The Weekend Ahead: campus performances to catch for Week 1

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Illustration by Gemma DeCetra

Keep these performances in mind for Week 2.

If you’re looking for weekend plans, here are some student performances you won’t want to miss. 

The Titanic Players: Titanic knows what you did last summer (You went to Europe).

McCormick Foundation Center Forum 

Friday 8 p.m.

$5 at the door, cash, credit or Venmo. 

The Titanic Players will bring its improv onstage for its monthly show.

Sit & Spin Productions: stupid f—ing bird

Shanley Pavilion 

Friday 7 and 10 p.m., Saturday 7 p.m.

Free entry

Sit & Spin will put on its first fall show this weekend. Aaron Posner’s “Stupid F—ing Bird” (2013) is a contemporary adaption of “The Seagull” (1896) by Anton Chekhov, exploring life, love and art. Content warning: This play includes flashing lights, loud noises and mentions of suicide.

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