NEWS & EVENTS
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Theater Emory launches Shakespeare celebration with all-male and all-female productions of “As You Like It”
Four hundred years after William Shakespeare’s death, his work continues to resonate with audiences across the globe, providing new insights into the nature of love, power, and human existence. This month, Theater Emory embarks on a yearlong focus on the man whose words changed the world. In honor of Shakespeare’s First Folio’s upcoming visit to campus,…
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Looking Back on Brave New Works
Kate Howard (18C) shares her thoughts on her experience serving as the Communications Assistant for Brave New Works 2016 This semester I was fortunate enough to complete my Theater Practicum class a bit differently than what my peers might consider the typical route for the course, and I am so grateful that I did. Theater Practicum…
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Acting for a work-in-progress: Tom Zhang
Developed during Brave New Works 2016, Here to Love You Uncomfortable is a stage adaptation of Please, Jericho Brown’s American Book Award-winning collection of poetry that explores the intersections of love and violence, African American male identity and sexuality. In this blog post, Tom Zhang shares his experience serving as an actor in this developmental workshop. Working on Here to Love You…
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Q&A with Ann Hughes, playwright
Ann Hughes’ (17C) play, The Younger, was the 2016 Brave New Works Fellow’s Project. Created by inaugural Emory University Playwriting Fellow, Edith Freni, The Fellow’s Project identifies and mentors a promising Emory student playwright who has completed the first draft of a full-length play, culminating in a staged reading during Brave New Works. We sat down…
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Thoughts from Max McCreary, Assistant Director of “The Younger”
During the past week I was fortunate enough to get to watch the true transformation of a play. I observed the metamorphosis of Anne Hugh’s play The Younger, in its world premier staged reading. Serving as assistant to director Jeremy Cohen gave me the opportunity to sit behind the table, instead of the music stand, as…
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Brave New Works through the Eyes of an Alum
Eliana Marianes, a 2010 Theater Studies graduate, returns to campus this winter as a professional actor in the Brave New Works 2016 company. In this blog post, Eliana shares her thoughts on the collaborative experience of acting in a new play workshop. As an alum, it’s always a treat to be back at Emory for…
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Georgia Writers Showcased in 2016 Brave New Works Festival
January 20, 2016 ATLANTA—The Playwriting Center of Theater Emory announces the 2016 Brave New Works festival, taking place January 25 through February 13 in the Theater Lab of the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts. The biennial festival brings professional playwrights, adaptors, composers, and directors together with student and professional actors to produce new work at Emory. This…
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Backstage: Pro Actors Return to College at Theater Emory
This week, artistic director Janice Akers sat down with Jaime Lin Weinstein of Backstage.com to discuss the unique opportunities Theater Emory offers professional actors: Leave it to one of the country’s leading teaching institutions to convince professional actors to go back to college. Well, sort of. At Theater Emory in Atlanta, Ga., Emory University’s resident professional company, “undergraduates…
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Johnny Drago’s CUL-DE-SAC chosen as finalist for 2016 Source Festival
Johnny Drago’s play CUL-DE-SAC has been chosen as a finalist for the 2016 Source Festival in Washington, DC. CUL-DE-SAC was first developed at Theater Emory’s Summer 2015 Breaking Ground series as a part of the 4:48 playwriting “bake-off.” CUL-DE-SAC, along with the three other 4:48 plays, will continue to be developed at Emory as a part of this year’s Brave New Works…
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Theater Emory Invites Audiences to Time Travel with “The Meantime”
October 26, 2015 Theater Emory continues its 2015-2016 season with “The Meantime: A Time-Traveling Radio Spectacle,” November 5-15 in the Mary Gray Munroe Theater of the Dobbs University Center. Conceived and created by director Brent Glenn, “The Meantime” is a place of mystery and imagination, where yesteryear meets tomorrowland. This traveling variety show features original text alongside classic radio…