February 1, 2016 | Theatre,
What is an Octoroon?
Read more blog articles associated with An Octoroon here! By 1860, approximately ten percent of enslaved people in the American South had at least one white ancestor, often as a...
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January 29, 2016 | What Did You Think?,
What Did You Think of An Octoroon
– In the program interview, playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins says, “Melodrama is always about good and evil,” and suggests that we find comfort in this familiar narrative device. How...
Read MoreJanuary 28, 2016 | Theatre,
Filter’s Twelfth Night by Paul Taylor
When the Royal Shakespeare Company first commissioned Filter to make a creative response to Twelfth Night as a feature of the great Complete Works project that unfolded in Stratford in 2006–2007, it...
Read MoreJanuary 28, 2016 | Theatre,
The Bard on Our Boards
Over the years, ArtsEmerson has hosted a few focus groups to hear people’s perceptions of and desires for our programming. One frequent piece of feedback we’ve received is the request...
Read MoreJanuary 22, 2016 | What Did You Think?,
What Did You Think of Filter’s Twelfth Night?
“Better a witty fool, than a foolish wit.” What did you think of Filter’s Twelfth Night? Did you revel in the madness? Has someone ever tried to...
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January 5, 2016 | Theatre, Notes From Leadership,
Tonight IS Twelfth Night
Or, What You Will Hooray! It’s Twelfth Night! You know that catchy little holiday song “Twelve Days of Christmas”? Well, we’ve arrived at the Pipers Piping part of...
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December 16, 2015 | Theatre,
The Endless Remixability of Shakespeare
What is it about Shakespeare that has everyone itching to try him on in as many different decades and locations as humanly possible? Does every production of Two Gents have...
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December 10, 2015 | Theatre,
Why See Another Shakespeare Play?
Why so much Shakespeare? Isango Ensemble’s operatic adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream seemingly just left the Cutler Majestic and now we’re gearing up for Filter Theatre’s Twelfth Night, coming to...
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