A&E Most interpretations of Shakespeare’s tragedy “Othello" center the perspectives of men like Iago or Othello himself, but a Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts Student Theatre & Performance...

When first-year MFA directing student Manna-Symone Middlebrooks was asked to pitch and direct a play for the Wirtz Center, she chose a play about Black love, intergenerational pain and Black joy. “The...

Four years ago, Communication student Carter Liebman came to the Northwestern theatre department with aspirations of working as a lighting designer professionally. He worked on student-run productions...

After reading all of Sarah Ruhl’s plays, director and MFA Communication second year Hamid Dehghani was drawn to “Eurydice,” a play centered around memory. “Most people are dealing with something...

As Northwestern University celebrates 150 years of women on campus, the Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts looks forward to exploring femininity and gender roles in an electrifying...