Morgan McMillin (BFA ’23, Musical Theatre) is spending part of her summer in the ensemble of The Producers at the Firehouse Center for the Arts in Newburyport, Massachusetts (performances June…
In the first volume of The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy gets caught up in an unknown world and needs to find her way back home. This trajectory takes her on…
Dramaturg’s Note by Ciara Berardi (Dramaturg, Into the Woods) James Lapine (book) and Stephen Sondheim (music and lyrics) started developing Into the Woods in the 1980s by drawing plot lines…
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…
An interview with the playwright of Three Romances for the Unwell and Otherwise, Elena Freck. Conducted by Victoria Isotti, Dramaturg. Victoria Isotti: What initially drew you to the story of…
A conversation with Greg T. Nanni, playwright of Emerson Stage’s production of RAGE and Emerson student Sabrina Sexauer.
By Michelle “Shell” Garcia, Production Dramaturg Eddie DeHais opened the December 13th workshop of their adaptation of Shakespeare’s As You Like It by stating that the original Globe Theater neighbored,…
Thank you to everyone who auditioned for NewFest: Three Romances for the Unwell and Otherwise, NewFest New Play Workshop: RAGE, NewFest Short Works (NFSW), and Into the Woods. We are…
By Michelle Shapiro, Dramaturg When Next to Normal opened off-Broadway at the Second Stage Theatre in 2008, it received mixed reviews. Within these reviews, there was at least one that…