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

The Daily Northwestern


Communication senior Sharon Wei performs in “This is Not a True Story.” The play, written by Communication junior Preston Choi, features an all-female Asian cast.

Vertigo Productions play to feature all-Asian, female cast

April 13, 2017

As Hollywood continues to face criticism for using white women to play Asian roles, a group of Northwestern students will put on a play featuring an all-Asian, female cast this week. Vertigo Productions...

Kathryn Hahn (Communication ’95) and co-star Griffin Dunne star in the Amazon series “I Love Dick.” The show’s screenplay is written by Sarah Gubbins (Communication ’97, ’08).

Alumnae Kathryn Hahn and Sarah Gubbins explore the explosion of female desire in new Amazon series

November 3, 2016

A&E Chris Kraus loves Dick. Kraus, portrayed by Kathryn Hahn (Communication ’95), is the lead character in the epistolary novel-turned-TV series “I Love Dick,” adapted and written by Sarah...

Vertigo Productions’ fall mainstage production opens Thursday night in Shanley Pavilion. “The Queens” features two actresses portraying a pair of lionesses trapped in a cage and left to starve.

Upcoming Vertigo production deals with issues of mortality

October 26, 2016

A&E Shanley Pavilion will transform into a zoo cage this weekend, where two trapped lionesses will face their looming mortality. “The Queens,” an original play written by Communication senior...

Two performers practice a scene in the new play “Strangers of Intimacy.” The play is being produced by Vertigo Productions, a theater company that exclusively presents student works.

Student-written play focuses on relationships, different forms of intimacy

April 20, 2016

A&E Communication senior Marion Hill decided to explore the nature of relationships, such as those between exes, in a play she wrote that premieres this weekend at Shanley Pavilion. “Strangers...

[Insert Musical Here] enables writers to see their works in action

October 1, 2015

A new collaboration between The Dolphin Show and Vertigo Productions will give student writers the opportunity to workshop their musicals. [Insert Musical Here] will allow writers to develop their skills...

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