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December 23, 2020

Charles Dickens: The Founder of the Feast ›

by Bobby Kennedy, Director of New Work & Dramaturgy

Dramaturgy, News

One-Man A Christmas Carol, season 20-21, Two Scrooges

“I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, ... Read More ›

February 28, 2020

Notes from the Rehearsal Room—THE LAST MATCH #1 ›

by Lauren Katz, Assistant director of The Last Match

Backstage, Dramaturgy, News

assistant director, directing, director, lauren katz, notes from the rehearsal room, season 19-20, the last match

Sergei: I serve at Love – 2, and I want. I want and I want and I want and I want. There are thousands of people here tonight and if each one ... Read More ›

February 21, 2020

Shouting From the Sidelines ›

by Shana Laski, Dramaturgy Intern

Artists, Dramaturgy, News

dramaturg, Dramaturgy, Lydia R. Diamond, playwright, shana laski, Stick Fly

The Black Women Playwrights That Broke Onto Broadway Lydia R. Diamond’s Stick Fly opened on Broadway at the Cort Theatre on December 8th, 2011.

Having a show reach this monumental milestone is a success and honor ... Read More ›

January 24, 2020

The Power of Place: An Overview of Black History on Martha’s Vineyard ›

by Dominique Nadeau, Production Dramaturg

Dramaturgy, News

Dominique Nadeau, Dramaturgy, Martha’s Vineyard, Oak Bluffs, season 19-20, Stick Fly

Just off the coast of Cape Cod lies Martha’s Vineyard, an island of pristine beaches, colorful gingerbread cottages, and boating docks that has been described as “delightfully stuck in time.”

A Gingerbread ... Read More ›

November 27, 2019

From Nora to Now ›

by By Bobby Kennedy, Director of New Work & Dramaturgy

Dramaturgy

A Doll's House, bobby kennedy, Dramaturgy, season 19-20

A lot has changed in 150 years.

Pictured: New Woman, self-portrait by Frances Benjamin (1896). Photo via Wikipedia Commons.

When Ibsen was writing A Doll’s House, Norway was united in a kingdom with Sweden, having ... Read More ›

November 24, 2019

Back In My Day ›

by Shana Laski, Dramaturgy Intern

Dramaturgy

Baby Boomer, Dramaturgy, Millennial, season 19-20, shana laski, the niceties

Boomers, Millennials and One Wide Generation Gap

Vietnam War protestors march at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. on October 21, 1967. Photo via Wikipedia Commons.

In Eleanor Burgess’s The Niceties, Zoe, a bright, ... Read More ›

November 15, 2019

Portraits, Explained ›

by Shana Laski, Dramaturgy Intern

Dramaturgy, News

Dramaturgy, season 19-20, the niceties

The Niceties is set in the office of Janine, a history professor at an elite university in the northeastern United States. Hanging around Janine’s office are five portraits, each depicting a person or ... Read More ›

October 25, 2019

What Ibsen Saw ›

by Christine Watt, Dramaturgy Intern

Dramaturgy

A Doll's House, about the artists, christine watt, henrik ibsen, season 19-20

In the early 1830s, a young boy stood atop a bell tower in Skien, Norway, and looked down.

Pictured: Henrik Ibsen. Photo via Wikipedia Commons.

From his vantage point, he could see the tiny ... Read More ›

September 20, 2019

A Return to Sondheim ›

by Bobby Kennedy, Director of New Work & Dramaturgy

Artists, Dramaturgy

directing, director, gary griffin, into the woods, season 19-20, stephen sondheim

Pictured: Gary Griffin at the first rehearsal for Parade. Photo by Joe Mazza—Brave Lux.

Gary Griffin, inarguably, is one of the leading interpreters of the musical works of Stephen Sondheim for the stage.

The ... Read More ›

August 14, 2019

State of the Art: August 2019 ›

by Michael Halberstam, Artistic Director

Artists, Backstage, Dramaturgy

into the woods, michael halberstam, season 19-20, state of the art

Thank you so much for joining us for the first production of our 2019/20 season.

Back in the dark ages, before the internet and iPods and digital downloads, I used to scour the ... Read More ›

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