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March 31, 2025 | Theatre, Notes From Leadership,

A Note from Ronee Penoi on It’s a Motherf**king Pleasure

All the way from the UK, ArtsEmerson is thrilled  to welcome the award-winning, disability-led theatre company FlawBored for It’s A Motherf**king Pleasure. Created by and starring Samuel Brewer, Aarian Mehrabani, and...

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January 27, 2025 | Theatre, Notes From Leadership,

A Note From Ronee Penoi on Life & Times of Michael K

ArtsEmerson is thrilled to welcome you back to the theater for Life & Times of Michael K. Based on J.M. Coetzee’s award-winning novel of the same name, this gorgeous piece follows a...

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October 27, 2024 | Theatre, Notes From Leadership,

A Note From Ronee Penoi on On the Eve of Abolition

The year is 2047 and formerly incarcerated people, organizers, and families across the liberated lands formerly known as the United States and Mexico have come together to end the last...

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April 16, 2021 | Notes From Leadership,

Now available on-demand: In Conversation with KOA

This informative, positive, and moving conversation—complete with the incredible story of how Daniel Beaty became KOA—is now permanently available for on-demand viewing.

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March 19, 2021 | Theatre, Notes From Leadership,

Marking One Year Since Our Last Live Performance: A Town Hall with David C. Howse

On March 12, 2021, Executive Director David C. Howse hosted a Town Hall, hoping our audience would share their feelings about returning back to in-person events. “What’s your level of...

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March 16, 2021 | Notes From Leadership,

There Is No Going Back to the “Good Ol’ Days” by Executive Director David C. Howse

This piece was originally published in the Boston Globe Magazine; it appeared online on Wednesday, March 10, 2021 and in the print edition on Sunday, March 14, 2021. The morning of March...

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January 5, 2021 | General, Notes From Leadership,

Let’s Begin 2021!

2020 was a tough year, but here we are at the beginning of 2021.  Happy New Year!   It has been months since we have been physically together inside the...

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September 10, 2020 | Events, Notes From Leadership,

Announcing David Dower’s Departure

Creating an institution is not unlike creating a work of art. In this case, the art form is theater. But like every act of creativity, it starts from a vision...

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