On Friday, Feb. 21, WashU’s Performing Arts Department (PAD) opened its production of “The Wolves,” a Pulitzer-nominated play by American playwright Sarah DeLappe, at Edison Theater. Directed by PAD professor Annamaria Pileggi, “The Wolves” is a dive into adolescence that dares the audience to look away. 

Over the past two years, three Master of Fine Art (MFA) in Dance students poured their hearts and souls into choreographing and bringing their artistic visions to life. Finally, on March 22 and 23, their dedication culminated in a mesmerizing performance at Edison Theater for the seventh annual MFA Student Dance Concert.

Melding tragedy, comedy, and romance into one, “The Winter’s Tale” is the story of a king mad with envy that escalates until the queen’s statue comes to life. The students take center stage, and it is their interpretation of the characters and their mastery of emotions that ultimately reveals the weight and nuance of forgiveness. 

Many student dance groups have reported difficulties practicing for upcoming shows and festivals as a shortage of practice space on campus persists.

The Student Life arts and entertainment editors explain how they are covering the return to in-person events this semester.

Within their Zoom boxes, actors convey their characters, often brilliantly, through their voice, facial expressions and a few gestures that can be seen from the chest up. 

The PAD is not just looking to the past and present; they are also attempting to find a footing in this brave new world.

“Men on Boats” doesn’t have men or boats, but have dynamic characters and clever set design.

“Men on Boats” takes a unique look on the age of American Western exploration by refusing to cast cisgender white men.

The Performing Arts Department’s series of plays from all-female playwrights continues Nov. 21 with the opening of “for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf,” the 1975 choreopoem by Ntozake Shange.