Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts

Communication sophomore Jay Towns rehearses “Winnie-the-Pooh.” Presented by Imagine U, the show opens this Friday at the Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts and will run through Nov. 17.

Imagine U brings ‘Winnie-the-Pooh’ to life

October 30, 2019

Award-winning songwriter Lindy Robbins joins Johnny Mercer Foundation Songwriters Project

May 23, 2019

Songwriter Lindy Robbins was named a master teacher for the Johnny Mercer Foundation Songwriters Project, a summer mentorship program at Northwestern’s Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts. The Songwriters...

Abbott Hall on Northwestern’s Chicago campus. The downtown space will house a new center for graduate theater programs, including the MFA in acting that is planned to be in place by 2019.

School of Communication to create master’s program in acting

October 22, 2017

Left to right: Communication freshman Clare McLaughlin, Bienen freshman Morgan Mastrangelo and McCormick sophomore David Gilbert rehearse for an upcoming production of “tick, tick … BOOM!” The musical, which will be performed this weekend, explores the idea of striving for success.

Rock musical explores expectations of success

April 26, 2017

Communication sophomore Ziare Paul-Emile performs “Don’t Touch My Hair” by Solange. The event on Monday was the beginning of the “college takeover” initiative of the “Black Lives, Black Words” international festival.

Students celebrate black art, community through 10-minute play festival

March 2, 2017

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