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Vertigo Productions’ “Blood Pact,” which played in Shanley on Friday and Saturday, highlights the anger and arguments of girlhood.

Friendship bracelets and murder: ‘Blood Pact’ weaves anger, pain of girlhood

November 5, 2023

Content warning: This story contains mention of sexual assault. Forget summer camps and tie-dye T-shirts. Vertigo Productions’ “Blood Pact” points a lens on the darker aspects of girlhood, where...

Students perform in the 76th Annual Dolphin Show, “Ragtime.” The Dolphin Show and other theatre groups are still planning shows for the 2020-21 academic year, even if they’re forced to perform remotely.

The show must go on: Theatre groups reimagine shows for virtual stage

August 16, 2020

Under normal circumstances, theatre is one of the most vibrant ways to spend your evenings at Northwestern. Whether you’re part of a production or watching from the audience, there’s a show to be engaged...

Diane Davis (Communication ‘00) and Chris Stack (right) perform a scene from the Goodman Theatre’s upcoming production of “The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window,” featuring costumes designed by Alison Siple (Communication ‘98). Siple has worked on more than 70 productions in Chicago and across the U.S.

Northwestern alumna designs costumes fostered by imagination, big ideas

May 4, 2016

A&E Alison Siple (Communication ‘98) graduated from Northwestern without ever taking a costume design class. Eighteen years later and with more than 70 productions across the U.S. in which she’s...

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