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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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May 20, 2019 | Events, Film, News, Theatre, Notes From Leadership,

Announcing our 2019/20 Season!

This season, we are thrilled to announce we are 10 years BOLD! For the past decade, we’ve circled the globe to bring you works that challenge and inspire, dazzle and...

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April 25, 2019 | Theatre, Notes From Leadership,

Hello World: Artistic Director David Dower on the Final Two Shows of the 18/19 Season

Those of you who have become regulars around here will recognize /peh-LO-tah/ and See You Yesterday as prime examples of what we offer to Boston. From the outset we have...

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April 2, 2019 | Theatre, Notes From Leadership,

“…The readiness is all” by Artistic Director David Dower

“White people in North America live in a social environment that protects and insulates them from race-based stress. This insulated environment of racial protection builds white expectations for racial comfort...

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March 14, 2019 | Theatre, Notes From Leadership,

What’s In a Season by Artistic Director David Dower

As the curtain rises on An Inspector Calls, a centerpiece of our ninth season, we are busily putting the finishing touches on our next: the 10th! It’s hard to imagine...

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February 8, 2019 | General, Theatre, Notes From Leadership,

TAKING THE LEAP BY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR DAVID DOWER

Now in our ninth season, ArtsEmerson has established a reputation for putting the world on stage here in Boston. We take pride in offering audiences access to artists and cultures...

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October 30, 2018 | Theatre, Notes From Leadership,

Paging George Orwell by Artistic Director David Dower

“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore, Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my...

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October 12, 2018 | Theatre, Notes From Leadership,

A PECULIAR LOVE STORY BY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR DAVID DOWER

  In interviews, Liza Jessie Peterson often talks about The Peculiar Patriot as a love story. Her heroine, she points out, was modeled on the people she would see waiting...

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