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

The Daily Northwestern
Donate
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

A man wearing a white ribbed sweater, black glasses and a black bowler hat sits in a chair in front of a red velvet curtain. To his left, there is a painting of a large white house with a big tree next to it and several people scattered on the lawn.

Local arts collective aims to bring community together through performances

March 2, 2021

The Evanston Performing Arts Collective is the latest arts initiative to rethink how local groups can continue to share stories in a pandemic. The collective moved their work online to bring joy to the...

Actors rehearse for the Women’s Empowerment Play Festival. The festival will run from May 11 through May 25.

Women’s Empowerment Play Festival to premiere in Evanston

May 8, 2019

This story contains mentions of sexual assault. As conversations surrounding women’s rights continue to saturate the media, such as the #MeToo movement and national marches, a local theater company...

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...

Cast members of Evanston’s 2nd Act Players prepare for their production of “Remembrance.” The play, which explores how people remember dead loved ones, will be performed with changes since the last performance at the Winnetka Community House.

2nd Act Players debut revised version of “Remembrance”

January 27, 2016

A&E Major celebrities and historical figures may be remembered forever, but ArLynn Leiber Presser’s play “Remembrance” explores what happens to everyday people once there is no one left on...

Cast members Gina Palmer, Bryan Jansyn, Bailey Lawrence and John Frank (Medill ’76) rehearse a scene from “Boys in the Basement.” The show, put on by the 2nd Act Players, opens on Nov. 6 at the Noyes Cultural Arts Center.

Local theater group to premiere play on divorce

November 4, 2015

A&E John Frank (Medill ’76) wrote a play exploring divorce from the perspective of men after having his own experience with it. A new Evanston theater group, 2nd Act Players, will premiere...

Load More Stories
Menu
Activate Search
Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881
John Frank