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NIU theater camp makes superstars

By Deanna Frances | July 23, 2013

High school students from around the state invested a week at NIU to learn new acting skills.Theater students and alumni from NIU shared their knowledge with a younger generation at the Summer in the Arts program.The 95 high school performers rehearsed...

Amanda Long perfroms as Mrs. Bonner (left) in the dress rehearsal for Mrs. Packard at the Players Theatre in the Stevens Building Monday evening.

‘Mrs. Packard’ commemorates, appreciates women’s struggles

By Jessica Cabe | March 27, 2012

It is 1861. In Illinois men are legally able to have their wives institutionalized with no proof of insanity. Women have no right to property or children in the case of a divorce. Insanity can mean anything from being too chatty to voicing unpopular opinions....