January 11, 2017 | Theatre,
Our Secrets: Synopsis
Our Secrets takes us back to 1980s Budapest, during the days of Communist rule in Hungary. The characters are members of the Hungarian folk-music scene that emerged in the...
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January 10, 2017 | Notes From Leadership,
I’m Just Going To Leave This Here by David Dower
When I first saw Our Secrets in 2015 in Budapest, it was a very different time. I was overcome by the powerful sense of ensemble and the exhilarating feeling...
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January 9, 2017 | Theatre,
Exploring the Hungarian dance house movement of Our Secrets
1980. Soviet-era Hungary. In a dance hall, a musician confesses his private sexual desire for his seven-year-old step-daughter. And his government is taping his every word. Under threat of being...
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November 21, 2016 | Theatre,
Saying Goodbye to Mala
After 21 performances, Mala has ended its run at in the Jackie Liebergott Black Box. It has been an incredible experience to see Melinda Lopez and the creative team bring this powerful...
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November 21, 2016 | Theatre,
Interview with Justin Springer: Entrepreneur, Outside the Box Agency
If you work in the arts in Boston, you know Justin Springer. He is what one might call a great connector, his work centered on inspiring activist movements through nontraditional...
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November 18, 2016 | Notes From Leadership,
When Sympathy Turns To Empathy
In February of 2015 I was sitting in a theater in Budapest watching Bela Pinter’s Our Secrets play out in the immediate aftermath of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s speech...
Read MoreNovember 10, 2016 | Theatre,
The World As We Want It To Be
“You know Katherine, theatre is a lot like politics.” I have spent a large portion of my life hearing this phrase from my father, a former politician. Every time he...
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November 10, 2016 | Theatre,
‘Mala’ Means Bad: A conversation between Melinda Lopez & David Dower
Early on in this World Premiere, one-woman-show, Melinda Lopez tells the gathered audience, “’Mala’ means ‘bad.’ Not that you have done something bad, but that you are, in...
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