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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


Actors wearing blue jackets talk and face each other.

Mee-Ow Show kills with ‘Knives Mee-Owt’

March 3, 2025

Before the quarter’s final Mee-Ow Show Saturday, Communication senior and co-Director Brenden Dahl warned audience members sitting on the Shanley Pavilion floor that they were in a “splash zone.”  “Knives...

Two people stand onstage under purple lighting.

Purple Crayon Players’ ‘Frog and Toad’ promises to be a ribbiting good time

February 19, 2025

Purple Crayon Players hops onto the Northwestern stage once again to produce theatre for young audiences with its sold-out show “A Year with Frog and Toad” this weekend. The musical is based on the...

Four student actors sit in chairs positioned to look like a makeshift car and read the play off of their scripts.

Annual Vertigo Productions series showcases three student-written plays

February 11, 2025

Three student playwrights will have the chance to spotlight their scripts at Vertigo Productions’ annual Winter Reading Series this weekend.  The Winter Reading Series features minimal tech in each...

Performers stand in a line onstage.

Mee-Ow Show returns with wild ride on ‘The Mee-Owgic School Bus’

January 30, 2025

Mee-Ow, Northwestern’s longest-running student comedy and improv group, returns with “The Mee-Owgic School Bus” this weekend at Shanley Pavilion. While preparing for the annual Mee-Ow Show, Communication...

Vocalist Piper Fishkind and guitarist Sam Marshall rock out in The Mee-Ow Band’s Dillo Day performance.

The Mee-Ow Band twists, shouts and shines

January 15, 2025

Northwestern’s longest-running student improv comedy show, the Mee-Ow Show, has always been about more than just comedy. It relies on a format that is one-third sketch, one-third improv and one-third...

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