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February 9, 2016 | Theatre,

Why Theatre? Why Melodrama?

I so admire An Octoroon because it directly questions theatre’s relevance inside the very dialogue of the characters while us giving us a fresh and challenging take on the history...

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February 8, 2016 | Theatre,

Why Pre-teen Me is Ready for the Wong Kids

When I was a child I hated children’s theatre. I know that’s not really the strongest lead to use for a blog post promoting a TYA (theatre for young audiences)...

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February 8, 2016 | Theatre,

Why I’m Going to See An Octoroon

Why do we go to the theatre? As a student heaping on loans to study an art and way of storytelling started back with the Greeks, this is a questions...

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February 8, 2016 | Theatre,

A Recipe for Stories Both Kids & Adults Will Love

  As my 21 year old self sat in a movie theater in Harlem at 2pm on a Tuesday alternately sobbing and laughing, I realized my only other film-watching companions...

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February 1, 2016 | Theatre,

What is an Octoroon?

Read more blog articles associated with An Octoroon!   By 1860, approximately ten percent of enslaved people in the American South had at least one white ancestor, often as a result...

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January 28, 2016 | Theatre,

Filter’s Twelfth Night by Paul Taylor

When the Royal Shakespeare Company first commissioned Filter to make a creative response to Twelfth Night as a feature of the great Complete Works project that unfolded in Stratford in 2006–2007, it...

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January 28, 2016 | Theatre,

The Bard on Our Boards

Over the years, ArtsEmerson has hosted a few focus groups to hear people’s perceptions of and desires for our programming. One frequent piece of feedback we’ve received is the request...

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January 5, 2016 | Theatre, Notes From Leadership,

Tonight IS Twelfth Night

Or, What You Will   Hooray! It’s Twelfth Night!   You know that catchy little holiday song “Twelve Days of Christmas”? Well, we’ve arrived at the Pipers Piping part of...

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