The Best Job Ever
By Jason Allen-Forrest, Assistant to the Chair When Melia Bensussen and Rob Orchard met to discuss commissioning local playwrights for a short play festival as part of the Paramount’s opening…
Stardate 10/12/10
Howdy Partners! Today I am going to tell you about the magical world of the Shriner Fez. Thanks to Scott Pinkney, I have an actual Shriner hat to…
The Director’s POV: Bill Fennelly
By Bill Fennelly What a week! I am just back home in NYC after an incredible week at Emerson. Casting and Meetings, Meetings, Meetings: Design meetings, Creative Concept meetings, Casting…
State of the Season – Oct 8
By Tyler York It’s time for my weekly snapshot of the state of the Emerson Stage season. As I reported last week in my State of the Season post, we…
Be Our GuESt: Bill Fennelly
By Tyler York The production team of NINE is led by guest director, Bill Fennelly, who has been called “one of the nation’s hottest young stage directors.” When someone carries a…
A Dramaturg’s Note: BUD, NOT BUDDY
Greetings! My name is Janine Merolla and I am a second-year graduate student at Emerson. I am currently the dramaturg for Emerson Stage’s production of Bud, Not Buddy, scheduled to…
Stardate 10/5/10
By Richelle Devereaux-Murray Hello Everybodeeeee! (Picture Grover saying that, it makes more sense) Today is the first official day of four shows in the shop at the same time. It’s…
A Moment with our Chair, Melia Bensussen
By Melia Bensussen Am lecturing wonderful student actors on the history of the American theatre – did you know that in 1948 you could have seen Death of A Salesman, Oklahoma…