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

The Daily Northwestern


Many of the cast from the 1980 show (featured above) went on to create the Practical Theatre Company in Chicago.

The Mee-Ow Show’s semicentennial: Committing to the bit 50 years later

April 4, 2024

For Mee-Ow Comedy, Northwestern’s premier comedy group, committing to the bit can look like “yes, and…” improv, setting your crotch on fire or crashing a framed image and shattering the inset glass...

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News Quiz: March Madness, WAVE’s ‘Birthday Candles,’ NU acceptance rate, Studio 22 alum speaker

March 31, 2024
Try your hand at this week's news quiz to test your knowledge of Evanston and Northwestern headlines.
 “Birthday Candles” takes place over protagonist Ernestine’s birthdays from ages 17 to 107.

WAVE’s ‘Birthday Candles’ play creates rich emotional journey

March 28, 2024

The smell of vanilla wafts over the audience as Ernestine, played by Communication junior Rachel Rubin, makes a real golden butter cake throughout “Birthday Candles,” WAVE Productions’ spring play....

“Brokeback Mee-Owntain” was one of the two shows Mee-Ow staged this winter for its 50th anniversary.

Mee-Ow brings smiles, laughs to Shanley Pavilion in “Brokeback Mee-Owntain” show

February 26, 2024

Student-run comedy group Mee-Ow had audiences howling with laughter in “Brokeback Mee-Owntain,” a show full of cowboy hats, music and audience participation.  The group, which combines sketch comedy,...

The “How To Defend Yourself” cast. After starting over the summer, the actors will finally take the stage this weekend.

‘How To Defend Yourself’ explores empowerment in violent world with Spectrum Theatre Company

November 16, 2023

Content warning: This article contains discussion of rape, sexual assault and violence.  With boxing gloves hanging and Greek Life-aesthetic posters plastering the walls, Shanley Pavilion has transformed...

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