Department of Performance Studies

Committee hosts ‘Breathe-In,’ discusses concept of blackness

February 11, 2015

The Black People Making History Committee hosted “Breathe-In,” a teach-in Tuesday focused on the Black Lives Matter movement and blackness in America. Attendees crowded the McCormick Foundation Center...

Performance studies professor directs plays around the world

April 8, 2014

Since last July, performance studies Prof. Mary Zimmerman has slept in her apartment for a total of four weeks. Zimmerman (Communication '82, '85, '94), the Jaharis Family Foundation Chair in Performance...

Chicago hip hop artists ProbCause, Tree talk songwriting

November 14, 2013

Chicago hip-hop artists ProbCause and Tree came to Northwestern on Wednesday to share their passion for songwriting and discuss the city's rap scene. About 50 students and community members from the...

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