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By Joshua O’Brian, Production Dramaturg, Spring Awakening We open any entertainment magazine to pages riddled with claims of sex and scandal from celebrities that we grow to love or hate; we turn on our streaming devices to images of nudity and simulated sex in big […]

We’re excited to share the title selections for Emerson Stage’s 2021–2022 Season. Each year, the upcoming season is carefully curated by the Emerson Stage Season Selection Committee—a group of Performing Arts faculty, staff, and student representatives. As Emerson Stage is the meeting place for all majors within the Performing Arts Department, the Season Selection […]

By Joshua O’Brian, Production Dramaturg, Spring Awakening A production that has been over a century in the making—literally. This spring, Emerson Stage is producing Spring Awakening by Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik, a pop-rock musical that follows a cast of teenagers through their battles with […]

Interview with Masha Obolensky, playwright of Interior of the Artist Without Her Sister.Conducted by dramaturg, Dena Roncone. What initially attracted you to Vanessa Bell and Virginia Woolf’s relationship?I would say that they went through childhood trauma together and survived it by depending on and supporting […]

By Dena Roncone, Production Dramaturg (Interior of the Artist Without Her Sister) Interior of the Artist Without Her Sister explores how we remember our lives and the way in which we refashion our memories to make sense of our present. This innovative new theatrical work […]

By Elena Freck, Production Dramaturg (Everybody) What do a critic at the 1496 Antwerp Landjuweel theatre festival, a 15th century English Catholic churchgoer, and an audience member of Emerson Stage’s 2021 production of Everybody have in common? We’re all seeing a version of the same […]

By Elena Freck, Production Dramaturg (Everybody) What does Death look like, in your mind’s eye? If you grew up in the U.S. or Europe, you’re probably conjuring an image of the Grim Reaper. Tall guy, skull face, black cloak, carrying a scythe—sound familiar? You may […]

By McKennen Campbell, Dramaturg (Marisol) Hi! My name is McKennen Campbell and I am beyond thrilled to be the dramaturg on Emerson Stage’s production of Marisol! With a play that explores an extensive range of topical issues ranging from economic disparities to community, homelessness, fear, […]

By McKennen Campbell, Dramaturg (Marisol) Marisol – Spanish, derived from “María de la Soledad” (Mary of solitude). Marisol can be directly broken down to “Mar y sol,” which means sea and sun. “Why did the Plague kill half my friends? AND WHAT HAPPENED TO THE […]

Thank you to all who auditioned for the NewFest Productions and Spring Awakening. We are pleased to share the cast lists for these productions. NewFest New Play Workshop: The Interior of the Artist Without Her Sister Lucas BabcockJonah BuksbaumZachary FullerQuinn McKenzieJoshua O’BrienBrigit O’MalleyMeaghan RobichaudMia TrubeljaMercer […]