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June 1, 2020 | Notes From Leadership, Race and Equity,

How A Statement Comes Together

This post was written as part of a larger series leading up to our fourth Town Hall on Wednesday, June 17th at 12 pm EDT. We encourage our audiences to...

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March 26, 2020 | News, Together Apart, Notes From Leadership,

How We Got Here

Today, March 26th, 2020 was the scheduled start date for Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower at the Cutler Majestic Theatre. To explain how and why the venue will be empty...

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February 4, 2020 | Theatre, Notes From Leadership,

WHAT WAS HE THINKING? by David Dower

There was a moment, in the first week of my junior year of high school, that is the origin story for my life in theatre. It was a small moment,...

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January 21, 2020 | Theatre, Notes From Leadership,

Happy New Year by Artistic Director David Dower

So glad you have chosen to start of the new decade at ArtsEmerson. We kick off the second half of our 10th season with Australia’s Back to Back Theatre. We...

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November 8, 2019 | Notes From Leadership, Race and Equity, News,

[WATCH] Executive Director David Howse on Comcast Newsmakers

To celebrate our 10th Anniversary Season, Executive Director David Howse sat down with Comcast Newsmakers for an interview to discuss how ArtsEmerson’s beginnings and where we are headed next. Howse...

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October 30, 2019 | Theatre, Notes From Leadership, Race and Equity,

Lean Into the Moment by Artistic Director David Dower

I am of an age that the name Robert Mapplethorpe sets off a visceral reaction in me. I was coming of age as an artist, an activist, a husband, and...

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September 25, 2019 | Theatre, Notes From Leadership, Race and Equity,

Tonight, We Celebrate 10 Years Bold

Tonight, we open our 10th Anniversary Season with The 7 Fingers’ Passengers (SEP 25-OCT 13) and we are thrilled to welcome so many friendly faces back into the ArtsEmerson venues,...

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September 24, 2019 | Theatre, Notes From Leadership,

Welcome to ArtsEmerson’s 10th Season!

A note from Artistic Director, David Dower, and Executive Director, David C. Howse: Passengers (SEP 25-OCT 3) marks the seventh time The 7 Fingers have appeared in our season. Contemporary...

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