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Anna’s ghost (Communication sophomore Mila Levit) gazes across the stage.

Vertigo Productions’ senior project ‘CRAVE’ navigates grief, writing and mental health

April 20, 2025

Content Warning: This story contains mentions of suicide. At 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Vertigo Productions released tickets for its spring play “CRAVE; or how to freeze the phantasmagoria.” Two minutes...

Two of the actors in “The Old Lady Project” perform “Just Upriver” by Charles Hertz on Monday.

Old Lady Project highlights women in theater over 55 in its third year

April 15, 2025

On Monday, Noyes Cultural Arts Center’s Piven Theatre buzzed with excitement as seven old ladies (and one older gentleman) took to the stage for the 2025 edition of “The Old Lady Project.” The...

“Missed Connections,” a student-written musical, held three preview shows on Friday and Saturday, transforming a basement classroom in 555 Clark Street into a rural Appalachian bar.

Student-written musical ‘Missed Connections’ previews in Evanston prior to Edinburgh Festival Fringe

April 13, 2025

While bored one day, Communication senior Rachel Weintraub went down a rabbit hole reading the “missed connections” section of Craigslist — a site where users post descriptions of people they briefly...

Producer petitions for The Mee-Ow Show are happening this week.

Mee-Ow comedy splits from Arts Alliance, collects petitions for new producers

April 8, 2025

Northwestern’s premier comedy group, The Mee-Ow Show, separated from its historical board sponsor of over 50 years, Arts Alliance, at the start of Spring Quarter. Mee-Ow is one-third improv, one-third...

Young Achilles (Communication freshman Arjun Shah) and Young Patroclus (Communication junior Ryan Lien) act out a sword fight in “Achilles and Patroclus.”

WAVE Directors’ Festival presents plays from first-time directors, lets ‘underdogs’ shine

April 6, 2025

Communication sophomore Marcus Dowd performed in last year’s Dolphin Show. He has acted in Student Theatre Coalition plays. He minors in dance. And he just became a director. Dowd was one of three...

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