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September 14, 2018 | Race and Equity, Theatre,

Spitting Truth: The Spoken Word of Alex Alpharaoh

  In WET: A DACAmented Journey, Alex Alpharaoh tells his true, real life story of what it means to be an American in every sense of the word except one: on...

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September 9, 2018 | Theatre,

The Long, Unlikely Life of An Inspector Calls

In the fall of 1945, British playwright J.D. Priestly and his wife Jane boarded a war-battered Douglas C-47 plane with no seats or seat belts and traveled to Moscow, Russia....

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September 7, 2018 | Theatre,

Kids Say The Darnedest Things by Artistic Director David Dower

Making a space for myself in the world of theater, and building a sustained career in it, was an all-consuming effort that lasted the better part of 20 years. I...

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September 6, 2018 | Events, General, News, Race and Equity,

Our Summer Fundraiser and “A Love Story”

Over the weekend of August 19th and 20th, ArtsEmerson hosted a celebratory and successful summer fundraiser on Martha’s Vineyard in support of the Gaining Ground Fund. The weekend revolved around power...

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September 4, 2018 | Theatre,

From Russia with Translation

Shakespeare’s legacy is rooted in language. The majority of students in the United States study Shakespeare in English classes throughout high school and the education surrounding Shakespeare curriculum is rooted...

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August 24, 2018 | Theatre, Race and Equity,

Liza Jessie Peterson Turns Activism Into Poetry

  “It lit a fire in me. I had no idea just how Draconian, and racially biased, and how people are profiting from people being behind bars. So I took...

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August 24, 2018 | Theatre,

Meet The Hamnets

In Hamnet, a tour-de-force performance from a young actor confronts what it means—and what it costs—to be great, and how living in the shadow of that greatness can keep one...

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August 22, 2018 | Theatre,

Using Historical Fiction to Imagine the Inner World of Shakespeare’s Only Son

  What do you think of when you hear the term “historical fiction”? While the word fiction is, in its strictest definition, a reference to literature, the term has expanded...

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