April 28-May 14, 2020
In-Home Entertainment Recommendations
We all love sitting down and watching Netflix while we’re stuck in our houses during quarantine, but what are some other fun things we can watch and play? In this Theatre & Arts section, we’ll give you suggestions for games to play, podcasts to listen to, and theatre to stream, as well as Netflix and Hulu recommendations.
Discord—Easy to use and visually pleasing, Discord is a messaging platform used by gamers and students alike. You can do group voice calls, start servers with people you know, stream people’s screens, and game together!
Podcast Recommendation: Wonderful!—Join Wonderful! hosts Griffin and Rachel McElroy as they talk about things that they find wonderful and explore what makes them so good. Available on Spotify and other platforms.
Streaming Recommendation: Booksmart—High school overachievers Molly and Amy realize on the eve of their graduation that being so dedicated to academics may have caused them to miss out on special teenage milestones. They decide to try and shove four years of parties into one night, and it proves to be the best and worst night of their lives. Available on Hulu.
Game Recommendation: Night in The Woods—College student Mae Borowski has dropped out and moved back home. Unfortunately, it does not seem to be the way she left it. Her town is changing, and her friends are transitioning into adulthood faster than she can catch up. As the autumn comes and the world grows darker, Mae has to figure out what her purpose in life is and what that means for her. Oh, and there’s something strange happening in the woods. Night in the Woods is available on Steam for $15.99 through May 2nd, and then for $19.99.
Theatre Recommendation: Stratford Festival—Though the Stratford Festival, a theatre festival that runs from April to October in Ontario, Canada, has been cancelled, they are still releasing Shakespeare plays digitally through their Stratford@Home initiative! Each production runs for three weeks. King Lear is currently streaming, with Coriolanus and Macbeth to follow.
—Cassidy MacArthur, Theater & Arts Editor