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April 26, 2016 | Theatre,

Evelina Fernández: Scripting New Roles for Latino Actors with Premeditation

The following was originally published in GESTOS, a multi-lingual journal devoted to critical studies of Spanish, Latin American and US Latino theater.  Evelina Fernández is a longstanding Chicana teatrista, who has...

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April 26, 2016 | Theatre,

Mexican Noir Film: A Look into Premeditation’s Influences

A woman and a man meet at a hotel room to plan a murder. Esmeralda wants to kill her husband; Mauricio is the hit-man she hires to carry out the...

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April 19, 2016 | Theatre,

Alfred Hitchcock & The Art of Visual Storytelling

While preparing for Historia de Amor’s brief, Boston visit (starting this Thursday, closing APR 24) the LA Times raved about the show’s west coast run, describing it as “If Alfred Hitchcock...

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April 13, 2016 | Theatre,

Complex Identities & Contemporary America by Polly Carl

I write this note the day after President Obama’s historic visit to Cuba, and a day after the Arizona primary where a candidate who supports building a wall to stop...

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April 12, 2016 | Theatre,

Congratulations to ALL IRNE Award Winners!

  The Independent Reviewers of New England (IRNE) held its 18th Annual IRNE Awards last night. IRNE is New England’s largest theater arts recognition program, recognizing the work of playwrights, designers, actors, choreographers...

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April 12, 2016 | Theatre,

Teatrocinema: The Theater of Fragmented Art

If there is a country that knows how to portray disempowerment, physical and psychological torture, and the devastating effects of taking away someone’s basic human rights, it is Chile. Between...

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April 11, 2016 | Theatre,

Historia de Amor: An Introduction

FROM THE ARTIST  Historia de Amor (Love Story) was inspired by Régis Jauffret’s eponymous novel which captivated us for a variety of reasons. First, the characters. They are urban creatures...

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April 1, 2016 | Theatre,

Public Dialogues Series: Curation and the Politics of Listening

TUE, APR 5 @ 7PM Curation and the Politics of Listening How do we choose what art an audience gets to see? How do we know what they will like,...

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