The Student’s POV: Alexandra Hsie
by Alexandra Hsie Bud, Not Buddy is flowing smoothly and we’re working hard through the play. We have a real live jazz band and one of the actors learned the harmonica specifically for this play – I love listening to … Continued
State of the Season – Oct 15
By Tyler York LIGHT UP THE SKY opens in less than a week! Can you believe it? The Paramount is clearly one very busy place during this final push to opening night. This past weekend was spent by the production team … Continued
Circle Mirror Transformation
By Lindsay Eberly I am currently working on Circle Mirror Transformation by Annie Baker at the Huntington Theatre Company. It will be familiar to Emerson students because our very own Chair of the Performing Arts Department Melia Bensussen is directing! … Continued
Dancers Audition for Emerson Stage
By Marlena Yannetti Just held auditions for X-Dance. It went so smoothly, thanks to stage management, choreographers, and last, but by no means least, all who auditioned! The casting was completed in world-record time, at least by X-Dance standards, and … Continued
The Best Job Ever
By Jason Allen-Forrest, Assistant to the Chair When Melia Bensussen and Rob Orchard met to discuss commissioning local playwrights for a short play festival as part of the Paramount’s opening weekend festivities, I knew that something exciting was happening. Even … Continued
Stardate 10/12/10
Howdy Partners! Today I am going to tell you about the magical world of the Shriner Fez. Thanks to Scott Pinkney, I have an actual Shriner hat to use as a model. Want to see it? Of course … Continued
The Director’s POV: Bill Fennelly
By Bill Fennelly What a week! I am just back home in NYC after an incredible week at Emerson. Casting and Meetings, Meetings, Meetings: Design meetings, Creative Concept meetings, Casting Meetings and Dramaturgy meetings! It was exhilarating!!! First of all … Continued
State of the Season – Oct 8
By Tyler York It’s time for my weekly snapshot of the state of the Emerson Stage season. As I reported last week in my State of the Season post, we have three shows in rehearsal and a fourth, NINE, had … Continued
Be Our GuESt: Bill Fennelly
By Tyler York The production team of NINE is led by guest director, Bill Fennelly, who has been called “one of the nation’s hottest young stage directors.” When someone carries a label as impressive as that, I tend to want to … Continued