ArtsEmerson is a non-profit, professional theater and film presenting and producing organization in Boston, Massachusetts. Based on an idea from

Emerson College Emerson College is a private college with its main campus in Boston, Massachusetts. It also maintains campuses in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California and Well, Limburg, Netherlands (Kasteel Well). Founded in 1880 by Charles Wesley Emerson as a ...

President Jackie Liebergott and founded in 2010 by theatrical producer Robert Orchard, ArtsEmerson is housed as part of the Office for the Arts at Emerson College's Boston campus. The organization focuses on contemporary world theater and presents or produces theatrical performances, films, and public dialogues across several Emerson College venues and in locations across Greater Boston.

History

ArtsEmerson’s first season in 2010–11 featured 17 theater productions, 92 films, and four concerts.

Leadership

Robert Orchard founded ArtsEmerson and was its first executive director. In 2012, David Dower joined the organization as Director of Artistic Programs. P. Carl joined ArtsEmerson as Creative Director in 2013, having joined the Office of the Arts as Director of

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. In 2015, Robert Orchard shifted to the role of Founder and Creative Consultant and David C. Howse joined as executive director. Also in 2015, David Dower, P. Carl, and David Howse began a "three-legged" leadership period, sharing leadership as two co-Artistic Directors (Dower and Carl) and an executive director (Howse). This partnership which continued until P. Carl's departure in 2017. David Dower departed in 2021. A Black and Indigenous-led organization, ArtsEmerson is currently under the co-leadership of David Howse and Director of Artistic Programming Ronee Penoi (

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). Penoi joined ArtsEmerson in 2021.

Recognition

ArtsEmerson was named "Boston's Best Theater" by ''Boston'' magazine in 2013 and again in 2015. In 2019,

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recognized ArtsEmerson as a "A Model For Equity In The Arts", stating, "From its inception, ArtsEmerson has instituted programs at the intersection of civic dialogue and artistic exploration that have expanded its audience and engaged communities that arts organizations have historically ignored."

Theatrical Presentations and Productions

2022–23 Season

* ''Drumfolk'' (

Step Afrika! Step Afrika! is a dance company dedicated to the African-American tradition of " stepping". It is a non-profit organization that tours nationally and internationally, presents residencies and workshops worldwide, and uses "stepping" as an educatio ...

) * ''On Beckett'' (

Bill Irwin William Mills Irwin (born April 11, 1950) is an American actor, clown, and comedian. He began as a vaudeville-style stage performer and has been noted for his contribution to the renaissance of American circus during the 1970s. He has made a nu ...

) * ''Theatre for One: We Are Here'' (Nairobi Edition) (Octopus Theatricals) * ''Made in China 2.0'' (

Wang Chong Wang Chong (; 27 – c. 97 AD), courtesy name Zhongren (仲任), was a Chinese astronomer, meteorologist, naturalist, philosopher, and writer active during the Han Dynasty. He developed a rational, secular, naturalistic and mechanistic acco ...

Malthouse Theatre Malthouse Theatre is the resident theatre company of The Malthouse building in Southbank, part of the Melbourne Arts Precinct. In the 1980s it was known as the Playbox Theatre Company and was housed in the Playbox Theatre in Melbourne's CBD. ...

) * ''Frankenstein'' ( Manual Cinema) * ''Cointelshow: A Patriot Act'' (Mondo Bizarro) * ''Shadows Cast'' ( Raphaëlle Boitel) * ''And So We Walked'' (

DeLanna Studi DeLanna Studi is a Cherokee actress who appears in ''Dreamkeeper, DreamKeeper'' (2003), ''Edge of America'' (2003) and ''Shameless (American TV series), Shameless'' (2011). Early life and education Studi was born on June 4, 1976 to mother, Dea ...

) * ''Nehanda'' (

Nora Chipaumire Nora Chipaumire is a choreographer and performer born in Zimbabwe in 1965 and currently based in Brooklyn, NYC. Her work focuses on racial and gender stereotypes. ''Nora Nora, NORA, or Norah may refer to: * Nora (name), a feminine given name P ...

) *

2021–22 Season

* ''Out of Order'' ( Les 7 doigts de la main) * ''… (Iphigenia)'' (

Wayne Shorter Wayne Shorter (born August 25, 1933) is an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Shorter came to prominence in the late 1950s as a member of, and eventually primary composer for, Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. In the 1960s, he joined Miles Dav ...

Esperanza Spalding Esperanza Emily Spalding (born October 18, 1984) is an American bassist, singer, songwriter, and composer. Her accolades include five Grammy Awards, a Boston Music Award, and a Soul Train Music Award. A native of Portland, Oregon, Spalding be ...

) * ''Zoo Motel'' (Thaddeus Phillips/Steven Dufala) * ''White Rabbit Red Rabbit'' (

Nassim Soleimanpour Nassim Soleimanpour (born 10 December 1981 (19 Azar 1360 SH), is an Iranian playwright. He is best known for his 2010 play ''White Rabbit Red Rabbit''. Early life and education Soleimanpour was born in Tehran, Iran.Somi Kakoma) * ''Everyday Life and Other Odds and Ends'' (Sleeping Weazel) * ''Burgerz'' (

Travis Alabanza Travis Alabanza (born 15 November 1995) is a British performance artist, writer and theatre maker. Career Alabanza's poems were first published in 2015, in the ''Black and Gay in the UK Anthology''. Later that year Alabanza went on tour for th ...

/Hackney Showroom) * '' Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower'' (

Toshi Reagon Toshi Reagon (born January 27, 1964) is an American musician of folk, blues, gospel, rock and funk, as well as a composer, curator, and producer. Early life Born January 27, 1964 in Atlanta, Georgia, Reagon grew up in Washington, D.C. She ...

Bernice Johnson Reagon Bernice Johnson Reagon (born Bernice Johnson on October 4, 1942) is a song leader, composer, scholar, and social activist, who in the early 1960s was a founding member of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee's (SNCC) Freedom Singers in ...

) * ''Sea Sick'' (Alanna Mitchell/

The Theatre Centre The Theatre Centre is a performing arts organization and theatre venue in Toronto . It is nationally recognized as a live-arts incubator for the cultural sector in the city. It also provide meeting space for Toronto residents. The Theatre Centr ...

) *

2020–21 Season

* ''State vs. Natasha Banina'' (Arlekin Players Theatre) * ''Stono'' (

) * ''Julia'' (Christiane Jatahy) * ''En Masse'' ( Circa) * ''chekhovOS /an experimental game/'' (Arlekin's Zero Gravity (ZERO-G) Lab & The Cherry Orchard Festival Foundation) * ''A Brimful of Asha'' (Why Not Theatre) *

2019–20 Season

* ''Passengers'' ( Les 7 doigts de la main) * ''Triptych (Eyes of One on Another)''
(Arktype/Thomas O. Kriegsman in cooperation with the

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Foundation) * ''The Magic Flute'' (

Isango Ensemble The Isango Ensemble (''isango'' meaning "gate" or "port" or "gateway" in Xhosa and Zulu) is a Cape Town-based theatre company led by director Mark Dornford-May and music directors Pauline Malefane and Mandisi Dyantyis. It was established in 2000, ...

) * ''An Iliad'' (Homer's Coat) * ''The Shadow Whose Prey The Hunter Becomes'' (

Back to Back Theatre Back to Back Theatre is one of the leading contemporary Australian theater companies engaging with disability on stage. The company is based in Geelong, Victoria creating its work nationally and touring around the world. The work produced by the c ...

) * ''Detroit Red'' (produced by ArtsEmerson) * ''Plata Quemada'' (Teatrocinema) *

2018–19 Season

* ''Hamnet'' (Dead Centre) * ''The Peculiar Patriot'' ( Liza Jessie Peterson) * ''Measure For Measure'' (

Cheek by Jowl Cheek by Jowl is an international theatre company founded in the United Kingdom by director Declan Donnellan and designer Nick Ormerod in 1981. Donnellan and Ormerod are Cheek by Jowl's artistic directors and together direct and design all of ...

and

Pushkin Drama Theatre The State Russian Drama Theatre named after Pushkin or Pushkin Theatre ( tk, A. S. Puşkin adyndaky döwlet rus drama teatry) is a theatre in Ashgabat, the capital city of Turkmenistan. History The theatre was founded in 1926. In 1957, the the ...

) * ''WET: DACAmented Journey'' ( Cara Mía Theatre Company & Ignite/Arts Dallas) * ''The End of TV'' ( Manual Cinema) * ''When Angels Fall'' ( Raphaëlle Boitel) * ''An Inspector Calls'' ( The National Theatre) * ''American Moor'' (

Keith Hamilton Cobb Keith Hamilton Cobb (born January 28, 1962) is an American actor. Career He is best known for his roles as the ruthless Nietzschean mercenary Tyr Anasazi in the science-fiction series '' Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda'' from 2000 to 2005 and as N ...

) * ''/peh-LO-tah/'' (Marc Bamuth Joseph) * ''See You Yesterday'' (Global Arts Corps) * ''To the Source'' (

AST National Academy of Theatre Arts in Kraków AST National Academy of Theatre Arts (Polish: ''Akademia Sztuk Teatralnych w Krakowie'', often shortened to AST), is a drama school based in Kraków and Wrocław, Poland. It was founded in 1946 by actor Juliusz Osterwa, who took the initial steps ...

) * ''Born for This: A New Musical'' *

2017–18 Season

* ''Reversible'' ( Les 7 doigts de la main) * ''HOME'' (Geoff Sobelle) * ''Kiss'' (

Guillermo Calderón Guillermo Calderón is a Chilean playwright, director, and screenwriter. His plays have been produced at The Public Theater, Royal Court Theatre, and around the world. As a script writer, he has won different international awards for the best scre ...

) * ''Gardens Speak'' (

Tania El Khoury Tania El Khoury (born 1982) is a Lebanese live artist. In 2017, she was winner of the ANTI – Contemporary Art Festival International Prize for Live Art, the only international award for live art, attracting a EUR30,000 prize. Her work has been ...

) * ''The State of Siege'' (

Théâtre de la Ville (meaning the City Theatre) is one of the two theatres built in the 19th century by Baron Haussmann at Place du Châtelet, Paris, the other being the Théâtre du Châtelet. It is located at 2, place du Châtelet in the 4th arrondissement. Incl ...

) * ''Bangsokol: A Requiem for Cambodia'' (

Rithy Panh Rithy Panh ( km, ប៉ាន់ រិទ្ធី; born April 18, 1964) is a Cambodian documentary film director and screenwriter. The French-schooled director's films focus on the aftermath of the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia. ...

/Him Sophy) * ''Ada/Ava'' ( Manual Cinema) * ''In the Eruptive Mode'' (

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Theatre) * ''Torrey Pines'' ( Clyde Peterson) * ''The White Card'' (

Claudia Rankine Claudia Rankine (; born September 4, 1963) is an American poet, essayist, playwright and the editor of several anthologies. She is the author of five volumes of poetry, two plays and various essays. Her book of poetry, '' Citizen: An American L ...

) * ''Hamlet / Saint Joan'' (Bedlam) * ''The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence'' (

) * ''Cold Blood'' (Michele Anne De Mey) *

2016–17 Season

* ''Cuisine & Confessions'' ( Les 7 doigts de la main) * ''Ouroboros Trilogy'' (Beth Morrison Projects with The Friends of Madame White Snake) * ''Machine De Cirque'' (Machine de Cirque) * ''Here All Night'' (Gare St. Lazare Ireland) * ''Mala'' (

Melinda Lopez Melinda Lopez is an actress, playwright, and educator from Boston, Massachusetts. She is the first ever playwright-in-residence for the Huntington Theatre Company. She is a professor at Northeastern University. Career As a playwright, Lopez h ...

) * ''Our Secrets'' (Bela Pinter & Compagnie) * ''The Beauty Queen of Leenane'' (

Druid Theatre Company The Druid Theatre Company, referred to as Druid, is an Irish theatre company, based in Galway, Ireland. As well as touring extensively across Ireland, the company's productions have played internationally to Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the ...

) * '' Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower'' * ''17 Border Crossings'' (Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental) * ''How to be a Rock Critic'' (

Jessica Blank Jessica Blank (born in New Haven, Connecticut), is an American actress, writer, and director who works in film, television, and theater. She is also a consultant and public speaker on story and social change. Early life and education Blank grew u ...

/ Erik Jensen) * ''Citizen: An American Lyric'' (

) *

2015–16 Season

* ''Ernest Shackleton Loves Me'' (Matthew Kwatinetz) * ''Mr. Joy'' (

Daniel Beaty Daniel Beaty (born December 28, 1975) is an American actor, singer, writer, composer and poet. Beaty is known for his blend of music, movement, and words in such original works as ''Emergence-See'' and ''Through The Night''. Early life Daniel B ...

) * ''An Audience with Meow Meow'' (True Friend Productions) * ''uCarmen / A Midsummer Night's Dream'' (

) * ''Chopin Without Piano'' (Centrala) * ''Twelfth Night'' (

Filter Theatre Filter Theatre is a British theatre company known for its groundbreaking use of sound and unconventional adaptions of classic texts. Claire Alfree of the Metro once called them "one of Britain's best and boldest devising companies". The company m ...

) * ''An Octoroon'' (

Company One Company One is a non-profit theatre company located in the Boston Center for the Arts in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. The company is known for providing adventurous, race conscious, and socially aware theatre programming in Boston. Company One has ...

) * ''The Wong Kids in the Secret of the Space Chupacabra Go!'' (

Ma-Yi Theatre Company Ma-Yi Theater Company is a professional, not-for-profit, Obie Award and Drama Desk Award-winning theater company based in New York City that was founded in 1989. Ma-Yi Theater is headed by executive director Jorge Ortoll and artistic director Ralp ...

) * ''Three Sisters'' (

Maly Drama Theatre Maly Drama Theatre (russian: Академический Малый драматический театр — Театр Европы) is a theatre located on 191002, St. Petersburg, Rubinstein street, house, 18. The artistic director and head of ...

) * ''Historia de Amor'' (Teatrocinema) * ''Daughter of a Cuban Revolutionary'' (Marissa Chibas) * ''Premeditation'' (

Latino Theater Company The Latino Theater Company (LTC) is a theatre producing organization based in Los Angeles, California. History Latino Theater Company was founded in 1985 by its Artistic Director, Jose Luis Valenzuela. Founding members included Lupe Ontivero ...

) * ''Not I / Footfalls / Rockaby'' (

Samuel Beckett Samuel Barclay Beckett (; 13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was an Irish novelist, dramatist, short story writer, theatre director, poet, and literary translator. His literary and theatrical work features bleak, impersonal and tragicomic ex ...

) *

2014–15 Season

* ''Traces'' ( Les 7 doigts de la main) * ''

King Lear ''King Lear'' is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It is based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his power and land between two of his daughters. He becomes destitute and insane a ...

'' (Shakespeare's Globe) * ''The Magic Flute'' (

) * ''The Old Man and The Old Moon'' ( PigPen Theatre Company) * ''

The Trip to Bountiful ''The Trip to Bountiful'' is a 1985 American drama film directed by Peter Masterson and starring Geraldine Page, John Heard, Carlin Glynn, Richard Bradford and Rebecca De Mornay. It was adapted by Horton Foote from his 1953 play of the sam ...

'' (ArtsEmerson and Jonathan Reinis Productions in association with Center Theatre Group) * ''Breath & Imagination'' (

) * ''Green Porno, Live on Stage'' (Les Visiteurs du Soir) * ''Tristan & Yseult'' (

Kneehigh Theatre Kneehigh Theatre was an international touring theatre company founded in 1980 by Mike Shepherd and based in Cornwall, England. The company was based in barns on the southern Cornish coast, at Gorran Haven, but the administration was in Truro ...

) * ''Culture Clash 30th Anniversary Tour: Muse & Morros'' (

Culture Clash Cultural conflict is a type of conflict that occurs when different cultural values and beliefs clash. Broad and narrow definitions exist for the concept, both of which have been used to explain violence (including war) and crime, on either a mic ...

) * ''Needles and Opium'' (Ex Machina/

Robert Lepage Robert Lepage (born December 12, 1957) is a Canadian playwright, actor, film director, and stage director. Early life Lepage was raised in Quebec City. At age five, he was diagnosed with a rare form of alopecia, which caused complete hair lo ...

) * ''Ulysses on Bottles'' (Israeli Stage) * ''The Grand Parade (of the 20th Century)'' (

Double Edge Theatre Double Edge Theatre, an artist-run organization, was founded in 1982 by Stacy Klein. The company applies vigorous physical training and the principle of an artist's autonomy to create work in an ensemble setting intimately woven with the community. ...

) *

2013–14 Season

* ''Columbinus'' (American Theater Company) * ''Baritones Unbound'' (

Marc Kudisch Marc Kudisch (born September 22, 1966) is an American stage actor, who is best known for his musical theatre roles on Broadway. Early life and education Kudisch was born in Hackensack, New Jersey, the son of Florence and Raymond Kudisch. His fa ...

and Friends) * ''Kiss & Cry'' (

Charleroi Danses Charleroi Danses (Le Centre Chorégraphique de la Communauté Française Wallonie-Bruxelles) is the choreography center of the French Community of Belgium. History The company originated with the Royal Ballet of Wallonia, (Ballet Royale de Wallon ...

) * ''Waiting for Godot'' (Gare St. Lazare Players and

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) * ''Mies Julie'' (Farber Foundry) * ''Step Afrika!'' (

) * ''Sleeping Beauty'' (Colla Marionette) * ''We Are Proud to Present a Presentation …'' (

) * ''House/Divided'' (The Builders Association) * ''Red-Eye to Havre de Grace'' (Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental) * ''No Place To Go'' (Ethan Lipton & His Orchestra) * ''Man in a Case'' (Baryshnikov Productions) * ''

A Midsummer Night's Dream ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' is a comedy written by William Shakespeare 1595 or 1596. The play is set in Athens, and consists of several subplots that revolve around the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta. One subplot involves a conflict ...

'' (

Bristol Old Vic Bristol Old Vic is a British theatre company based at the Theatre Royal, Bristol. The present company was established in 1946 as an offshoot of the Old Vic in London. It is associated with the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, which became a f ...

) * ''Not By Bread Alone'' (

Nalaga'at ''Na Laga'at'' (in English, Please Touch) is a nonprofit organization founded in 2002 by Adina Tal and Eran Gur around the first of its kind in the world ensemble whose actors are all deafblind (double disability). The organization establishe ...

Deaf-Blind Acting Ensemble) * ''Lebensraum (Habitat)'' (Jakop Ahlbom) * ''The Wholehearted'' (Stein/Holum Projects) * ''Sontag Reborn'' (The Builders Association) *

2012–13 Season

* ''Paris Commune'' (

The Civilians The Civilians is an investigative theatre company in New York City founded in 2001 by Artistic Director, Steve Cosson. The Civilians artists pursue their inquiries using interviews, community residencies, research, and other methods. Working with ...

) * ''Sequence 8'' ( Les 7 doigts de la main) * ''

Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depi ...

'' (Shakespeare's Globe Theatre) * ''Ted Hughes' Tales From Ovid'' (Whistler in the Dark) * ''The Pianist of Willesden Lane'' (

Hershey Felder Hershey Felder (born July 9, 1968) is a pianist, actor, and playwright known for his portrayals of classical and American composers on the theatrical stage. Early life Felder was born in Montreal, Quebec, to Jacob Felder (born 1929 in Ustrzy ...

) * ''La Belle et la Bete'' (Lemieux Pilon 4D Art) * ''Family Happiness'' (Fomenko Theatre) * ''The Servant of Two Masters'' (Goldoni) * ''Metamorphosis'' (

Vesturport Vesturport is an Icelandic theatre group, founded on 18 August 2001. The group has performed plays in the United States, Europe and Australia. In 2011, it received the Europe Prize Theatrical Realities for its complete work, innovative charac ...

and

Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith) The Lyric Theatre, also known as the Lyric Hammersmith, is a theatre on Lyric Square, off King Street, Hammersmith, London.

) * ''Emergency'' (

) * ''Neva''

* ''Trojan Women'' (

SITI Company The Saratoga International Theater Institute (also known as SITI) was an ensemble-based theater company based in New York City and Saratoga Springs, New York. SITI was founded in 1992 by American director Anne Bogart and Japanese director Ta ...

) * ''An Iliad'' (Denis O'Hare) * ''An Evening with

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'' * ''The Next Thing (TNT) Festival'' * ''American Utopias'' (

Mike Daisey Mike Daisey (born January 21, 1976) is an American monologist, author, and actor. His monologue ''The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs'', about the labor conditions under which Apple devices are made, was used as the basis for a widely shar ...

) * ''Vision Disturbance'' (New York City Players) * ''Blood Play'' (The Debate Society) * ''A (Radically Condensed and Expanded) Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again (After David Foster Wallace)'' (Daniel Fish) * ''Birth Breath Bride Elizabeth'' (Sleeping Weasel) * ''Spring Training'' (Universes) *

2011–12 Season

* ''PSY'' ( Les 7 doigts de la main) * ''How Much Is Enough: Our Values in Question'' (The Foundry Theatre), World Premiere * ''Delusion'' (

Laurie Anderson Laurel Philips Anderson (born June 5, 1947), known as Laurie Anderson, is an American avant-garde artist, composer, musician, and film director whose work spans performance art, pop music, and multimedia projects. Initially trained in violin and ...

) * ''The Infernal Comedy: Confessions of a Serial Killer'', American Premiere * ''The Speakers Progress'' (

Theatre) * ''You Better Sit Down: Tales From My Parents' Divorce'' (

) * ''Mabou Mines Dollhouse'' (

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Lee Breuer Esser Leopold Breuer (February 6, 1937 – January 3, 2021) was an American playwright, theater director, academic, educator, filmmaker, poet, and lyricist. Breuer taught and directed on six continents. Career Breuer was a founding co-artistic ...

), Boston premiere * ''Moby Dick'' (Gare St. Lazare, Ireland) * ''Angel Reapers'' (

Martha Clarke Martha Clarke (born June 3, 1944) is an American theater director and choreographer noted for her multidisciplinary approach to theatre, dance, and opera productions. Her best-known original work is ''The Garden of Earthly Delights'' (1984, re-im ...

Alfred Uhry Alfred Fox Uhry (born December 3, 1936) is an American playwright and screenwriter. He has received an Academy Award, two Tony Awards and the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for dramatic writing for ''Driving Miss Daisy''. He is a member of the Fellowship ...

) * ''Sugar'' (

Robbie McCauley Robbie Doris McCauley (July 14, 1942 – May 20, 2021) was an American playwright, director, performer, and professor. McCauley is best known for her plays ''Sugar'' and ''Sally's Rape,'' among other works that addressed racism in the United St ...

), World Premiere * ''69 Degrees S. he Shackleton Project' (Phantom Limb Company), World premiere * ''CIRCA'' ( Circa), Co-presented with

Celebrity Series of Boston The Celebrity Series of Boston is a non-profit performing arts presenter established in Boston, Massachusetts by Boston impresario Aaron Richmond in 1938 as Aaron Richmond's Celebrity Series. Since its founding the Celebrity Series has evolved i ...

* ''Ameriville'' (Universes), Boston Premiere * ''The Anderson Project'' (Ex Machina/

) * ''Tomas Kubinek: Certified Lunatic and Master of the Impossible'', Boston premiere * ''Cafe Variations'' (

) *

2010–11 Season

* ''Fraulein Maria'' (Doug Elkins), Boston premiere * ''The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later'' (

Tectonic Theater Project Tectonic Theater Project is a stage and theatre group whose plays have been performed around the world. The company is dedicated to developing works that explore theatrical language and form, fostering dialogue with audiences on the social, pol ...

), World premiere * ''Aftermath'' (

New York Theatre Workshop __NOTOC__ New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) is an Off-Broadway theatre noted for its productions of new works. Located at 79 East 4th Street between Second Avenue and Bowery in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, it hou ...

), Boston premiere * ''The Method Gun'' (Rude Mechs), Boston premiere * ''Petrushka'' (

Basil Twist Basil Twist is a New York City-based puppeteer who is known for his underwater puppet show, "''Symphonie Fantastique''". He was named a MacArthur Fellowship recipient on September 29, 2015. Life and work Originally from San Francisco, Basil Twis ...

), Boston premiere, co-presented with

* ''One Small Step'' (

Oxford Playhouse Oxford Playhouse is a theatre designed by Edward Maufe and F.G.M. Chancellor. It is situated in Beaumont Street, Oxford, opposite the Ashmolean Museum. History The Playhouse was founded as ''The Red Barn'' at 12 Woodstock Road, North Oxf ...

), U.S. premiere * ''In the Footprint: The Battle for Atlantic Yards'' (

), Boston premiere * ''PSY'' ( Les 7 doigts de la main) * ''The Color of Rose'', (Kathrine Bates) World premiere * ''The Cripple of Inishmaan'' (

) * ''Terminus'' (

The Abbey Theatre The Abbey Theatre ( ga, Amharclann na Mainistreach), also known as the National Theatre of Ireland ( ga, Amharclann Náisiúnta na hÉireann), in Dublin, Ireland, is one of the country's leading cultural institutions. First opening to the pu ...

), Boston premiere * ''The Sun Also Rises'' (

Elevator Repair Service Elevator Repair Service (ERS) is a New York-based theater ensemble founded by director John Collins and a group of actors in 1991.Samuel Beckett Samuel Barclay Beckett (; 13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was an Irish novelist, dramatist, short story writer, theatre director, poet, and literary translator. His literary and theatrical work features bleak, impersonal and tragicomic ex ...

) * ''The Grand Inquisitor'' (The Brothers Karamazov) * ''

The Merchant of Venice ''The Merchant of Venice'' is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. A merchant in Venice named Antonio defaults on a large loan provided by a Jewish moneylender, Shylock. Although classified as ...

'' (

Theatre for a New Audience The Theatre for a New Audience (TFANA) is a non-profit theater in New York City focused on producing Shakespeare and other classic dramas. Its off-Broadway productions have toured in the U.S. and internationally. History Theatre for a New Audienc ...

) * ''The Andersen Project'' (Ex Machina/

) * ''Farfalle (Butterflies)'' (Compagnia TPO), Boston premiere, co-presented with

* ''Susurrus'' (David Leddy), Boston premiere *

Community Engagement

Play Reading Book Club

With the guidance of a teaching artist, Play Reading Book Club (PRBC) participants read and discuss selected plays from each ArtsEmerson season, over a four-week period. PRBC participants attend the play they have studied, attend a reception and private question and answer session with a creative member of the production, and receive resources to enhance the experience of a live theater performance.

Public Dialogues

After selected performances, audience members, artists, and members of the ArtsEmerson staff hold discussions related to performance content.

Community Curators

The Community Curators program allows Boston artists and organizers to produce events in ArtsEmerson's downtown spaces. Two consistent Community Curators programs are the film-based series' Shared Stories and Projecting Connections. Shared Stories is a monthly film series presented by ArtsEmerson in collaboration with the Boston Asian American Film Festival (BAAFF), CineFest Latino Boston, and the

Roxbury Film Festival The Roxbury International Film Festival (RoxFilm; formerly known as “Dudley Film Festival”) is the largest film festival in New England that celebrates people of color. RoxFilm was founded in 1998 and holds both an annual film festival and year ...

. ArtsEmerson also presents Projecting Connections: Chinese American Experiences, a film series highlighting the lives of the Chinese in the Greater Boston Area. Films presented as part of Projecting Connections include: * ''A Chinese American Giant: The Y.C. Hong Story'', Rick Quan * ''Vanishing Chinatown: The World of the May's Photo Studio'', Emiko Omori * ''Meditations on the Power of Community'', Lenora Lee * ''

Far East Deep South ''Far East Deep South'' is a 2020 American documentary film about a Chinese American family's journey to search for their family roots. Instead of leading them to the Far East to a remote village in China, it took them to the deep south into the sm ...

'', Larissa Lam and Baldwin Chiu * ''Within These Walls'', Tatsu Aoki * ''Curtain Up!'' Hui Tong and Kelly Ng * ''

Suk Suk ''Suk Suk'' () (the title means "Uncle" in Cantonese) is a 2019 award-winning and critically acclaimed Hong Kong drama film written and directed by Ray Yeung. It presents the story of two secretly homosexual married men in their twilight years. ...

'', Raymond Yeung * '' Snakehead'',

Evan Jackson Leong Evan Jackson Leong (or Evan Leong) is a director and documentary filmmaker. Leong is likely most known for his documentary ''Linsanity'' about Jeremy Lin, which made its world premiere at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. He has also directed the d ...

* '' The Six'', Arthur Jones * ''Blurring the Color Line'', Crystal Kwok * ''American Girl'', Feng-I Fiona Roan and Clifford Miu *

Artist Residencies

Each season features an artist in residence, showcasing their work and introducing them to Boston-based artists. ArtsEmerson artists in residence: * Rayon McLean, artistic director, Quilt Performing Arts Company * Daniel "KOA" Beaty, playwright *

* Linda Parris-Bailey & Parris Bailey Arts *

Donald Byrd Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II (December 9, 1932 – February 4, 2013) was an American jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist. A sideman for many other jazz musicians of his generation, Byrd was one of the few hard bop m ...

, choreographer * Lenora Lee, dancer, choreographer, artistic director *

Moisés Kaufman Moisés Kaufman (born November 21, 1963) is a Venezuelan theater director, filmmaker, playwright, founder of Tectonic Theater Project, based in New York City, and co-founder of Miami New Drama at the Colony Theatre. He was awarded the 2016 Nati ...

, artistic director,

* Denis O’Hare and Lisa Peterson, actor and director *

, performer * Eugenie Chan, playwrigh

* Thaddeus Phillips, playwright and performer * Somi Kakoma, singer, composer * Christiane Jatahy, theatre directo

*

Fresh Sound Master Artists in Residence

(2022–23 Season) *

(2021–22 Season) *

(2020–21 Season) *Rafael Casal (2018–19 Season) *

(2017–18 Season) *

(2016–17 Season) *

Walter Mosley Walter Ellis Mosley (born January 12, 1952) is an American novelist, most widely recognized for his crime fiction. He has written a series of best-selling historical mysteries featuring the hard-boiled detective Easy Rawlins, a black private i ...

(2015–16 Season) *

Ayad Akhtar Ayad Akhtar (born October 28, 1970) is an American playwright, novelist, and screenwriter of Pakistani heritage, awarded the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. His work has received two Tony Award nominations for Best Play, an Award in Literature fr ...

(2013–14 Season) *

Suzan-Lori Parks Suzan-Lori Parks (born May 10, 1963) is an American playwright, screenwriter, musician and novelist. Her 2001 play '' Topdog/Underdog'' won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2002; Parks was the first African-American woman to receive the award for ...

(2012–13 Season) *

Anne Bogart Anne Bogart (born September 25, 1951) is an American theatre and opera director. She is currently one of the Artistic Directors of SITI Company, which she founded with Japanese director Tadashi Suzuki in 1992. She is a professor at Columbia Uni ...

, SITI Company (2011–12 Season) *

Steve Cosson Steven Cosson (born August 1968)Tallmer, Jerry"A jewel in the lost and found department,"iVillager (July 12, 2007). is a writer and director specializing in the creation of new theater work inspired by real life. He is the founding Artistic Direc ...

, The Civilians (2010–11 Season) *

Venues

ArtsEmerson's public facing offerings, as opposed to events produced by students and faculty, are spread across four main spaces: the Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre (1,172 seats) and the Emerson Paramount Center, which encompasses the Robert J. Orchard Stage (renamed in honor of founder Robert Orchard) (572 seats), the Jackie Liebergott Black Box (126 variable seats), and the Bright Family Screening Room (primarily for film presentation at 170 seats). ArtsEmerson also uses the Semel Theatre (216 seats) and The Kermit and Elinore Greene Theater (130 seats), both part of the Tufte Performance Production Center at Emerson College, for artistic residency work and housing. Other activities take place in a variety of public spaces throughout Greater Boston.

Footnotes

External links

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Emerson College website
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