Dramaturgy Students Honored at 2017 KCACTF Conference
At this year’s Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (Region 1), recent Emerson alumni Kerri Killeen (’16) and Sam Buntich (’16) were winners in two categories for their work on…
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Senior’s Thesis Play Reflects on Boston Bombings
Re-posted from The Berkeley Beacon. Article by Natalie Busch, Beacon Correspondent On Patriots’ Day, three years after the Boston Marathon bombings, Emily White, a senior performing arts major and psychology…
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Beth Gilchrist Wins a Runner Up for the LMDA/KCACTF Student Dramaturgy Regional Award
Beth Gilchrist won a runner up for the LMDA/KCACTF Student Dramaturgy Regional Award for her work on Theresa Rebeck’s O Beautiful. The show was directed by Benny Sato Ambush. Beth’s work was…
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Hanife Shulte Awarded a German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Research Grant
Hanife Schulte was awarded a German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Research Grant for travel to Berlin to research her master’s thesis. In addition, a paper she wrote has been accepted for…
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Dramaturgy and Grantwriting – Report from the Field by Melanie Guthrey, ‘09
Melanie Grace Guthrey is the Operations Manager at PMG Arts Management in Durham, NC. She is a former Executive Director for Etowah Arts Commission in Etowah, TN and was a…
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Emily White Wins the LMDA/KCACTF Student Dramaturgy Regional Award
Emily White won both the LMDA/KCACTF Student Dramaturgy Regional Award and ATHE/KCACTF Program Note Regional Award for her dramaturgical work on the Emerson Stage production of Middletown, directed by Sarah Hickler. Emily will be going…
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Robin Goldberg wins The Rod Parker Playwriting Award for her play: “On my Honor”
CONGRATULATIONS to Robin Goldberg, student dramaturg-playwright who just won The Rod Parker Playwriting Award for her play: On my Honor – a dark comedy about honesty, fairness, courage, compassion…and cookies. Congratulations…
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The Citi Performing Arts Center – Report from the field by Cheyenne Postell, ’10
Cheyenne Postell works as a Group Sales Manager for the Citi Performing Arts Center in Boston, and she gives us an overview of her career path since graduating in 2010. It has been…
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Theatre in the Cloud – Report from the field by Tierra Bonser, ’12
Since graduation I’ve moved around quite a bit! From Emerson I headed down to Sarasota, FL and spent some months working for the Asolo Repertory Theatre and freelancing as a…
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Students and Alumni participate in Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA) Annual International Conference hosted at Emerson
Emerson College and Suffolk University are hosting the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA) annual international conference June 26–29. A dramaturg is a behind-the-scenes role in theater production, researching background…
