Journey to the Jungle
Last week we welcomed the twenty-first annual NewFest production to the stage with the black comedy, Rough & Tumble, by Patrick McDonald. Patrick is the recipient of the 2012 Rod…
The Music of Café Variations – Gershwin’s Music
by Magda Romanska As a child, George Gershwin would constantly get in trouble, well on his way to become a juvenile delinquent. It was sheer luck that saved him when…
They meet, they flirt, they fight and break up…
By Sarah Weintraub As a photographer, I envy those artists who can go to cafés and sit with their tea or coffee for hours, finding key strokes or lines on…
A Comedic Journey to the Amazon Begins Tonight
The long anticipated NewFest 2012 production of Rough & Tumble is opening today! The first performance of Rough & Tumble will be held tonight at 8:00 pm in the Jackie…
A Pretty Crazy Ride
Patrick McDonald talks with us about the “pretty crazy ride” of writing and rehearsing his new play, Rough & Tumble, our 2012 NewFest production:
SHINSAI in the Making
by Katherine Charleton I graduated from Emerson last May with a degree in Arts Management, and moved to New York for a temporary gig as Press Coordinator at Lincoln Center…
A Stroll Down Memory Lane
Late last month we presented Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, a powerful chronicle of the LA Riots that rattled the nation twenty years ago. Just last weekend we presented SHINSAI: Theaters…
The Making of an Antelope
Rough & Tumble, the play, follows the crew of Rough & Tumble, a survival television show on location in the Amazon, where you would expect to see and hear any number of…
The Connection
By Magda Romanska I am a dramaturg for the upcoming production of Café Variations, a collaboration between the SITI Company, ArtsEmerson, and Emerson Stage. I am also a faculty member…