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April 12, 2017 | Notes From Leadership,

“Timing” by Co-Artistic Director David Dower

  Curating a season is more art than science. Close followers of ArtsEmerson know that we value long arcs of relationships with artists who seem to strike a particular chord...

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February 10, 2017 | Notes From Leadership,

Boston as a Vital Destination in ‘Beauty Queen’ and Beyond

  Warsan Shire’s widely read poem HOME begins powerfully: “No one leaves home  unless home is the mouth of a shark”   The final stanza sticks in your heart: “no one...

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February 6, 2017 | Notes From Leadership,

Boston Globe: “Trump’s travel ban creates anxiety in Boston arts community”

  Here’s ArtsEmerson co-artistic director Director David Dower in today’s Boston Globe on how the travel ban is affecting the planning of the 2017-18 season: ArtsEmerson, which often presents the work...

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February 1, 2017 | Theatre, Notes From Leadership,

A Note from Co-Artistic Director P. Carl on ‘The Beauty Queen of Leenane’

  Part of our core mission is to create long arcs of relationships with artists and theatre companies. In the case of our current production, The Beauty Queen of Leenane,...

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January 23, 2017 | Theatre, Notes From Leadership,

Arthur Miller meets The Beauty Queen by Rob Orchard

  Twenty years ago I was in New York on theatre related business and unexpectedly had to stay over an extra day – which meant a free night. I had...

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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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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...

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October 18, 2016 | Notes From Leadership,

Killing Me Softly

The quiet weeping. The convulsive laughter. The surge of sympathy for a character that suddenly turns to empathy when you realize it’s your story they are telling. Beauty. Intelligence. Grace....

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