Rory Beckett Archive

A group of Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department and Columbia College Chicago Music Department alumni have partnered to form the Bittersweet Arts Company, described as “a collective of multi-talented artists whose unique ambitions and spirits are brought together through...
The LIVINGroom, an ensemble of solo writer/performers including alumni and students from the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, will present The LIVINGroom: From Where I’m Sitting, an evening of solo performances, on Sunday, November 13, at 8 PM at Stage 773,...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department associate chairperson Paul Amandes, coordinator of the Theatre Department’s Playwriting/Writing for Performance BA Program, will co-host and perform in Banned Together: A Censorship Cabaret on Monday, September 26, at 8 PM at Davenport’s Piano Bar, 1383...
The LIVINGroom, an ensemble of solo writer/performers including several alumni and students from the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department, presents a “celebration of self” with its midsummer event, The LIVINGroom: Block Party, on Sunday, July 10, at Stage 773,...
Arianna Soloway
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Arianna Soloway (BFA ’13), a graduate of Columbia College Chicago’s BFA Program in Theatre Directing, recently contributed an essay to the theatre website HowlRound in which she discussed a common concern of young...
UPDATE: The schedule has changed for Manic, this weekend’s festival of experimental new work by students at the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department. The performance schedule is now Friday, May 6, from 6 to 9:30 PM and Saturday, May...
The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department hosts Manic, a two-night festival of experimental new work by students, on Friday, May 6, from 6 to 9:30 PM and Saturday, May 7, from 7 to 10 PM. Presented by Manic, a...