Heather Gilbert Archive

Columbia College Chicago Theatre alums are in the cast of the musical The Color Purple, running June 21 through July 27 at the Goodman Theatre, located at 170 N. Dearborn in downtown Chicago. Student discounts are available. For tickets,...
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...
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...
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...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre alumni and faculty are in the cast and creative team of Steppenwolf Theatre Company‘s first production of 2025, a highly anticipated revival of Sam Shepard’s drama Fool for Love. The show runs January 30 through...
Alums and faculty members of the Theatre Program at the Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance are in the cast and creative team of the musical The Full Monty, running August 21 through October 6 at the...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty member and Tony Award-winning sound designer Mikhail Fiksel, a teacher in the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Theatre Design and Technology, is the recipient of the 2024 Michael Merritt Award for Excellence in...
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,”...
Former Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department student and faculty member and Columbia College Honorary Degree recipient David Cromer HDR ’17, who won the 2018 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for The Band’s Visit, has re-teamed with...
Alumni and faculty of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and the Columbia College Chicago Music Department are on the design team for the Chicago premiere of In Quietness, extended through March 10 at A Red Orchid Theatre, located...