The Point Events

Fall 2025

SEP 11 – Nourishing Change:

Arts, Culture & Community in the Fight for Food and Housing Justice inspired by Lortel and Drama Desk award winning solo performer Kristina Wong’s new show, Kristina Wong, #FoodBankInfluencer

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OCT 21 – Something Wicked This Way Comes:

Recasting the Empowered Woman inspired by Manual Cinema’s innovative new production The 4th Witch, unexpected adaptation of Macbeth.

NOV 13 – Engineering the Imagination:

Exploring the intersection and future of the arts and STEM inspired by the incredible Noli Timere, which was born out of the MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology and features net sculpture by Janet Echelman.

Spring 2026

JAN 15 – Cato as a Catalyst:

Exploring the power of theater, performance, and the role of Joseph Warren in the American Revolution.

FEB 26 – Shakespeare’s Radical Stage:

Shakespeare as an inspiration and resource for Revolution and Resistance in the US and Abroad.

MAR 26 – Theater of Stories and Songs:

Narrative and Music as Tools of Black Liberation.

The Point

ART IS THE PROVOCATION; CONVERSATION IS THE POINT.

ArtsEmerson’s mission is not only to present extraordinary artists and performances from around the world, but to engage diverse multi-generational Boston audiences in thinking and talking about issues that address the concerns and challenges of our contemporary moment.

The Point is a conversation series that invites audiences to explore big questions in intimate settings. Hosted by a member of the ArtsEmerson team, local and national luminaries will offer their points of view on the urgent questions surfaced by the artists on our stages. Now in its second year, The Point series is built on years of public dialogues addressing the challenges and concerns of our moment.

Beyond The Point, audience members are also invited to stick around after the performances and screenings to meet neighbors and see all the ways our season’s productions resonate in the city of Boston. After select performances there are opportunities for dialogue with fellow audience members, artists, and members of the ArtsEmerson staff.

The Point is free and open to the public with an RSVP. Please arrive early. Seating is limited and general admission and a reservation does not guarantee a seat.


The Point is in partnership with GBH’s Forum Network—a series of free online lectures that explore a world of ideas. To watch past installments of ArtsEmerson’s The Point, visit the GBH’s Forum Network archives here.

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