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Two actors rehearse onstage for Arts Alliance’s spring show “Dry Land.” The play follows teenagers Amy and Ester who develop a friendship after Amy asks Ester to help her miscarry an unwanted pregnancy.

Arts Alliance show shines spotlight on abortion, female friendship

May 20, 2018

A&E Communication junior Morgan Rielly is often drawn to new works that are relevant to current events, so when she heard of the play “Dry Land,” it immediately caught her attention. The...

The Pinoy Show cast performs a traditional Filipino dance. The show was organized by Kaibigan, the Philippine Student Association.

2018 Pinoy Show commemorates female Filipino revolutionary

May 20, 2018

The 2018 Pinoy Show featured traditional dances, Filipino history and several “Game of Thrones” references Saturday in Ryan Auditorium. This year’s show, “A Song of Kai and Fire,” centered...

An all-female cast rehearses for an upcoming production of “1776.” The show is sponsored by One Book One Northwestern and opens Friday.

Communication junior puts signature spin on Declaration of Independence musical by featuring all-female cast

May 16, 2018

Not one of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence was a woman. But for an upcoming production of “1776,” Communication junior Kelsey Robins decided to reshape that history with one simple...

Alum Sebastián Pinzón Silva (left) and Timothy Fryett pose at the Locarno International Film Festival last year. Earlier this month, their documentary “Palenque” was selected for the 2018 British Academy of Film and Television Awards student film shortlist.

NU alum’s documentary included on BAFTA shortlist for student films

May 16, 2018

Even when Sebastián Pinzón Silva (Communication '17) traveled thousands of miles from his native Colombia to study at Northwestern, he didn’t forget his roots. After moving to Chicago in 2011, Silva...

Aayisha Ruby Humphrey, director of 2nd Act Players’ #MeToo Play Festival. The festival features six short plays highlighting issues surrounding the #MeToo movement.

Local theater company features #MeToo stories in annual play festival

May 16, 2018

When TIME Magazine named the “Silence Breakers” of the #MeToo movement as its 2017 Person of the Year, John Frank (Medill ’76) and Carolyn Calzavara (Kellogg ’87) said they knew the stories of...

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