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The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

Theater

Lucas Lona holds “Techniques of Solomonic Magic” at the Malliway Bros. Shop in Rodgers Park on March 7, 2025. Lona says this is one of his favorite items in the store.

Sorcerer Lucas Lona summons a world of witchcraft

Linnea Cheng and Aleksa Kirkus April 28, 2025

The book-lined walls of Malliway Bros. Magic and Witchcraft lead directly to the register where Lucas Lona stands helping patrons and organizing inventory. Spellbooks, candles and crystals fill the shelves...

'Moulin Rouge: The Musical' review: Dance until you’re dead at Cadillac Palace

‘Moulin Rouge: The Musical’ review: Dance until you’re dead at Cadillac Palace

Finn Morse, Theater Beat Writer April 28, 2025

Musical theater is the most you’ll be immersed in any art form. Thanks to the variety of the music, complementary production design and emotional storytelling, you can feel any kind of emotion when watching...

Event host, Luna Eclipse, interviews Seana, a Chicago drag artist, during their performance at Purple Rain Extravaganza in Cortelou Commons on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. The event featured seven performances from local drag artists that discussed their relationship to gender.

Fraternity drag show a hit despite some negative feedback from alumni

Eva Strazek, Contributing Writer April 21, 2025

As Chicago drag king Peeper Johnson sprints down the alley between tables full of spectators, the brothers of Sigma Lambda Beta, clad in their letterman jackets, beam and cheer. Earlier this month,...

Cosplayers and attendees gather at McCormick Place for the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2) on Friday, April 11, 2025. Many different fanbases were represented, with costumers dressed in everything from "Marvel Rivals" to "Critical Role" characters.

Fandom springs into action this April at C2E2

Amber Corkey and April Klein April 21, 2025

Cosplayers and con-goers crowd the queue line in front of giant red letters reading “C2E2” in McCormick Place on April 11. X-Men Gambit and Rogue chat with a Jedi and a hobbit, Sonic the Hedgehog adjusts...

Jessica McKenna and Zach Reino of "Off Book" perform at Park West on Thursday, March 20, 2025. Reino and McKenna launched "Off Book: The Improvised Musical Podcast" in 2017 and now tour live shows.

‘The next note’: Off book at Park West

Annie Koziel, Asst. Copy Editor April 14, 2025

At a packed Park West in Lincoln Park on March 20, the room positively hums. Nearly every seat is full as attendees await an unconventional act: a fully improvised musical. As Zach Reino and Jessica McKenna...

DePaul students sit in the Student Center at the Lincoln Park campus on Thursday, Feb. 20th. Actress Marissa Bode was in attendance that evening to speak to students about her career and role in "Wicked."

‘Wicked’ star Marissa Bode enchants during visit to DePaul

April Klein, Asst. Arts & Life Editor March 3, 2025

A crowd of theater students and enthusiasts buzzed in DePaul’s Student Center in Lincoln Park on Feb. 20, 2025. Streaks of green and pink clothing stood out against the tan walls of the building with...

Esther Coltman and Sam Hussey reenact a scene from “Palm Springs” at a Directors For Actors (DFA) meeting on Feb 11, 2025. The DFA organization holds a weekly meeting every Tuesday night, in hopes of giving actors more freedom with the stories they are telling.

Talking about process with DePaul’s ‘Directors for Actors’

Alana Eve Schacher, Contributing Writer February 17, 2025

If you venture to the depths of the Daley Building downtown on Tuesday evenings, you’ll find DePaul’s Directors for Actors club rehearsing, just past the hall of film posters and inside the auditorium. The...

Tongue-Tied Tequila: 'Fool For Love' at the Steppenwolf Theater

Tongue-Tied Tequila: ‘Fool For Love’ at the Steppenwolf Theater

Finn Morse, Theater Beat Writer February 17, 2025

While a movie or photograph can be physically kept until the end of time, the experience of live theater can never be replicated. No matter the show, that performance you watch live will never be recreated...

A theatre school student signs a banner hung in the lobby of the school commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Goodman School of Drama on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. Notable alumni and supporters also signed the banner, including former DePaul President Dennis Holtschneider.

The Theatre School celebrates a century of drama at DePaul

Theresa Burchfield, Contributing Writer February 10, 2025

Dean Corrin, an associate dean at The Theatre School, has been teaching at the school for 32 years. “For a lot of us who have been here for a long time, in addition to the emotion and excitement of...

Comedian Demi Adejuyigbe performs his show "Demi Adejuyigbe Is Going To Do One (1) Backflip" at Color Club on Jan 19, 2025.

Indie music and performance unites Chicago at ‘Tomorrow Never Knows’

April Klein, Asst. Arts & Life Editor January 27, 2025

Moody shoegaze bands, plush monkeys strapped to remote controlled cars and countless raving college students — all of this and more invaded Chicago’s underground venues this weekend as a part of the...

Internet Personality Randy Rainbow speaks with Axios reporter Justin Kauffman at the Davis Theater on Oct. 16. Rainbow is on a tour for his new book "Low Hanging Fruit: Sparkling Whines, Champagne Problems and Pressing Issues from My Gay Agenda."

‘Light on the darkness’: Comedian Randy Rainbow talks political satire and musical theater at the Chicago Humanities Festival

Isabel Riley, Contributing Writer November 16, 2024

Parody music and political satire lovers gathered at the Harris Theater for the release of internet personality Randy Rainbow’s book “Low Hanging Fruit: Sparkling Whines, Champagne Problems and Pressing...

The Theatre School at DePaul University performs its play rendition of Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women" on Saturday, October 12, 2024, at The Merle Reskin Theatre.

‘Little Women’ at The Theatre School: The pressure and power behind a play adaptation

Sam Mroz, Contributing Writer November 8, 2024

Louisa May Alcott, an acclaimed American novelist and short story writer from the 19th century, published her coming of age novel “Little Women” in 1868. Following the lives of four sisters in Civil...

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