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…
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…
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…
Bonnets & Punk
by Hannah Freeman, Dramaturg Jen Silverman’s Bonnets: How Ladies of Good Breeding Are Induced to Murder invites you to to be transported to a world where the line between decency…
The Joy of the Hip-Hop Movement | HOW WE GOT ON Dramaturg’s Note
by Amanda Boldt, Dramaturg August, 1973. The Bronx. A neighborhood party that led to the birth of Hip-Hop. After his sister, Cindy Campbell, gathered the community for a Back to…