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March 13, 2017 | Theatre,

Virtuosic Women Come Together to Create Something New

  Parable of the Sower program note by co-artistic director, P. Carl. Collaboration is what makes theatre such a unique artform; you can never make it in isolation and often...

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March 3, 2017 | Theatre,

On Afrofuturism

  What is Afrofuturism? The mixing of black culture with sci-fi has been explored for many, many decades, though the specific term was only coined back in 1993. In the midst...

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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...

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February 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...

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February 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!...

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February 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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