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Alexandra Pierson, Theater and Books Editor
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![Steinhardts Spring Awakening captures the issues that come with sexual oppression in the 1800s. The musical ran from March 30 to April 2.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/spring-awakening_courtesy-of-Alexandra-Guhde-900x596.jpg)
‘Spring Awakening’ Reveals Harmonies
Alexandra Pierson, Theater and Books Editor
• April 3, 2017
![NYU musical theatre enthusiasts enjoy the act of fellow student at this year’s Spring Welcome Week event.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/013017_broadway_AlliPierson-900x600.jpg)
Bright Lights and High Notes at NYU
Alexandra Pierson, Theater and Books Editor
• January 30, 2017
![NYU Creative Writing faculty member Jonathan Safran Foer performed a reading of “Here I Am” on Friday.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/foer_wikipedia.jpg)
“Here I Am” Is Here and Now
Alexandra Pierson, Theater and Books Editor
• December 5, 2016
![NYU students will find the setting of PHDeath especially relatable, it being the NYU campus.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/112116_phdeath-600x900.jpg)
‘PhDeath:’ The NYU Murder Mystery
Alexandra Pierson, Theater and Books Editor
• November 21, 2016
![Tell it Yourself: The Self-Publishing Revolution](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/person-woman-hand-relaxing-900x596.jpg)
Tell it Yourself: The Self-Publishing Revolution
Alexandra Pierson, Theater and Books Editor
• September 29, 2016
![Owen McCafferty’s “Quietly” has recently relocated from Dublin’s Abbey Theatre to New York’s Irish Repertory Theatre due to tremendous success, and will be running until September 25.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Quietly_Facebook-600x900.jpg)
‘Quietly’ Speaks Volumes About Terror
Alexandra Pierson, Theater & Books Editor
• September 6, 2016
![Start the Semester Off on the Write Foot](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/writing-the-essay_sarah-park-646x900.jpg)
Start the Semester Off on the Write Foot
Alexandra Pierson, Theater & Books Editor
• August 28, 2016
![A purple N.Y.U. flag hangs on a building.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/news-childaistudy-1200x800.jpg)
Yezen Saadah, Editor-in-Chief • July 9, 2024
![Students stream past the clay-colored main entrance of Bobst Library on a bright fall afternoon. The green scenery of Washington Square Park is reflected off the library’s windows.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/news-sustainability-900x600.jpg)
Julia Smerling, Photo Editor • June 18, 2024
![A woman with brown hair and a blue shirt.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/dopico.jpeg)
Yezen Saadah, Editor-in-Chief • June 18, 2024
![A woman dressed in red and holding a purple sign that reads NYU is Complicit in Genocide.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/RallyForHesen-3-1200x800.jpg)
Mikaylah Du, Under the Arch Editor • June 15, 2024