Northeastern’s Department of Theatre addressed the “West Village Girls” of 13th-century Italy in its production of Chiara Atik’s “Poor Clare.” Directed by professor Melinda Lopez and running Feb. 18 to 22 in the Studio Theatre in Curry Student Center, the not-so-historical...

You probably encountered “The Odyssey,” “The Iliad” and other Greek mythology in middle school English class, but seldom do students learn about lesser-known characters like Penelope, wife of the hero Odysseus. At Lyric Stage, she was no longer a side character, but...