NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS

For the second straight year, the NIU School of Theatre and Dance will host a live reading of works by Ukrainian playwrights to benefit the Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund.

“How to Talk to the Dead” is an event of the Ukrainian Play Reading Project, and will be held Sunday, April 2 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the O’Connell Theatre and in the NIU Stevens Building (200 University Circle, DeKalb), home of the NIU School of Theatre and Dance, and the performances will also be streamed live on Zoom.

Readings will be of current plays about wartime Ukraine from the Theatre of Playwrights in Kyiv.

There is no admission fee, but attendees can make a donation to the Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund at the door or at globalgiving.org/projects/ukraine-crisis-relief-fund.