Year: 2019

  • Year: 2019
April 3, 2019 | Race and Equity, Theatre,

Who Gets To Perform Shakespeare?

The American Theatre suffers from a lack of representation. While significant strides have been made in the past and continuing into the present—from allowing women to perform alongside men in...

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April 2, 2019 | Theatre, Notes From Leadership,

“…The readiness is all” by Artistic Director David Dower

“White people in North America live in a social environment that protects and insulates them from race-based stress. This insulated environment of racial protection builds white expectations for racial comfort...

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March 28, 2019 | Theatre,

Playing the Stage: Sports and Theatre

Poet-performer Marc Bamuthi Joseph’s love of soccer is a heritage story. As a child of Haitian immigrants, the blissful freedom of the soccer field represented the race toward the American...

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March 26, 2019 | General,

The Current Events of American Moor

Keith Hamilton Cobb’s American Moor (APR 10-21) is filled with references to current events and figures beyond Shakespeare’s most classic works. Cobb tackles timely issues facing our nation today highlighting...

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March 25, 2019 | News,

ArtsAdvocacy Day at ArtsEmerson

On March 26, 2019, the creative community will come together for Creativity Connects: MASSCreative Arts Advocacy Day to show our state political leaders that arts and creativity should be an expected, recognized,...

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March 22, 2019 | Theatre,

A Conversation with Iain Gillie, Producer of An Inspector Calls

An Inspector Calls (NOW-MAR 24) has traveled the world since it was revived in the early 1990s. Multiple tours and several theaters later, touring the An Inspector Calls set still...

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March 18, 2019 | Theatre,

Unpacking the Shakespeare in American Moor

Keith Hamilton Cobb’s stunning, tour-de-force solo performance of American Moor (APR 10-21) is filled with references from Shakespeare’s greatest works, with characters and events from the Bard’s vast folio.  We’ve put together...

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March 14, 2019 | Theatre, What Did You Think?,

Let’s Talk About An Inspector Calls

Thank you for joining us for the National Theatre’s An Inspector Calls! We are so proud to present this landmark production in the Cutler Majestic .  J.B. Priestley’s script offers all the twist...

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