Department of Performing Arts
Department of Performing Arts News
The latest faculty, staff, and student news for the Department of Performing Arts. For College news and upcoming events, visit the News & Events section.
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Student, faculty work side-by-side in off-campus play
The day after Theatre Studies major Monty Cole ’11 graduates, he has an audition in Chicago.
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Alumnus appears in unusual role at Lincoln Center
An Emerson alumnus will play the head of a horse in War Horse, which opens April 14 at the Lincoln Center Theater in New York.
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Emerson Stage prepares for opening of Spring Musical
An annual rite of spring since 1954, Emerson’s spring musical will take the Paramount stage this week with a production of Man of La Mancha, featuring a cast and crew of some 40 students.
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High goals set for Live Music Week
WERS 88.9 FM will hold its semiannual “Live Music Week” April 2–10.
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Femicides in Mexico explored in staged reading
In the densely populated desert neighborhood of Ciudad Juárez, more than 450 women have been slain since 1993.
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Award-winning actor, producer, director, and author Henry Winkler ’67, H. ’78, dropped by Emerson this week to teach a musical theatre master class.
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There’s a dead body on the stage throughout the entire play, and it’s up to the audience to figure out why.
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Tetreault shares his Emerson Experience
Paul Tetreault ’84 has been a theater buff ever since he started acting in middle school.
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Performing Arts alumnus Scott Sinclair ’10 knows long hours. While at Emerson, he interned at the SpeakEasy Stage Company. The internship turned into a job. Now, Sinclair is directing his first major performance, Striking 12–a concert with three performers based on the holiday classic The Little Match Girl.
Joe Antoun, Artistic Director of NewFest & Part-Time Faculty in Performing Arts
Behind-the-Scenes of NewFest 2011
Learn about how Emerson turns a student-written show into a full-scale production each year. Watch the video »
