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…
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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…
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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…
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Middletown Gazette: local mystery solved!
This morning, we received another delivery from the Middletown Gazette! Read all about the local mystery, recently solved. Missing Library Book…Returned! There’s been something causing quite a stir at the…
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Frequently Asked Audition Questions
We regularly run a list of Frequently Asked Questions with Emerson Stage’s audition calls. We figured it was a good idea to list your most frequently frequent asked questions here,…
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Fefu and Her Friends dramaturgy open discussion thread
Hello! You may have noticed this mannequin on display in the Iwasaki Library this week. It’s part of the dramaturgy for Emerson Stage’s production of Fefu and Her Friends, which will…
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Occupy Arkady Estate!
By Dennis Connors In September 2011, a movement sprung up in New York City that shook the political discourse in the United States. This movement quickly spread to different cities…
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Name Your Nihilist
Last week, our e-newsletter asked people a simple question: Who’s your favorite nihilist? The question might seem like a strange one to the uninformed, but if you’ve been reading in…
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In Defense of Piotr: Why this 19th-Century Hipster is My Favorite Character in “Fathers and Sons”
By Robin Goldberg, production dramaturg If you were an inhabitant or member of the staff at the Kirsanov manor, hearing the master of the house, Nikolai, yelling for Piotr would…