Theatre Center

72 East 11th St.

The Theatre Center offers a dynamic hub for live performance on campus and is a lively part of Chicago’s artistic scene. The Center’s four performance venues incorporate student talent in everything from acting to set design. Each season includes student productions and Mainstage productions, directed by department faculty and professional guest artists.

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The Theatre Center has a variety of performance and production venues for Columbia's plays, musicals, concerts and directing projects, including the historic Getz Theater.

Mainstage productions are directed by department faculty and professional guest artists; are cast from the student population; and are designed by student design majors in collaboration with other departments in the college that are engaged in the use of new technologies.

Upcoming Events:

  • New Theatre Curriculum Q&A
    Everyone knows that there are changes coming to Columbia's degree offerings next year. As we have repeated, none of these changes will impact current students' abilities to take their required courses and graduate on time. But do you want to learn more? Come join the faculty to hear about Columbia Theatre's new degrees and courses....Get the details
  • New Theatre Curriculum Q&A
    Everyone knows that there are changes coming to Columbia's degree offerings next year. As we have repeated, none of these changes will impact current students' abilities to take their required courses and graduate on time. But do you want to learn more? Come join the faculty to hear about Columbia Theatre's new degrees and courses....Get the details
  • EMBODIED STORYTELLING: Using ASL Parameters to Enhance Performance & Interpretation
    Whether you're an interpreter looking to sharpen your visual storytelling or an actor eager to bring more intentionality to your movement, this workshop is for you! Through lecture and guided exercises led by deaf actor Joshua Castille, participants will explore how ASL's structure-body language, spatial mapping, and gestural precision-enhances storytelling. Interpreters will refine their ab......Get the details
  • RENT
    A year in the life of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York's Lower East Side, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS. Directed by Daryl Brooks Choreographed by Wilfredo Rivera Music Directed by David Fiorello Book, Music and Lyrics by Jonathan Larson May 1-10, 2025 The Getz Theatre Center | 72 E. 11th...Get the details
  • RENT
    A year in the life of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York's Lower East Side, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS. Directed by Daryl Brooks Choreographed by Wilfredo Rivera Music Directed by David Fiorello Book, Music and Lyrics by Jonathan Larson May 1-10, 2025 The Getz Theatre Center | 72 E. 11th...Get the details
  • RENT
    A year in the life of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York's Lower East Side, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS. Directed by Daryl Brooks Choreographed by Wilfredo Rivera Music Directed by David Fiorello Book, Music and Lyrics by Jonathan Larson May 1-10, 2025 The Getz Theatre Center | 72 E. 11th...Get the details
  • RENT
    A year in the life of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York's Lower East Side, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS. Directed by Daryl Brooks Choreographed by Wilfredo Rivera Music Directed by David Fiorello Book, Music and Lyrics by Jonathan Larson May 1-10, 2025 The Getz Theatre Center | 72 E. 11th...Get the details
  • RENT
    A year in the life of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York's Lower East Side, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS. Directed by Daryl Brooks Choreographed by Wilfredo Rivera Music Directed by David Fiorello Book, Music and Lyrics by Jonathan Larson May 1-10, 2025 The Getz Theatre Center | 72 E. 11th...Get the details
  • RENT
    A year in the life of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York's Lower East Side, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS. Directed by Daryl Brooks Choreographed by Wilfredo Rivera Music Directed by David Fiorello Book, Music and Lyrics by Jonathan Larson May 1-10, 2025 The Getz Theatre Center | 72 E. 11th...Get the details
  • RENT
    A year in the life of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York's Lower East Side, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS. Directed by Daryl Brooks Choreographed by Wilfredo Rivera Music Directed by David Fiorello Book, Music and Lyrics by Jonathan Larson May 1-10, 2025 The Getz Theatre Center | 72 E. 11th...Get the details