“Bug” tackles tough topics

ERIN FLOM Guest Writer Scared of bugs? Then get ready to be frightened by the events of “Bug,” Pacific Lutheran University’s second-to-last play for this year’s theater season, opening April 17. “This...

DANCE 2015: Diverse steps, stories

BROOKE THAMES A&E Writer DANCE 2015 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 10 Saturday, April 11 Karen Hille Phillips Center $8 General admission $3 Students UPDATE, APRIL 11, 2015: A previous version of this story mistakenly reported the dates of the Dance 2015...

Canine sees divine

ERIN FLOM Guest Writer Ever wondered what happened to Charlie Brown and friends when they grew up? The play “Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead” finds the famous Peanuts...

Bringing the 80s back to PLU

BROOKE THAMES A&E Writer Steel Magnolias Karen Hille Phillips Studio Theatre (Black Box) 7:30 p.m. March 6, 7, 13 and 14 2 p.m. March 15 This week, the Pacific Lutheran University theatre department debuts its...

PLU Education Sets the Stage

By Eddie McCoven, Guest Writer ACT 1 Theatre Productions is currently putting on performances of “The Last Five Years.” What’s unique about this production is not just the giddy music that...

Charlotte saves the children

By Erin Flom, Guest Writer In the 1970s, Pacific Lutheran University had a prominent children’s theater. Senior Mitchell Helton is hoping to bring it back this year with a production...

Vagina Voices: Auditions for ‘Monologues’ begin

Michael Diambri, A&E Writer Most people don’t go around talking about vaginas. The Women’s Center at Pacific Lutheran University is putting on a production that does just that — “The Vagina...

NOMT 2014: Student-produced musical revue brightens three nights

Michael Diambri, A&E Writer Pacific Lutheran University’s Night of Musical Theatre (NOMT) is a student-run and -produced program that gives students opportunities to show off theatre skills they’ve developed. Under the...

REVIEW: ‘The Boys Next Door’ opens hearts, minds, and doors

“The Boys Next Door” was, in the words of the show’s main character, “either the saddest place I have ever been, or the happiest.” Associate professor of Theatre Jeffrey Clapp...

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