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February 23, 2017 | Theatre,
An interview with an Emerson College student who grew up near Leenane in Ireland
Tommy Higgins is a senior Communication Studies major from Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania at Emerson College. Tommy’s family is originally from County Galway, Ireland in the Province of Connacht where...
Read MoreFebruary 10, 2017 | Theatre,
‘Beauty Queen’: Audience Reaction Video & an Interview with director Garry Hynes
“I think every act of theatre is political, and should be. It’s a civic action; it’s a group of people in a live situation, in a room together, doing something. Is theatre a...
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February 10, 2017 | Theatre,
On Isolation
In a small house in the mountains of Ireland, a lonely spinster locks horns with her house-bound, manipulative mother in a rage-filled battle of the wills. Written by Ireland’s...
Read MoreFebruary 6, 2017 | Theatre,
Beauty Queen of Leenane Glossary
As a part of the preparation for the Play Reading Book Club, the teaching artists provided this very helpful glossary to unpack potentially unfamiliar terms used in the play. Enjoy!...
Read MoreFebruary 1, 2017 | Theatre,
Marie Mullen on returning to ‘Beauty Queen’ in a role reversal
The New York Times: A Mother-Daughter Brawl: In ‘Beauty Queen,’ Marie Mullen Now Knows Both Sides With only four characters and a single set, “Beauty Queen,” the first play in...
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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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