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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


Annie Baker, a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, speaks Saturday at the Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts. During the event, Baker discussed how her career progressed and offered advice for budding playwrights.

Award-winning playwright offers advice to aspiring students

May 18, 2014

A Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright spoke Saturday to about 70 Northwestern students and faculty about her creative process and the progression of her career. The event, sponsored by Vertigo Productions,...

Student playwrights debut original work at festival

May 19, 2013

This weekend's Agnes Nixon Playwriting Festival was the culmination of an intensive, quarter-long endeavor for three Northwestern students. “It’s a fast and furious process,” Communication Prof....

Northwestern students tackle writing ‘All My Children’ script

April 29, 2013

As an added bonus for winning a prestigious playwriting award, three Northwestern students this week will start writing an episode of the soap opera "All My Children." “What’s most exciting for...

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