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Five actors performing a scene from “Mancub” on stage.

Wirtz’s ‘Mancub’ is funny, feral and a little adolescently confused

May 18, 2025

Adolescence is hard. Growing into adulthood is even harder — especially for the young protagonist in the Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts’ production of “Mancub.” The...

Three actors stand in a triangle onstage. The floor is littered with garbage and a backpack.

Alumni-written ‘Lobster’ evokes nostalgia for 1970s Manhattan and high school theatre

March 9, 2025

Content warning: This story contains a description of drug abuse. The curtain opened and closed on alumni play “Lobster” this weekend in the Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts,...

Many dancers' backlit silhouettes contrast against a red-lit backdrop.

NU’s Reflections Repertory Company performs debut ballet show ‘Sparks Fly’

February 17, 2025

Student dance group Reflections Repertory Company showcased the leaps and pirouettes of 17 dancers with its debut ballet show “Sparks Fly” on Friday and Saturday at The Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center...

Two people embrace as an actress on a couch watches from behind them.

Wirtz Center’s Student Performance Project ‘No Exit’ gives depressing but enthralling look at hell

February 17, 2025

Ask yourself this question: “If hell is being stuck in one room for the rest of your life, then would you even want to be with other people?” The Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing...

A large group of people perform a choreographed dance move on stage in front of an orange curtain.

Graffoniks marks 10th anniversary with ‘Graffoniks is Out of This World’

January 27, 2025

Graffiti Dancers and TONIK Tap flexed their contemporary and tap muscles on Friday and Saturday during the 10th anniversary Graffoniks show, “Graffoniks is Out of This World.”  Together, the two...

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