Emerson Stage Opens Season with Caucasian Chalk Circle
Emerson Stage Opens 2016-2017 Season The Caucasian Chalk Circle By Bertolt Brecht Translated by Frank McGuinness Directed by Courtney O’Connor When a noblewoman abandons her son in the heat of…
We Are Pussy Riot: Context for This New Play
We Are Pussy Riot or (Everything Is P.R.), this year’s NewFest New Works Festival’s Workshop Production, opens on March 31 in the Greene Theater. We Are Pussy Riot is, in fact,…
KEEP SPEAKING LOUDLY: An Interview with “Lizzie Stranton” Playwright Lydia Diamond
In 2008, you set the play to be in the “future” of 2016. How do you think Lizzie’s world compares with the world today? I can’t get over how far…
Why “Lizzie Stranton” Shows the Best of Emerson
Hello Readers! See below for a take on Lizzie Stranton‘s applicability to our lives, written by Assistant Dramaturg Travis Amiel. Lizzie Stranton runs from February 4-7, so be sure to purchase…
Theresa Rebeck’s “O Beautiful”: Why here? Why now?
By Elizabeth Gilchrist, production dramaturg In 2011, playwright Theresa Rebeck (creator of TV drama Smash; plays include Seminar and Omnium Gatherum) was commissioned by the theater department at University of…
“Beautiful” thoughts: current events through Theresa Rebeck’s eyes
By Madeline Fabricant, Assistant Dramaturg O Beautiful Although the phrase “history repeats itself” may sound like rubbish, I am constantly amazed by how often it rings true. Theresa Rebeck’s play, O Beautiful,…
Uncommon Women, uncommonly excellent playlist
A few weeks ago, the EmStage twitter account was very excited to get the following message: We admit, it’s been a little more than a week — there was another whole…
Who says you can’t go home again?
Hey! How’s everyone doing? Here at Emerson Stage, we’re gearing up for two more shows in the next month — Brian Friel’s lovely, touching Dancing at Lughnasa, and Kander and Ebb’s razzle-dazzle The…
An introduction to Brian Friel
Dancing at Lughnasa is often referred to as Brian Friel’s masterpiece. Which is great — everyone should have a piece of work that’s their crowning achievement. But who is Brian Friel, and…