Michaela Petro Archive

The Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance is proud to announce the creation of the Theatre Advisory Board composed of alumni and friends of the Theatre Program at Columbia College. With a mission to leverage the expertise...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, faculty, and students are in the cast and creative team of the play Paris, running June 11 through July 23 at Steep Theatre in Chicago’s Edgewater Andersonville Theatre District.   The cast includes...
Alumni and former students of the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department are in the cast of Neverwhere, a theatrical adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s novel running May 25 through July 15 at Lifeline Theatre in Chicago’s Glenwood Avenue Arts District....
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are in the cast and production team of Henrik Ibsen’s classic drama Pillars of the Community, running January 19-March 3 at Strawdog Theatre, 1802 W. Berenice, Chicago. This acclaimed adaptation of Ibsen’s 1877...
  Congratulations to the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, faculty, and former students who have been nominated for BroadwayWorld.com‘s 2017 BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards, which honor Chicago-area theatre productions that opened between October 1, 2016, and September 30, 2017....
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni are in the cast and on the design team of Strawdog Theatre Company‘s closing production of the 2016-17 season — The Night Season, running May 12-June 24 at the Factory Theatre, 1623 W....
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni talents are featured in Strawdog Theatre‘s new production of William Shakespeare’s classic romance Cymbeline, running January 13-February 25 at the Factory Theatre, 1623 W. Howard, in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood on the border...
Strawdog Theatre Company, whose ensemble includes several Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, presents the classic American comedy Once in a Lifetime April 22-June 4. The production will be Strawdog’s last show in its longtime space at 3829 N....
Callie Johnson in Bailiwick Chicago's "Carrie: The Musical"
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department faculty, alumni, and students figured heavily in the nominations for the 2015 Non-Equity Joseph Jefferson (“Jeff”) Awards honoring excellence in Chicago theatres not operating under an Actors’ Equity union contract. Columbia teachers and graduates...