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Dramaturg’s Note | MARY, SWEET MARY
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Dramaturg’s Note | MARY, SWEET MARY

February 23, 2023March 13, 2023

by Dramaturg, Lara Brinkman Mary, Sweet Mary explores the power dynamics between royal and commoner in Elizabethan England. The play follows Queen Elizabeth I and explores her anxieties over her…

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MARY, SWEET MARY | Q&A with the Playwright
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MARY, SWEET MARY | Q&A with the Playwright

February 21, 2023February 22, 2023

by Dramaturg/Observing Director Lara Brinkman Mary, Sweet Mary is a new play written by Emerson senior Munroe Shearer. It tells the story of Queen Elizabeth I of England as she…

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Dramaturg’s Note | OLD JAKE’S SKIRTS
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Dramaturg’s Note | OLD JAKE’S SKIRTS

November 2, 2022

by Kayla Tomas “It’s about coming from a frame of reference that the idea of magic is possible: it’s a faster way to the heart.” – José Cruz González (Playwright)…

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A conversation with the playwright | OLD JAKE’S SKIRTS
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A conversation with the playwright | OLD JAKE’S SKIRTS

October 25, 2022October 25, 2022

by Kayla Tomas, Dramaturg Adapted from C. Anne Scott’s novel of the same name, Old Jake’s Skirts follows the journey of Old Jake, a hermit farmer, carving out a life…

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New Play Workshop | Director’s Note and Vision
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New Play Workshop | Director’s Note and Vision

March 31, 2020June 1, 2022

Directors’ notes traditionally welcome and orient an audience to the work that they are about to witness together. The goal of the note is often to begin forging a connection…

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Dramaturg’s Note for “Amanuensis, or The Miltons” by L M Feldman
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Dramaturg’s Note for “Amanuensis, or The Miltons” by L M Feldman

March 23, 2020June 1, 2022

By Henry Aceves, Production Dramaturg (NewFest New Play Workshop: Amanuensis, or The Miltons) Our playwright, L, describes Amanuensis, or The Miltons as “a tale, a grapple, a loosely-historically-based feminist fantasia.”…

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Downtown Theater in New York by Alison Qu
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Downtown Theater in New York by Alison Qu

November 13, 2019June 1, 2022

by Alison Qu, 10 Out of 12 Production Dramaturg 10 Out of 12 was born in 2015 at Soho Repertory Theater, a small theater located in the middle of what…

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SUMMER SPOTLIGHT: Alison (Yueming) Qu checks in from the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center

June 21, 2019June 1, 2022

My name is Alison (Yueming) Qu and I am a BFA Theater major in the Department of Performing Arts at Emerson College. This summer I am lucky enough to join…

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Q&A: Lisa D’Amour, Mad Moon Playwright

March 25, 2019June 1, 2022

Interview and article by James La Bella, Mad Moon Dramaturg   I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Lisa D’Amour, the playwright of Mad Moon, to chat a…

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      • The Wolves
      • The Spitfire Grill
      • Old Jake’s Skirts
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      • The Secret In The Wings
      • Mary, Sweet Mary
      • Newfest Short Works 2023
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      • Cabaret
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