A Pretty Crazy Ride

March 21, 2012

Patrick McDonald talks with us about the “pretty crazy ride” of writing and rehearsing his new play, Rough & Tumble, our 2012 NewFest production:

Plays

Theresa Rebeck’s “O Beautiful”: Why here? Why now?
September 29, 2015

By Elizabeth Gilchrist, production dramaturg In 2011, playwright Theresa Rebeck (creator of TV drama Smash; plays include Seminar and Omnium Gatherum) was commissioned by the theater department at University of…

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SHINSAI in the Making
March 19, 2012

by Katherine Charleton I graduated from Emerson last May with a degree in Arts Management, and moved to New York for a temporary gig as Press Coordinator at Lincoln Center…

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Behind the Scenes

INTERVIEWS WITH THE CAST | This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing
September 30, 2021June 1, 2022

Coordinated and Compiled by Emeline Shepard, Dramaturg (This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing) What was your favorite fairy tale as a kid?Alieyah Brown (Narrator): My favorite…

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Behind the Scenes | Dramaturgy | Plays

Dramaturg’s Note | THE SECRET IN THE WINGS
February 9, 2023

by Dramaturg and Assistant Director, Brenda Huggins While ancient mythology across cultures is rooted in history, nature, and religious practices, folk tales capture rituals and cultural values passed down through…

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Plays

Dramatizing Diabetes
January 18, 2012

By Melissa Jesser Sugar, Robbie McCauley’s one-woman show, opens Friday, January 20, at ArtsEmerson in the Jackie Liebergott Black Box. McCauley is an Obie-award winning playwright, performance artist and a…

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Plays

Some Famous Avian Flights and Failures: A Tour Through Some of the Most Colorful Adaptations of The Seagull
September 23, 2019June 1, 2022

By James La Bella (Dramaturg for Emerson Stage’s 2019 production of Stupid Fucking Bird) Initial critical disdain has been something of a badge of honor for The Seagull and its descendants…

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