All Time’

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The Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance heartily congratulates film and TV writer-producer Dino Stamatopoulos, an alumnus of Columbia College Chicago‘s Theatre Program, whose 2005-2008 stop-motion-animation TV series Moral Orel has been named the best stop-motion animated TV...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Directs ‘The Treasurer,’ Running April 24-May 19 at Milwaukee’s Next Act Theatre

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Cody Estle ’11, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s Theatre Directing program, has been artistic director of Next Act Theatre in Milwaukee since February of 2023. Now he is directing his first production at the...
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Teacher’s Lighting Design for New Off-Broadway Show ‘Dead Outlaw’ Featured on ‘Theater Wow’

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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member Heather Gilbert is featured in an article posted April 12 in the Substack blog Theater Wow. The focus of the interview – “A Million Lovely Moments: Dead Outlaw‘s Lighting Designer Heather Gilbert,”...
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