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NU Declassified: When SURG meets showtunes

NU Declassified: When SURG meets showtunes

November 1, 2021

This summer, three Northwestern Communication students used grant funding to write a musical, “Home for the Summer.” The show is based off of their experiences as queer students from small towns...

A board reads “620,000” on the stage. A group of people in white dresses with their backs to the audience look at someone in a top hat on top of a ladder.

“The Battlefields of Clara Barton” explores Red Cross founder and women’s rights advocate’s life

October 31, 2021

The American Music Theatre Project and the Wirtz Center this past weekend premiered “The Battlefields of Clara Barton,” a modern folk-rock musical exploring Barton’s role as a nurse in the Civil...

Two characters embrace each other. Other cast members dressed in white shirts and khakis surround them closely.

Captured: The Wirtz Center presents “The Battlefields of Clara Barton”

October 29, 2021

“The Battlefields of Clara Barton” premieres this weekend at The Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts. The musical chronicles the life of Civil War hero and American Red Cross founder Clara Barton,...

In a small auditorium, a man sits on a stool onstage next to a student. In the background, a picture of him is displayed on a projector.

Comedian Azhar Usman delivers jokes, philosophy and advice at McSA event

October 29, 2021

Azhar Usman, a stand-up comedian of Indian descent and a Skokie native, performed Thursday at the Muslim-cultural Students Association Fall Entertainment Event in Harris Hall. Two students opened the...

A woman in a black turtleneck cups her hands.

Firelight Festival of Devised Work bring stories of joy and healing to campus this weekend

October 28, 2021

After more than a year and a half of the COVID-19 pandemic, the teams behind Spectrum Theatre Company’s Firelight Festival of Devised Work projects knew the Northwestern community needed two things:...

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