Ryan Hake Archive

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...
Invictus Theatre‘s acclaimed production of Tony Kushner‘s landmark drama Angels in America, which features Columbia College Chicago Theatre alums in its cast and production team, has been extended through September 21 – two weeks beyond its originally scheduled closing...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre alums Anne Trodden ’09 and Ryan Hake ’14, both graduates of the Theatre Program’s Acting BA program, were singled out for praise by Chicago Tribune theatre critic Chris Jones in his review of Invictus Theatre‘s acclaimed...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre alums are in the cast and production team of Invictus Theatre‘s production of Tony Kushner‘s landmark drama Angels in America, running June 13 through September 7 at Windy City Playhouse, 3014 W. Irving Park Road,...
Alumni and faculty of the Theatre Program at the Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance are in the cast and creative team of 7 Minutes to Live, a world premiere by Richard Lyons Conlon running August 29...
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums are in the cast of Last Call: A Night of Closing, a world premiere comedy running June 9 through July 22 at the Factory Theatre, located at 1623 W. Howard in Chicago’s Rogers...
Jackalope Theatre Company, a collective founded and led by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alumni, presents its 6th Annual Living Newspaper Festival August 19-23. In homage to the 1930s Living Newspapers of the Federal Theatre Project, Jackalope has assembled...