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:

Behind the Scenes | Plays

MEN ON BOATS | Land Acknowledgment Resources

September 24, 2020June 1, 2022

Compiled by Lucy Kania, Assistant Director DunnI wonder if the government will sanction this land once our expedition is over. PowellIt all comes down to how dangerous it is to…

Behind the Scenes | Theatre Design and Technology

Q&A with Catriona Morris, Costume Designer for Stupid F##king Bird

September 9, 2019June 1, 2022

Catriona Morris is a Costume Designer, Cosplayer, and Hair/Makeup Artist from Sudbury, Massachusetts. Her work includes Burlesque and Drag as well as Theatre, and she enjoys switching roles to perform…

Behind the Scenes

When an Actor Becomes a Designer by Brenna Epstein

November 22, 2019

By Brenna Epstein (Assistant Costume Designer, 10 Out of 12) Can you imagine a world where every day feels like a tech rehearsal? I can. I’ve been living in it…

Behind the Scenes | New Works | Plays | Playwriting | The Company

An Interview with Brazen Playwrights

January 26, 2018

BE BOLD, BE BRAZEN: An Interview with Melia Bensussen, Brazen Director and Playwright, and Masha Obolensky, Playwright The director and playwright of Brazen, Melia Bensussen and her co-playwright, Masha Obolensky have…

Behind the Scenes | New Works | Plays | Playwriting | The Company

Q&A with James La Bella, Fine China Nightmare Playwright

March 13, 2019

Emerson Stage’s Newfest Readings and Shorts begin next Tuesday, March 19, with a reading of James La Bella’s Fine China Nightmare. I reached out to La Bella, BFA ‘20,…

Plays

THE LOVE OF THE NIGHTINGALE: speechlessness in the literal, figurative, and historical sense

September 24, 2013

By Jamie Hovis Timberlake Wertenbaker’s The Love of the Nightingale is a modern adaptation of the Greek myth of Philomele as told in Sophocles’ Tereus and Ovid’s Metamorphoses. The story follows two sisters, Athenian princesses, Procne and…

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