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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


Three people wearing suits are seen from the chest up, with the person in the middle mouth open, singing.

Jewish Theatre Ensemble’s “Spring Awakening” production explores generational knowledge and sexuality, imagines a better world

May 26, 2022

Jewish Theatre Ensemble’s productions of “Spring Awakening” will take the Shanley Pavilion stage this Friday and Saturday. The show explores the consequences of an adult society that fails...

Illustration with a box in the middle that says “The Weekend Ahead.” Colorful paint brushes, theatre masks, cameras, pencils and books fill the background, set against a pink backdrop.

The Weekend Ahead: Campus performances to catch for Week 9

May 26, 2022

If you’re looking for weekend plans, here are some student performances you won’t want to miss. Lipstick Theatre: She Believed She Could, So She Did Norris University Center Wildcat Room Saturday...

Two actors perform in a rehearsal for an adaptation of “Spring Awakening.” The show will open at the Hal and Martha Hyer Wallis Theater on Friday.

MFA student adapts German play about adolescence, generational conflict

May 25, 2018

A&E When MFA student Alex Mallory decided she wanted to bring German play “Spring Awakening” to Northwestern, she read through several English translations before deciding none of...

Communication seniors Khari Shelton and Janice Theard perform the Jan. 16 episode of “Black Friday.” The pair began the weekly YouTube series after working on a show together during Fall Quarter.

Theater students share humor in web series

February 25, 2015

A&E Move over, Jenna Marbles — two Communication seniors are putting their hilarious friendship on screen in the YouTube web series "Black Friday." Janice Theard and Khari Shelton both appeared...

Alex Nee as Johnny in "American Idiot."

Boulevard of Broadway Dreams: Northwestern senior takes the stage in ‘American Idiot’

October 11, 2012

About a month before what would have been the first day of his senior year at Northwestern, Alex Nee stood on a dark stage in Charleston, S.C., black nail polish and guyliner applied. Homework was the...

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