The Weekend Ahead: Campus and city performances to catch for Week 9
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Check out these performances for your week nine weekend.
November 18, 2022
If you’re looking for weekend plans, here are some performances on Northwestern’s campus and in Evanston that you won’t want to miss.
Songwriters Association at Northwestern: Battle of the Bands
Lutkin Hall
Friday 7 p.m.
$3
The Songwriters Association presents its first competitive student band competition.
Evanston SPACE: Danielle Ponder with Wyatt Waddell
Evanston SPACE
Friday 7 p.m.
$18 in advance, $20 at door
Danielle Ponder is an American soul singer and leader within the Black Lives Matter movement.
Lipstick Theatre: Shakespeare’s R&J
Shanley Pavilion
Friday 7 p.m. and 10 p.m., Saturday 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Ticket information unavailable at time of publication.
Lipstick, NU’s feminist theater group, will perform a play by Joe Calarco exploring vulnerability and sexuality through the lens of prep school students.
Sit & Spin Productions: Spoiler Alert [
Locy 111
Friday 7 p.m. and 10 p.m., Saturday 7 p.m. and 10 p.m.
$5
Sit & Spin will present an immersive theatre experience written and directed by Communication junior Stephen Peng.
Performance Hour Project: Am I Allowed a Happy Ending?
Alvina Krause Studio
Friday 7 p.m., Saturday 7 p.m.
Ticket information unavailable at time of publication.
Communication senior Kara Toll will direct a short devised play about queerness and utopia.
Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts: Student Performance Project Series: Collabaret
Struble Theater
Friday 7 p.m., Saturday 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Free entry
This night of performance is about inclusivity, featuring first-time artists at NU.
NU Opera Theater and the Contemporary Music Ensemble: In a Grove
Ryan Opera Theater
Saturday 7:30 p.m.
$18 for general public, $8 for students
This presentation of Christopher Cerrone and Stephanie Fleischmann’s “In a Grove” and François Sarhan’s “Hands” combines musical theatrical works in a hypnotic, operatic tale.
Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts: As You Like It
Ethel M. Barber Theater
Friday 7:30 p.m., Saturday 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Sunday 2 p.m.
Tickets start at $6 for NU students and go up to $30
Directed by Jessica Fisch, this musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s play promises an immersive, dream-like and fantastical experience.
Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts: Be Mean to Me
Hal and Martha Hyer Wallis Theater
Friday 7:30 p.m., Saturday 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Sunday 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
$6 for full-time NU students in advance, $10 for NU and non-NU students at door, $15 general public
This new play by Sofya Levitsky-Weitz tells the story of two best friends over the course of 10 years, addressing themes of friendship, desire and ambition.
Evanston SPACE: Mike Mangione & Band: Blood & Water Tour with Laura Glyda
Evanston SPACE
Doors open Sunday 7 p.m., show begins 8. p.m.
$15-25, depending on seat position
Chicago folk singer Mike Mangione will perform his new, ethereal album at SPACE alongside Laura Glyda.
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