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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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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Scholarship fund, theater named in Liebergott's honor
While Emerson College’s alumni, faculty, and friends continue to raise money toward a scholarship fund to be named in President Jacqueline Liebergott’s honor, the Paramount Center’s Black Box theater was renamed.
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Panel examines The King's Speech via multiple perspectives
Emerson faculty members from several disciplines were part of a panel discussion about The King’s Speech before a full house at the Bright Family Screening Room on March 3.
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Bensussen wins award for direction of Annie Baker play
Melia Bensussen, chair of the Department of Performing Arts, won a BroadwayWorld Best of Boston Theatre awards for her direction of the Huntington Theatre Company's Circle Mirror Transformation.
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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 »
