A writer’s room as large as the Waa-Mu Show’s student team comes with benefits and drawbacks. For one, there is an almost boundless well of ideas to work with. However, having too many hands on the pen can (and usually does) make a show incohesive. “Taken Away: A Musical Trilogy” seems to be the team’s.
Tackling girlhood, teenage years and turning into an old lady can be tricky. Communication junior Grace Valaskovic chose to examine these themes in her coming-of-age rock concert, “Dissonance,” which premieres after Thanksgiving. The band is made up of a small group of students who auditioned at the beginning of the year, including Valaskovic, who plays.
Content warning: This story contains mention of sexual assault. Forget summer camps and tie-dye T-shirts. Vertigo Productions’ “Blood Pact” points a lens on the darker aspects of girlhood, where friendship bracelets are weaved with anger and dyed with blood. Written by Communication senior Frances Mary McKittrick, “Blood Pact” explores the reality of a girlhood filled.