Tag: Stephanie Shaw
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Columbia College Chicago Getz Theatre Center’s 2025-26 Mainstage Season Launches with ‘Iphigenia and Other Daughters’ Oct. 22-Nov. 1
The Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance‘s 2025-26 Mainstage Season kicks off with Iphigenia and Other Daughters, running October 22 through November 1 in Studio 404 of the Getz Theatre Center of Columbia College, located at 72 E. 11th St. in Chicago’s South Loop. Student discount tickets are available. For tickets, click here. Adapted…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Alums Bring Hell in a Handbag’s World Premiere ‘Queen for a Day’ to Bramble Arts Loft July 9-August 3
Columbia College Chicago Theatre alum Tyler Anthony Smith ’17, a graduate of the Theatre Program’s BA Program in Acting, is the author and star of Hell in a Handbag Productions‘ world premiere Queen for a Day, running July 9 through August 3 at the Bramble Arts Loft, located at 5545 N. Clark in Chicago’s…
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance Performances and Displays Highlight ‘Manifest’ Arts Festival Friday, May 16
Manifest: Imagine, the 2025 edition of Columbia College Chicago‘s annual student-powered Manifest Arts Festival, takes place Friday, May 16, at multiple locations in Chicago’s buzzing South Loop community to celebrate student achievements at the end of the 2024-25 school year. The Columbia College Chicago School of Theatre and Dance is proudly participating, with free performances…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums’ ‘Poor People! The Parody Musical’ Extended Through June 23
Hell in a Handbag Productions‘ world premiere Poor People! The Parody Musical, written by Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Tyler Anthony Smith ’17, has been extended through June 23 due to popular and critical acclaim. Smith, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, is also the co-star of the show, which is described as…
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Performances and Displays Highlight ‘Manifest: Breakthrough’ Arts Festival at Getz Theatre Center – Friday, May 10
Manifest: Breakthrough, the 2024 edition of Columbia College Chicago‘s annual student-powered Manifest Arts Festival, takes place Friday, May 10, to celebrate student achievements at the end of the 2023-24 school year, and the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department is proudly participating, with performances in the areas of Playwriting, Musical Theatre, Stage Combat, Solo Performance, and Comedy Writing and Performance,…
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(VIDEO) Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums Bring Hell in a Handbag Productions’ ‘Poor People! The Parody Musical’ to the Stage May 2-June 16
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Tyler Anthony Smith ’17, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, is the author and co-star of Hell in a Handbag Productions‘ world premiere Poor People! The Parody Musical, running May 2 through June 16 at the Chopin Theatre, located at 1543 W. Division in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. For…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum’s Solo Show ‘I Know You Need My Verve’ Runs June 3-July 1 at 2023 Rhinoceros Theatre Festival
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Tyler Anthony Smith ’17, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, stars in his one-person show I Know You Need My Verve, running Saturdays at 10:30 PM from June 3 through July 1 at the Facility Theatre, 1138 N. California, Chicago. The show is presented as part of…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department Performances and Displays Highlight Manifest Arts Festival May 12
The 2023 edition of Columbia College Chicago‘s student-powered Manifest Arts Festival takes place Friday, May 12, to celebrate student achievements at the end of the 2022-23 school year, and the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department is proudly participating, with performances in the areas of Playwriting, Musical Theatre, Stage Combat, Solo Performance, Devised Performance, and Comedy…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alums and Faculty Win 2023 Jeff Awards in Performance and Design
Congratulations to the Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alums and faculty who won Joseph Jefferson Awards for Non-Equity Theatre – Chicago’s top theatrical award – at the 49th Anniversary Non-Equity Awards ceremony on Monday, March 27, 2023. As previously reported in this blog, the 2023 Jeff Awards honor excellence in Chicago’s non-Equity theatre during the 2021-2022…
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Columbia College Chicago Theatre Dept. Alum Stars in Solo Show ‘The Kindness of Mangers’ Dec. 15-18
Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department alum Tyler Anthony Smith ’17, a graduate of the Theatre Department’s BA Program in Acting, stars in the premiere of his one-person show The Kindness of Mangers, running December 15 through 18 at the Den Theatre, located at 1331 N. Milwaukee in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. Presented by Sweetback Productions, the campy comedy focuses…