Zameen Cater

April 28, 2026 • By Like last semester’s “Pericles,” William Shakespeare’s “Richard III” is not one of his more performed plays. Nonetheless, Spike Tape continued its tradition of bringing underappreciated works to light in its premier production of “Richard III” from Friday, April 17 to Sunday, April 19 in WestCo Café. Director Sophie Brusini ’26 decided to take on the material from an ingenious angle and reimagine this bombastic anti-hero as a 1980s glam-rock superstar.

April 24, 2026 • By , When Dikshya Kuikel ’26 and Alanna Dwyer ’26 send out meeting information to the Wesleyan Book Club, they always sign off their emails with a link to their Goodreads profiles. It’s a small detail that demonstrates the casual yet highly devoted culture of the club. The Wesleyan Book Club was started by Alice Dauchez ’23, an English and math major. Kuikel met Dauchez their freshman year at the Involvement Fair and has carried on Dauchez’s project for the past four years.

April 24, 2026 • By , “Banana Fish” debuted at the ’92 Theater to thunderous applause, teary eyes, and a few rewatches of the 2018 anime on which it is based. Written by Lola Cortez ’26 and directed by Lucia D’Elia ’26, the original musical was a component of the former’s senior honors thesis in music.