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NewFest 2013: Catatonia

By Dan Robert, BA Theatre Studies '13, Winner of the Rod Parker Playwriting Fellowship*
Directed by Joe Antoun

Performances

Jackie Liebergott Black Box (Directions)
March 21–24, 2013

Thursday, March 21: 8:00 pm
Friday, March 22: 8:00 pm
Saturday, March 23: 2:00 pm & 8:00 pm
Sunday, March 24: 2:00 pm

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Tickets: $12 General Audience, $8 Emerson Community

Creative Team

Director
  Joe Antoun
Playwright, Rod Parker Playwriting Fellow   Dan Robert
Scenic Designer   Katie Burkhart
Costume Designer   Sarie Gessner
Lighting Designer   Jaimie Curran
Sound Designer   Joshua Klein
Dramaturg   Robin Goldberg
Stage Manager   Kevin Ignatius Dwyer

NewFest Readings

Each year, a selection of NewFest submissions are presented as staged readings, providing playwrights an opportunity to work with student directors and actors to further develop his/her play. 

Greene Theater (Directions)
March 27 and 28, 2013

Tickets: Free and open to the general public

Couch Troll
by Jamie Hovis, BA Theatre Studies '14

The Grad Party
by Leandro Benzaquin, BFA Writing, Literature, and Publishing '13

Lady Liberty's Fall
by Lilliana Winkworth, BA Theatre Studies: Performance '13

Mixed Signals
by Allison Raynor, BA Theatre Education: Performance '16

Mr. Dog's Long Journey Home
by Nash Hightower, BFA Acting '14

Right There With Me
by Bryan Curran, BA Theatre Education '13

Tall
by Robin Goldberg, BA Theatre Studies: Playwriting '15

A Touch of Stars
by Lina Benich, BFA Stage/Production Management '16

And a special reading of a script by Griffin "Griff" O'Brien.
Griff, a Visual and Media Arts student, was a celebrated member of the Emerson community, who sadly passed away this summer. Read more about Griff »