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TWISQ Instagram page brings theater community together

April 23, 2020

Communication sophomore Sammi Tapper talks This Week In Student Quarantine (TWISQ), an Instagram account designed to preserve the spirit of Northwestern’s theater community during the remote quarter...

Sastoque: What the pandemic means for the arts

Sastoque: What the pandemic means for the arts

April 14, 2020

Mass event cancelation, public space closures, stay-at-home orders — this spring chimes in as a harsh reminder that the “normalcy” we establish for ourselves is never guaranteed. As everyone’s...

Two actors embrace while rehearsing for “Familiar.” The show, written by actor/playwright Danai Gurira, focuses on a family of Zimbabwean-Americans living in Minnesota.

NU prof puts on new Steppenwolf play tackling the “familiar” subject of family

November 14, 2018

When Celeste M. Cooper was in college, she was often the only person of color in her acting classes. Cooper said she would often step into roles typically played by white actors, or roles that didn’t...

Actors perform in “The Play That Goes Wrong.” Alums Jacqueline Jarrold and Ned Noyes are both starring in the national tour, which will be heading to Chicago’s Oriental Theatre from December 4 to December 16.

NU alumni star in the national tour of ‘The Play That Goes Wrong’

November 14, 2018

From falling props, forgotten lines and a dead corpse that can’t seem to stay dead, “The Play That Goes Wrong” is anything but a traditional play. “It’s sort of like if Monty Python and Sherlock...

A Climate Change Theatre Action event at The Box Collective in Brooklyn in 2015. CCTA at NU is one of more than 200 performances in a biennial global series aiming to provoke dialogue and action toward climate change.

Annual theater production tackling climate change issues arrives at Northwestern

October 18, 2017

To Communication senior Isadora Porte, theater can be more than just a performance — it can be a call to action, too. Porte and other Northwestern students will get together Sunday to present Climate...

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