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Dramaturgy Note | I LOVE XXX
Devising | Dramaturgy

Dramaturgy Note | I LOVE XXX

January 27, 2025January 31, 2025

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…

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Goodbye Brat Summer, Hello Election Autumn: Kamala Harris, Charli XCX, and EmStage’s POTUS
Dramaturgy | Plays

Goodbye Brat Summer, Hello Election Autumn: Kamala Harris, Charli XCX, and EmStage’s POTUS

September 18, 2024September 18, 2024

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…

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Q&A with the Playwright and Cast | SECOND STAR TO THE RIGHT
Behind the Scenes | Dramaturgy | New Works | Plays | Playwriting | The Company

Q&A with the Playwright and Cast | SECOND STAR TO THE RIGHT

March 12, 2024March 12, 2024

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…

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Interview with the Playwright and Director | 16 WINTERS
Behind the Scenes | Dramaturgy | New Works | Plays | Playwriting

Interview with the Playwright and Director | 16 WINTERS

February 21, 2024February 21, 2024

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…

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A Mother’s Love and a Woman’s Life | A DOLL’S HOUSE
Dramaturgy | Plays

A Mother’s Love and a Woman’s Life | A DOLL’S HOUSE

February 5, 2024February 5, 2024

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…

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Interview with the Playwright | MASTODONS
Dramaturgy | Plays | Playwriting

Interview with the Playwright | MASTODONS

January 16, 2024January 16, 2024

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…

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FACING THE MUSIC | BONNETS Dramaturgy Note
Dramaturgy | Plays

FACING THE MUSIC | BONNETS Dramaturgy Note

November 8, 2023November 8, 2023

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…

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Bonnets & Punk
Behind the Scenes | Dramaturgy | Plays

Bonnets & Punk

November 1, 2023October 26, 2023

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…

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The Joy of the Hip-Hop Movement | HOW WE GOT ON Dramaturg’s Note
Behind the Scenes | Dramaturgy | Plays

The Joy of the Hip-Hop Movement | HOW WE GOT ON Dramaturg’s Note

October 4, 2023October 4, 2023

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…

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  • About
  • Blog
  • Upcoming Season
    • 2025-2026 Season
  • Past Seasons
    • 2024-2025 Season
      • POTUS, Or Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive
      • IMOGEN SAYS NOTHING
      • THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
      • AMOUR
      • I LOVE XXX
      • LIMBER, A LOVE STORY
      • NewFest Short Works 2025
      • RED WOLF
      • HEAD OVER HEELS
    • 2023-2024 Season
      • LITTLE WOMEN
      • HOW WE GOT ON
      • BONNETS: How Ladies of Good Breeding are Induced to Murder
      • BAT BOY: The Musical
      • THE IMPRACTICALITY OF MODERN-DAY MASTODONS
      • A DOLL’S HOUSE
      • 16 WINTERS, Or The Bear’s Tale
      • NewFest Short Works 2024
      • SECOND STAR TO THE RIGHT
      • NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812
    • 2022-2023 Season
      • THE WOLVES
      • THE SPITFIRE GRILL
      • OLD JAKE’S SKIRTS
      • ARE YOU SOMEONE TO SOMEBODY?
      • PARIS
      • THE SECRET IN THE WINGS
      • MARY, SWEET MARY Or The Final Tragedy of Christopher Marlowe
      • NewFest Short Works 2023
      • THE LOYALS
      • CABARET
    • 2021-2022 Season
      • THE LATE WEDDING
      • THIS GIRL LAUGHS, THIS GIRL CRIES, THIS GIRL DOES NOTHING
      • BALTIMORE
      • MARIE ANTIONETTE
      • NEXT TO NORMAL
      • AS YOU LIKE IT
      • RAGE
      • THREE ROMANCES FOR THE UNWELL AND OTHERWISE
      • NewFest Short Works 2022
      • INTO THE WOODS
    • 2020-2021 Season
    • 2019-2020 Season
    • 2018-2019 Season
    • 2017-2018 Season
    • 2016-2017 Season
  • Contact
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