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…
Dramaturg’s Note | LITTLE WOMEN
by Grace Elphinstone, Dramaturg “The rose would wilt if she gave it the care of another flower, and the violet too. One isn’t better than the other. They just need…
“Jo, Tell it Again”
Little Women’s Resilient Characters Never Grow Old By Grace Elphinstone, Dramaturg “Even if the world had split apart – that little girl and her monster: together, they felt whole.” – Jo…