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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


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The sisters, their maid and their mastiff await the arrival of their new governess.

Curtain Call: VC2’s ‘The Moors’ is everything and moors

November 17, 2025

Over the weekend, Vibrant Colors Collective transformed Shanley Pavilion into a Victorian mansion on the English moors for four shows on Friday and Saturday. VC2 chose Jen Silverman’s play “The Moors”...

Adam Clarke (Communication freshman Liev Bruce-Low) helps Teddy Gustavson (Communication sophomore Klax Kirsammer) up after play-fighting.

Wirtz Center original play ‘Amicus’ follows university students through love, war

November 17, 2025

“Amicus,” an original play written by Communication senior Max Outcalt, premiered Friday and Saturday.  Outcalt wrote “Amicus” in a theatre department playwriting class nearly two years ago....

Members of the “Urinetown” rebellion fight back against a pay-to-pee system.

Theo’s ‘Urinetown’ satirizes capitalism through song

November 12, 2025

Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre previewed performances of “Urinetown” last weekend at Evanston’s Fred Anzevino Theatre.  Created by Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis, “Urinetown” opened on Broadway...

The musical “Something Rotten” features two brothers, Nick and Nigel Bottom, trying to survive as playwrights while stuck under the shadow of “the Bard” — William Shakespeare.

WAVE Productions’ ‘Something Rotten!’ brings joy and whimsy to Shanley Pavilion

November 10, 2025

WAVE Productions presented four shows of the 2015 musical “Something Rotten!” in Shanley Pavilion on Friday and Saturday. Directed by Communication junior Marcus Dowd, the show put a modern twist on...

Lori Navarrete performs in “Sanctuary Stories: A Journalism Theater Project” as a DREAMer.

‘Sanctuary Stories’ combines journalism and theater to spotlight Chicago residents’ response to immigration enforcement

November 6, 2025

“Sanctuary Stories: A Journalism Theater Project” debuted Wednesday evening at the McCormick Foundation Center, opening with an excerpt from a 1953 film about diversity in America.  “We are the...

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