As part of the Chicago International Film Festival, alumni Alexander Phillips’ film ALL JACKED UP AND FULL OF WORMS is showing at Chicago’s Music Box Friday, October 21st at 9:30 PM. After the show, there will be a celebratory party in the attached Music Box Lounge and Garden. Alexander's movie was awarded the Special Jury
WRITTEN BY Jennifer Rumberger DIRECTED BY ensemble member John Gawlik DATES: OCTOBER 23 - NOVEMBER 19 THURSDAY-SATURDAY 7:30 PM SUNDAY 3:00 PM SYNOPSIS When a serial killer frightens Ella’s small hometown of Vero Beach, Florida, she’s called down from FBI headquarters in Washington D.C. to come help. At home, she’s confronted by the life she left behind: her struggling family
Please join us for a Q&A with the Founding Artistic Directors of UNIVERSES: Steven Sapp and Mildred Ruiz-Sapp Moderated by Nijae Draine Thursday, October 27th from 9 AM – 11 AM in AMS 109 Now in their 26th year, UNIVERSES is a National Theater Company of color dedicated to the creation, development, production, touring, community engagement
THE YEAR BETWEEN follows college sophomore Clemence Miller, who is diagnosed with bipolar disorder and forced to return home to her sleepy Illinois suburb after suffering a mental breakdown. Alex Heller’s upcoming work includes her first feature film, “The Year Between,” a comedy about bipolar disorder. The film is produced by Level Forward and wrapped production in November
In this session, writer Zayd Dohrn and producer and NU alumnus Misha Euceph talk about the award-winning podcast “Mother Country Radicals,” the challenges and possibilities of podcasting for storytelling and activism, and the current state of the podcasting industry. The conversation will be moderated by Sarah Geis. Zayd Dohrn is a playwright, professor, and director
I BLAME SOCIETY (2020 - 85 min) SCREENING with Writer/Director/Actor Gillian Horvat IN PERSON with Q&A to follow TUESDAY NOVEMBER 1ST at 7pm Forum Room in the University Library Presented by Dept. of Radio-TV-Film Acting for Screen Module In Writer/Director/Star Gillian Horvat's viciously satirical first feature, lines between art and real life
What are the challenges in making personal documentaries, this most intimate form of storytelling? How much do you reveal? And how do you transcend the personal to open up the story for others? The speakers on this panel have all wrestled with these questions. Northwestern University professor and playwright Zayd Ayers Dohrn spent his childhood underground because
In hybrid format, join us for a lively conversation with Melissa Villaseñor about the relationship between comedy and mental health. Melissa Villaseñor is a stand-up comedian, actress, and impressionist who broke barriers by becoming the first-ever Latina cast member of Saturday Night Live. Melissa has voiced characters for Toy Story 4, Wreck It Ralph 2, Cartoon
After completing the development workshop, our alumni Patrick Vermillion created a piece titled The Teddies, which ready to share, showcasing a variety of talent including acting alumni Mickey Jordan and directing alumni Hamid Dehghani. Here's a brief plot description: "In the era of post-covid anxiety, a gym and its patrons are haunted by the ghosts of
A new play by Sofya Levitsky-Weitz Directed by Halena Kays At 17, Meril and Jean are best friends who can finish each other’s sentences. At 27 they are struggling to reconnect and make sense of their shared past. Moving fluidly across a decade of change, growth, divergent choices, immense love and deep hurt, playwright Sofya
