Dramaturgy Note | I LOVE XXX
by Nanxi (Cecilia) Shao & Riley MacMoyle How devising as an ensemble has changed the way we view our world. Devise: to plan or invent by careful thought Working on…
Goodbye Brat Summer, Hello Election Autumn: Kamala Harris, Charli XCX, and EmStage’s POTUS
By Sam Evans If there’s one thing Gen Z loves, it’s memes. While Millennials popularized them and Gen X needs them to be explained, most Americans born from the late…
Fall 2024 Cast Lists
POTUS, OR BEHIND EVERY GREAT DUMBASS ARE SEVEN WOMEN TRYING TO KEEP HIM ALIVE By Selina FillingerDirected by Kate Cherry CAST LIST HARRIET: Ella HaggJEAN: Lulu RoyceSTEPHANIE: Grace Rogers DUSTY: Sydney Simanauer BERNADETTE:…
Q&A with the Playwright and Cast | SECOND STAR TO THE RIGHT
by Abby Lee, Dramaturg The Rod Parker Playwriting Fellowship is the first time for many students to directly engage with a new work in performance, and it’s the first time…
Interview with the Playwright and Director | 16 WINTERS
by Maddie Thorpe, Dramaturg I met with guest artists Mary Hamilton and Aneesha Kudtarkar to discuss 16 Winters, their collaboration, and working with the Emerson community. Here is a transcript…
A Mother’s Love and a Woman’s Life | A DOLL’S HOUSE
By Sam Evans A Doll’s House, originally written in 1879 by prolific Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, was inspired by the true story of his friend, Laura Kieler. Laura forged a…
Spring 2024 Cast Lists
16 WINTERS, OR THE BEAR’S TALE By Mary Elizabeth HamiltonDirected by Aneesha Kudtarkar CAST LIST HER – Madeline Carleton PAULY – Lara BrinkmanLEO – Frankie MendezPOL – James BrooksFLORY – John…
Interview with the Playwright | MASTODONS
by Sofia Lindgren Galloway “I think part of the excitement of being on stage is that you get to make impossible things happen.” Just after the new year, I was…
FACING THE MUSIC | BONNETS Dramaturgy Note
by Hannah Freeman, Dramaturg Bonnets: How Ladies of Good Breeding Are Induced to Murder invites you to to be transported to a world where the line between decency and depravity…