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Dramaturg’s Note | OLD JAKE’S SKIRTS
2 Nov 2022

Dramaturg’s Note | OLD JAKE’S SKIRTS

by Joshua Feder | posted in: Dramaturgy, Plays, Playwriting, Theatre for Young Audiences | 0

by Kayla Tomas “It’s about coming from a frame of reference that the idea of magic is possible: it’s a faster way to the heart.” – José Cruz González (Playwright) Tapping into the imagination, playwright José Cruz González’s use of … Continued

A conversation with the playwright | OLD JAKE’S SKIRTS
25 Oct 2022

A conversation with the playwright | OLD JAKE’S SKIRTS

by Joshua Feder | posted in: Dramaturgy, Plays, Playwriting, Theatre for Young Audiences | 0

by Kayla Tomas, Dramaturg Adapted from C. Anne Scott’s novel of the same name, Old Jake’s Skirts follows the journey of Old Jake, a hermit farmer, carving out a life of pumpkin farming and marking the years by the plagues … Continued

New Play Workshop | Director’s Note and Vision
31 Mar 2020

New Play Workshop | Director’s Note and Vision

by webadmin | posted in: Behind the Scenes, New Works, Plays, Playwriting | 0

Directors’ notes traditionally welcome and orient an audience to the work that they are about to witness together. The goal of the note is often to begin forging a connection between the story on stage and the shared experience of … Continued

Dramaturg’s Note for “Amanuensis, or The Miltons” by L M Feldman
23 Mar 2020

Dramaturg’s Note for “Amanuensis, or The Miltons” by L M Feldman

by webadmin | posted in: Behind the Scenes, Playwriting, Uncategorized | 0

By Henry Aceves, Production Dramaturg (NewFest New Play Workshop: Amanuensis, or The Miltons) Our playwright, L, describes Amanuensis, or The Miltons as “a tale, a grapple, a loosely-historically-based feminist fantasia.” The most common association I have with the word “tale” … Continued

Downtown Theater in New York by Alison Qu
13 Nov 2019

Downtown Theater in New York by Alison Qu

by webadmin | posted in: Behind the Scenes, Plays, Playwriting | 0

by Alison Qu, 10 Out of 12 Production Dramaturg 10 Out of 12 was born in 2015 at Soho Repertory Theater, a small theater located in the middle of what we call “Downtown”—anything that is south of 30th Street in … Continued

SUMMER SPOTLIGHT: Alison (Yueming) Qu checks in from the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center
21 Jun 2019

SUMMER SPOTLIGHT: Alison (Yueming) Qu checks in from the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center

by webadmin | posted in: Behind the Scenes, New Works, Plays, Playwriting, Summer Spotlight, The Company, Theatre Design and Technology | 0

My name is Alison (Yueming) Qu and I am a BFA Theater major in the Department of Performing Arts at Emerson College. This summer I am lucky enough to join the National Theater Institute at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center … Continued

Q&A: Lisa D’Amour, Mad Moon Playwright
25 Mar 2019

Q&A: Lisa D’Amour, Mad Moon Playwright

by webadmin | posted in: Behind the Scenes, Musicals, New Works, Playwriting, The Company | 0

Interview and article by James La Bella, Mad Moon Dramaturg   I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Lisa D’Amour, the playwright of Mad Moon, to chat a bit about the show and beyond. D’Amour is a playwright … Continued

Q&A with James La Bella, Fine China Nightmare Playwright
13 Mar 2019

Q&A with James La Bella, Fine China Nightmare Playwright

by samuel_fidler | posted in: Behind the Scenes, New Works, Plays, Playwriting, The Company | 0

  Emerson Stage’s Newfest Readings and Shorts begin next Tuesday, March 19, with a reading of James La Bella’s Fine China Nightmare. I reached out to La Bella, BFA ‘20, about the process of writing Fine China Nightmare and working … Continued

Q&A With Miles Millikan, Sugar Plums Molding Playwright
7 Mar 2019

Q&A With Miles Millikan, Sugar Plums Molding Playwright

by samuel_fidler | posted in: Behind the Scenes, New Works, Plays, Playwriting, The Company | 0

Emerson Stage’s annual evening of student-written NewFest Shorts will take place at the Semel Theater on Saturday, March 23. I reached out to playwright Miles Millikan, BFA ‘21, about the process of writing his short play Sugar Plums Molding and … Continued

Q&A With Caleb Palmer, The Devil On Your Shoulder Playwright
27 Feb 2019

Q&A With Caleb Palmer, The Devil On Your Shoulder Playwright

by samuel_fidler | posted in: Behind the Scenes, New Works, Plays, Playwriting, The Company | 0

Emerson Stage’s production of The Devil On Your Shoulder, winner of the Rod Parker Playwriting Award, opens at the Greene Theater on Thursday, March 14. I reached out to playwright Caleb Palmer, BFA ‘19, about the process of writing The … Continued

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