by Michael Pisaturo, Dramaturg While there is evidence of women playing field-like games akin to soccer as early as China’s Tsin Dynasty in 250 BCE, it was not until the first World War – a time where women began taking part in the industrial workforce […]
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CAST LISTS | NewFest and Into the Woods
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 pleased to share the cast lists as well as notes from the directors for these […]
Dramaturg’s Note | MARIE ANTOINETTE
By Preslee Krout and Carter White, Dramaturgs/Assistant Directors MARIE But I can’t dispense with the past, with history.SHEEP That’s why you’ve become its victim. And your own life was lost to you.MARIE I wish I could sleep.SHEEP Wake up.~ David Adjimi, Marie Antoinette History often […]
A Modern Perspective | MARIE ANTOINETTE
A Modern PerspectiveDramaturgs’ Interview With the Cast Most of the dramaturgy work that we did with the cast was specifically about the historical events of the French Revolution, so we were curious to ask the cast how they saw the play in relation to their […]
Dramaturg’s Note | Baltimore
Baltimore follows a group of college students after a racial incident occurs on their predominantly white campus. Considering the social climate of our community, we wanted to bring this story to life with extreme care and caution, and also a sense of adventure. In one […]
INTERVIEWS WITH THE CAST | Baltimore
Curated and Compiled by Omar Mardini, Assistant Director & Dramaturg of Baltimore. Baltimore tells the story of Shelby Wilson, a Black resident advisor for a group of first-year students at a college in New England. Shelby is focused on rebuilding her résumé after losing her […]
WHICH “THIS GIRL…NOTHING” SISTER ARE YOU? | Take the BuzzFeed Quiz
Compiled and created by Ella Disbennett, Dramaturg (This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing) This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing is a tale of bravery and discovering oneself alone, in the prime of youth. After the unexpected death […]
CAST LISTS | Next to Normal and As You Like It
Thank you to everyone who auditioned for Next to Normal and As You Like It. We are pleased to share the cast lists as well as notes from the directors for these productions: NEXT TO NORMAL A note from M. Bevin O’Gara, Director, Next to […]
Dramaturg’s Note | The Late Wedding
By Elena Freck, Dramaturg (The Late Wedding) September 23, 2021 19:30:00Unknown worship center of the Muricaan TribeAllow me to tell you about one of the most rigid and bizarre marriage traditions I have observed in my anthropological research to date. First, socially acceptable marriages in […]
Dramaturg’s Blog | Our Community on Love, Desire, and Loneliness during the Pandemic
By Elena Freck, Dramaturg (The Late Wedding) This article includes quotations from Emerson community members and others, discussing their experiences in romance and solitude over the past year and a half. All have been anonymized, and some may be edited for clarity. You entered the […]