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January 28, 2014 | Theatre,

CHECK OUT THESE FILMS, BOOKS, AND MUSIC RELATED TO HOUSE / DIVIDED!

  By James Blaszko FILMS Grapes of Wrath (1940)   Released just one year after the Steinbeck classic, director John Ford’s The Grapes of Wrath is a moving and memorable adaptation...

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January 16, 2014 | Theatre,

We Are Proud to Present…Difficult Ideas

  By Zachary Stevens, ArtsEmerson Creative Producer There has been much anticipation about what to expect from a play with a title like We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About...

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January 16, 2014 | Theatre,

Interview with We Are Proud to Present… Playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury

  Recently, Company One Theatre dramaturg Ramona Ostrowski spoke with playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury about the native challenges of creating and developing a piece with charged subject matter, and the...

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January 8, 2014 | Theatre,

CHECK OUT THESE FILMS, BOOKS, AND MUSIC RELATED TO WE ARE PROUD TO PRESENT…!

  By Zachary Stevens FILMS Noises Off…(1992) Experience the chaos and hilarity of actors trying to put on a show. NOISES OFF! is an outrageously funny look at the love,...

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December 18, 2013 | Theatre,

Making Theatre in the University

  By James Blaszko, ArtsEmerson Creative Producer HOUSE / DIVIDED juxtaposes scenes from the current mortgage crisis with passages drawn from John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, revealing how deeply...

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November 25, 2013 | Theatre,

Mies Julie Production Timeline

From the moment August Strindberg premiered his play Miss Julie in 1889, critics and audiences alike have been reeling from his now-classic tale of the explosion when sexuality and classism meet....

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November 12, 2013 | Theatre,

CHECK OUT THESE FILMS, BOOKS, AND MUSIC RELATED TO SLEEPING BEAUTY!

BOOKS Puppetry A World History by Eileen Blumenthal (2005) Learn about different cultures through the way each one perceives its own puppetry. Puppetry varies widely around the world, for it...

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November 8, 2013 | Theatre,

CHECK OUT THESE FILMS, BOOKS, AND MUSIC RELATED TO STEP AFRIKA!

  FILMS Stomp The Yard (2007 ) A troubled 19-year-old street dancer from Los Angeles gets out of a juvenile hall sentence by enrolling in the historically black Truth University...

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