NEWS & EVENTS

Playwright Snehal Desai chuckles when recalling his mother’s first response upon learning her son had been accepted to Yale’s graduate school for theatre studies. “You can still take some classes at the law school, right?” Growing up in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, Desai was no different from millions of other first-generation Americans whose parents are inclined to…

Theater Emory’s 2014-2015 season exploring “Global Perspectives” continues this month with “Global Voices: Spring Staged Readings,” January 27 – February 21 in the Theater Lab of the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts. “Global Voices,” a series of staged readings from thirteen culturally diverse playwrights, continues Theater Emory’s yearlong celebration of the exciting work of different writers and their approaches…

Theater Emory is honored that ArtsATL chose to name Pinter Fest the “Best Student/College Production” in their annual Year in Review.  In addition, David Crowe, director of Theater Emory’s upcoming production of José Rivera’s Marisol, garnered a Best Director nod and Breaking Ground guest artists’ Melissa Krodman and Kelly Bond received accolades for their duet Colony. Read the full article here.

Engaging Students At Emory, learning doesn’t stay in the classroom. From volunteering to farming, creating to leading, Emory students are expanding their lessons in unexpected places. Before Jake Krakovsky even graduated from college, he had one of those rare openings where years of work culminated in one special moment. It came as the play he…

Monday, November 17, the Creative Writing Program Reading Series at Emory presents a reading of Playwriting Fellow Edith Freni’s new play The Stroke, directed by Freddie Ashley. Read more about Edith and Emory University’s playwriting fellowship here.

Imagine being 29 and forbidden to leave your country. Nassim Soleimanpour dissects the experience of a whole generation in a wild, utterly original play from Iran. Forbidden to travel, he turns his isolation to his own advantage with a play that requires no director, no set and a different actor for every performance. Out of…

Jemma Giberson is a Sophomore International Studies major from Portland, Oregon and plays Lulu in “A Pinter Kaleidoscope,” opening October 31, 2014 in the Mary Gray Munroe theater. We followed Jemma for one day, giving us a glimpse into the life of a student actor with Theater Emory. 8:15 AM – Rise and shine! It’s way…

HowlRound, an online theater commons, will livestream the October 31 Pinter Visions symposium panel, “Emerging Playwrights and Pinter’s Legacy” playwrights Lucas Hnath (Death Tax, The Christians) and Emory University Playwriting Fellow Edith Freni (Buena Vista, Total Power Exchange) along with screenwriter Joe Conway (Undertow, Paradise, Texas) and recent Emory theater alum Nicholas Surbey, who will present selections from their own work and…

“For actor Julian Sands, the invitation to give voice to acclaimed British playwright Harold Pinter’s poetry came unexpectedly. It was in 2205. Sands was attending a luncheon at the English country home of Pinter’s wife, author Lady Antonia Frasier, when Pinter abruptly mentioned that although he was scheduled to present a special recitation of his…

“Theater Emory’s Pinter Fest, a semester-long celebration of British playwright Harold Pinter, continues this month with “A Pinter Kaleidoscope,”an immersive theatrical experience. “A Pinter Kaleidoscope” runs October 31 – November 9 in the Mary Gray Munroe Theater.” Read the full press release here.