Theatre

The Thanksgiving Play

A small group of abundantly earnest teaching artists devise a Thanksgiving pageant that attempts to celebrate both Turkey Day and Native American Heritage Month.

The Thanksgiving Play

A small group of abundantly earnest teaching artists devise a Thanksgiving pageant that attempts to celebrate both Turkey Day and Native American Heritage Month.

The show must go on: A. E. Hotchner Playwriting Festival continues on track for Fall 2020

Despite the closure of campus, the A. E. Hotchner Playwriting Competition & Festival will continue.

| Senior Cadenza Editor

‘A Day in the Life’ lives again

Missed your chance to see “A Day in the Life” at Wash. U.? Check out its second run this Sunday instead.

| Staff Writer

Best of the music of “Spring Awakening”

Washington University’s Performing Arts Department debuts its fall musical, “Spring Awakening,” this weekend in Edison Theatre on Friday, Oct. 25 at 8 p.m. With book and lyrics by Wash. U. […]

| Theater Editor

“As You Like It” preview

“All the world’s a stage / And all the men and women merely players.” That famous, ubiquitous line is from William Shakespeare’s pastoral comedy “As You Like It,” the final show in the Performing Art Department’s (PAD) series of performances this year.

Interview with the cast of ‘Camden and Lilly’

There will be no red carpet or paparazzi, but Washington University students have a rare opportunity to witness the world premiere of a play starting this Thursday, as “Camden and Lilly” opens at the A.E. Hotchner Theatre in Mallinckrodt Center.

| TV/Movie Editor

‘Rocky Horror’ to cause pandemonium in Village Black Box

“The Rocky Horror Picture Show” is a Halloween tradition. Every October, movie theaters, including our own Tivoli Theatre, host interactive showings. This year, student theater group Cast & Crew decided it was not content with seeing the show on screen and decided to put on the show itself. The show will premiere this weekend.

| Senior Cadenza Editor

A chat with director of ‘Eclipsed’ Andrea Urice

“Eclipsed,” a play about the effects of the Liberian civil war on five women, is playing this weekend at the Hotchner Studio Theatre. Student Life spoke with Andrea Urice, senior lecturer in drama, about the play and her process as a director. Student Life: Why are you a director? What continues to interest you in directing?

| Senior Scene Editor

Top WU playwrights on display

Washington University will host two theatrical productions in Mallinckrodt over the weekend.

| Theater Editor

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