By Production Dramaturg Noah Pattillo (’18) In Click, a new play by Jacqueline Goldfinger premiering at Emerson next week, Katherine Logan (’18) plays Fresh, a young woman whose life is altered after a Facebook Live video of her being sexually … Continued
By Production Dramaturg Clare Lockhart This year’s selection for The Rod Parker Playwriting Award is Living Will by Renee Lafond. In Living Will, married couple Roy and Amelia have committed a crime and are forced to examine their lives and choices through the investigation … Continued
For more from dramaturg Travis Amiel, see here! The quotes below serve to illuminate themes in King Liz such as racial oppression, sexism, spirituality, and the act of finding purpose or meaning in life. People such as Angela Davis and … Continued
By King Liz Dramaturg, Travis Amiel For Travis’s program note, see here! They have hundreds of thousands, sometimes millions of fans. They are the best at what they do. They are the faces of industries that are known around … Continued
By Dante Flores, Dramaturg No one would blame you for having to curl up and sit with your own thoughts for a while after having watched the last season of Orange is the New Black. You’d be similarly blameless … Continued
By Dramaturg Mary Olsen The first production of Mrs. Warren’s Profession was banned from the stage by the Lord Chamberlain on account of inappropriate subject matter. When Mrs. Warren’s Profession was first presented to acquire a performance license from the … Continued
Federico García Lorca bragged that, with The House of Bernarda Alba, he had finally managed to write a play without a word of poetry in it. But while he was writing Bernarda Alba, he was also starting work on a metaphorically … Continued
From an Orchard in Buckinghamshire to Emerson Stage: The Journey of James Henry Trotter James and the Giant Peach is one of the world’s most beloved children’s stories. Author Roald Dahl introduced the adventure of James Henry Trotter and his … Continued
Emerson Stage Opens 2016-2017 Season The Caucasian Chalk Circle By Bertolt Brecht Translated by Frank McGuinness Directed by Courtney O’Connor When a noblewoman abandons her son in the heat of a civil war, the child is taken by a servant … Continued
By Dramaturg Michael Levine Guys and Dolls is one of the most produced musicals in American history. It gave the world songs like “Luck Be A Lady” and “A Bushel and a Peck” as well as etching the iconic image of … Continued