The Weekend Ahead: Campus performances to catch for Week 9
Check out the upcoming campus and city performances in Week 9.
May 26, 2022
If you’re looking for weekend plans, here are some student performances you won’t want to miss.
Lipstick Theatre: She Believed She Could, So She Did
Norris University Center Wildcat Room
Saturday 10 p.m.
Free, pay what you can
Join Lipstick Theatre this Saturday for a night of standup comedy and improv. Donations will go to Sister District Project to protect abortion rights.
The Bix: Diary of a Bixy Kid
John J. Louis Hall Room 119
Saturday 7 and 10 p.m.
$5 at the door
The Bix, Northwestern’s musical improv group, will perform a fully improvised musical on Saturday. Venmo or cash will be accepted as payment.
Mudlark Theater: I’m Smiling Beneath This Mask
Ridgeville Park District
Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 7 p.m.
Free, $15 suggested donation
Written and performed by actors aged 10 to 15, this performance will focus on personal accounts of young people’s experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Wirtz Center: Water by the Spoonful
Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts Ethel M. Barber Theater
Thursday, Friday and Saturday 7:30 p.m., Sunday 2 p.m.
$6 for NU students, $25 for general public
This story of a veteran’s journey to find community and understanding follows a man working in a sandwich shop in Philadelphia after returning from Iraq. The play transcends physical time and space, moving into the virtual world.
Jewish Theatre Ensemble: Spring Awakening
Shanley Pavilion
Friday 6:30 and 10 p.m., Saturday 2 and 7 p.m.
Free
Based on an 1891 German play, Spring Awakening is a rock coming-of-age musical focusing on themes of discovery. This play contains themes of abuse/assault, suicide, sex/masturbation, rape, abortion/reproductive trauma and strong language. Viewer discretion advised.
Lovers & Madmen: Twelfth Night
Evanston campus
Saturday 2 p.m. and 5 p.m.
Free
This modern rendition of William Shakespeare’s classic play will not be centered in any one location on campus; rather, it will roam around campus and ask the audience to follow. The “traveling tale” will begin at the east entrance to Annenberg Hall.
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