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Theatre

You’ll be a part of the next generation of actors, directors, designers, stage technicians, and playwrights changing the landscape of live performance.

The Columbia College Chicago Theatre Department stages about 40 productions each year, giving students many opportunities to perform, build, design, and create. You’ll learn from an award-winning faculty of professional artists who are actively creating theatre in Chicago and beyond. You'll immerse yourself in Chicago's vibrant theatre scene and prepare for a career in the industry by building a portfolio of professional-quality work.

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    New Playwriting Fellowship at Columbia College Chicago Demonstrates Commitment to Communities of Color

    Kristiana Rae Colón selected as resident playwright for the Madeleine Moore Burrell Playwriting Fellowship. Read More
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    Highlights from Theatre Reunion Weekend

    Columbia welcomes alumni and supporters for a reunion celebration at the newly renovated Getz Theater Center. Mayor Rahm Emanuel proclaims October 19, 2018, as Columbia College Chicago Theatre in Chicago.Read More
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    Semester in LA: Acting

    This hands-on experience for Theatre students pursuing careers as film or television actors includes lectures, demonstrations, field trips and performances as well as meetings with agents, managers and casting directors. Our one-of-a-kind multidisciplinary program is led by industry insiders and held on a historic studio lot.

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  • Feb25
    7:00 PM"Five Feet Apart" Advance Screening
    1104 South Wabash Avenue, 8th Floor Chicago, IL 60605
    Free advance screening of Five Feet Apart starring Haley Lu Richardson and Cole Sprouse for the Columbia College community. Students, faculty, staff, and alumni are welcome. Download passes at http://gofobo.com/FFAcc. Print or show on your phone. First come, first served....Get the details
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    Mar05
    6:00 PM - 10:00 PMWW™D Auditions
    72 East 11th Street, Room 613 Chicago, IL 60605
    Auditions for WW™D By Ana Nordwig Directed by Matthew Masino Selected for the Playwriting Senior Showcase There is a room where your missing dryer socks go. In this room, six souls, each with their own unique quirks, remain for as long as the clock shows time. Throw in The Machine, a sort-of companion and sort-of benevolent god who guides the...Get the details
  • Mar07
    5:00 PM - 6:15 PMVaudeville and Ethnic Comedy
    624 South Michigan Avenue, Collins Hall (Room 602) Chicago, IL 60605
    On behalf of the Critical Issues in Cultural Studies (CULS 207 01) course, you are invited to join us as Anne Libera presents "Vaudeville and Ethnic Comedy!" Anne Libera is the Director of Comedy Studies for the Theater Department at Columbia College Chicago, where she teaches History and Analysis of Modern Comedy and Comedy Survey I...Get the details
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