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Blogs about plays produced by Emerson Stage.

Dramaturg’s Note | THE SECRET IN THE WINGS
Behind the Scenes | Dramaturgy | Plays

Dramaturg’s Note | THE SECRET IN THE WINGS

February 9, 2023

by Dramaturg and Assistant Director, Brenda Huggins While ancient mythology across cultures is rooted in history, nature, and religious practices, folk tales capture rituals and cultural values passed down through…

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Exploring Fairy Tales Around the World
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Exploring Fairy Tales Around the World

February 8, 2023February 9, 2023

By Brenda Huggins, Dramaturg, “The Secret in the Wings” by Mary Zimmerman, Directed by Annie G Levy Originally devised by Mary Zimmerman and the Lookingglass Theater Company of Chicago in…

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Dramaturg’s Note | OLD JAKE’S SKIRTS
Dramaturgy | Plays | Playwriting | Theatre for Young Audiences

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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Q+A with the THE SPITFIRE GRILL company
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Q+A with the THE SPITFIRE GRILL company

October 3, 2022

by Ciara Berardi, Dramaturg Have you ever dreamed of a place where none of your fears and worries exist? Your own personal world in a town where everyone knows you?…

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Dramaturg’s Note | THE WOLVES
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Dramaturg’s Note | THE WOLVES

September 19, 2022September 29, 2022

Photo by Craig Bailey / Perspective Photo by Michael Pisaturo, Dramaturg While there is evidence of women playing field-like games akin to soccer as early as China’s Tsin Dynasty in…

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From THE WOLVES’ Dramaturg, Michael Pisaturo

September 15, 2022October 24, 2022

Wolves hunt in packs.And in every pack, there is an order.A system of intricate social dynamics.A defined hierarchy of power.In a pack, every member knows their place.And they know that above…

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SUMMER SPOTLIGHT: Production Stage Management in Rhode Island with Alex Tawid Di Maggio
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SUMMER SPOTLIGHT: Production Stage Management in Rhode Island with Alex Tawid Di Maggio

July 19, 2022July 19, 2022

Alex Tawid Di Maggio (BFA ’23, Stage and Production Management) is spending the summer in Providence, Rhode Island as the Production Stage Manager for La Mancha presented at Trinity Rep/Rhode…

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Dramaturgy Note Header - Schumann
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An Artist Inspired by Love: The Correlation Between Robert Schumann’s Music & His Life

March 17, 2022March 18, 2022

By Victoria Isotti, Dramaturg (Three Romances for the Unwell and Otherwise) Robert Schumann (June 8, 1910–July 29, 1856) is said to be one of the greatest Romantic composers of all…

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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
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