School of the Arts News

Musical Theatre Society presents award to Broadway producer

Emerson's Musical Theatre Society presented Broadway producer Ken Davenport with the 2010 Leonidas A. Nickole Award of Distinction April 23 at Emerson's Cutler Majestic Theatre.

Peter Sellars spends a week at Emerson

Renowned theater, opera, and festival director Peter Sellars, this year's Waldman Chair in Theater Arts, spoke candidly to an audience of Emersonians at Emerson's Cutler Majestic Theatre April 23.

Students score in TV, film writing contests

Nine Visual and Media Arts screenwriting students were recently chosen as winners and finalists in six national writing contests.

A reading in tribute to Artist-in-Residence Woodie King Jr.

The Department of Performing Arts will present a staged reading of Court Martial at Fort Devens by Jeffrey Sweet Monday as a tribute to Emerson's 2010 Artist-in-Residence Woodie King Jr.

2009 Pulitzer Prize winner Strout visits campus

The author of Olive Kitteridge – which won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction – came to campus April 15 to give a reading and a Q&A.

O'Neal Hosts Story Circle Workshops

John O'Neal recently visited Emerson to conduct workshops and deliver a lecture recounting his experiences working with the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the Committee for Racial Justice during the civil rights movement.

Dedication ceremony held for Emerson Paramount Center opening

Emerson College's newest building, the Paramount Center, officially opened Thursday, March 18, with Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino illuminating the Paramount's original art deco marquee, which Emerson restored.

Emerson's 10th annual Film Festival exceeds expectations

Nine works by current Emerson students and recent graduates were screened at the Writers Guild of America Theater in Beverly Hills on March 11, 2010.