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

The Daily Northwestern

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

The Daily Northwestern


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Students and faculty address lack of racial diversity in Northwestern theatre, discuss potential solutions to challenges

November 7, 2022

Communication junior Alondra Rios was worried about the audition process for Arts Alliance at Northwestern University’s production of “In the Heights.” As the production’s director, she feared...

Four people are spaced out on a dark stage with purple lighting. They each stare off into the distance. Two faces are projected onto long vertical screens hanging in the back.

‘Water by the Spoonful’ tells Pulitzer Prize-winning story about addiction, family

May 26, 2022

Content warning: This story contains mentions of PTSD and addiction. The Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts premieres a production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Water by...

Illustration with a box in the middle that says “The Weekend Ahead.” Colorful paint brushes, theatre masks, cameras, pencils and books fill the background, set against a pink backdrop.

The Weekend Ahead: Campus performances to catch for Week 9

May 26, 2022

If you’re looking for weekend plans, here are some student performances you won’t want to miss. Lipstick Theatre: She Believed She Could, So She Did Norris University Center Wildcat Room Saturday...

In “Water By The Spoonful,” characters in the internet chat room stand on separate platforms to represent their physical separation. The play, which deals with issues of drug addiction and death through this chat room setting and through a Puerto Rican-American family, opens Friday in McCormick Auditorium.

Themes of connection, empathy come to light through narratives of drug abuse in Spectrum’s winter play

February 16, 2017

Playwright Quiara Alegría Hudes’ play, “Water By The Spoonful,” deals with the topics of drug abuse and death through two interwoven perspectives: an online chat room for recovering crack addicts...

Off-Script: ‘Water By the Spoonful’ shows that art can be the best tool for expression

February 15, 2017

Art has the distinct capability of conveying and communicating emotions that we struggle to put into words. When words fail, there always seems to be a song, a movie, a painting or a photograph that manages...

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