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SPACEBRIDGE Comes to ArtsEmerson in November


by Stephi Wild - October 28, 2025

ArtsEmerson will present the Boston premiere of SpaceBridge, running at the Emerson Paramount Center's Robert J. Orchard Stage in November. Learn more about the production here!...

ArtsEmerson Presents THE 4TH WITCH By Manual Cinema


by A.A. Cristi - October 08, 2025

ArtsEmerson welcomes Chicago’s acclaimed multimedia collective Manual Cinema back to Boston with their new production The 4th Witch, a reimagining of Macbeth blending puppetry, live music, and cinematic storytelling. ...

BOSTON ASIAN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL 2025 Schedule Announced


by A.A. Cristi - October 06, 2025

The 17th Annual Boston Asian American Film Festival runs October 16–26, 2025, featuring eight feature films, six shorts programs, and a special presentation of Can I Get a Witness? with Ann Marie Fleming and Keira Jang. ...

Review: PASSENGERS at American Repertory Theater's Loeb Drama Center is Trip Worth Taking


by R. Scott Reedy - September 08, 2025

Train travel has inspired music and movies, from songs like “I Thought about You,”  “Chattanooga Choo Choo,” “My Baby Takes the Morning Train,” and the beloved Boston classic “Charlie on the M.T.A.” to films including “Strangers on a Train,” “The Incident,” “Girl on a Train,” and, of course, “Murder...

KRISTINA WONG, #FOODBANKINFLUENCER is Coming to ArtsEmerson


by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 20, 2025

ArtsEmerson will present Kristina Wong, #FoodBankInfluencer at the Emerson Paramount Center. Learn more about the upcoming performance and see how to purchase tickets. ...

Producer Hub Launches THE BRIDGES FELLOWSHIP for African Producers


by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 06, 2025

PRODUCER HUB is launching The Bridges Fellowship and the inaugural cohort of producing fellows. Learn more and see how to apply to join the Fellowship here....

Review: DUEL REALITY at the Shakespeare Theatre Company


by Pamela Roberts - July 05, 2025

Woe to Whoa to Wow! DUEL REALITY is an adrenaline-fueled retelling of Romeo & Juliet At the Shakespeare Theatre Company through July 20....

International Circus Artists of Duel Reality Arrive in D.C. Next Month


by Stephi Wild - June 17, 2025

 Shakespeare Theatre Company announced the international cast of Duel Reality by The 7 Fingers, a high-flying theatrical take on Romeo and Juliet, which comes to Harman Hall in July....

ArtsEmerson Reveals 2025/26 Season Lineup


by Stephi Wild - May 23, 2025

ArtsEmerson has announced its 2025/26 Season, featuring nine live stage events in its 15th anniversary year. Learn more about the full upcoming lineup here!...

Cast and Design Team Set for Zora Howard's HANG TIME National Tour


by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 15, 2025

The Flea will launch a national tour for their world-premiere production of HANG TIME, by Zora Howard, which originally ran at The Flea in Spring 2023. See upcoming tour dates and learn more here!...

Past Shows

Life & Times of Michael K
1/31 - 2/9/2025


Life & Times of Michael K brings the Booker Prize-winning novel by J.M. Coetzee to the stage in an evocative adaptation directed by Lara Foot. ...

In the Same Tongue
9/26 - 9/29/2024


In the Same Tongue is a new dance celebration choreographed by Emmy-nominated Dianne McIntyre, featuring original music by composer Diedre Murray and the poetry of ...

Fight Night
9/20 - 9/21/2024


Fight Night, presented by ArtsEmerson, explores the dynamics of democracy and voting through an interactive performance by the Belgian theater company Ontroerend Goed. Audiences are ...

Shared Stories: Encore Presentations


ArtsEmerson presents Shared Stories, a monthly film series in collaboration with the Boston Asian American Film Festival (BAAFF), Boston Latino International Film Festival (BLIFF), and ...

Julia
Julia
2/9 - 2/22/2021


A power play of sex, lies, and videotape.The Strindberg classic Miss Julie is audaciously revised in this hypnotic production from internationally praised Brazilian theatremaker Christiane ...

Down a Dark Stairwell
Down a Dark Stairwell
2/5 - 2/7/2021


When a Chinese-American police officer kills an unarmed Black man in a darkened stairwell of a New York City housing project, it sets off a ...

Under the Radar Festival
Under the Radar Festival
12/21 - 1/17/2021


"Over the last 17 years, UTR has shared artists and events with us and has also programmed artists that they discovered at ArtsEmerson. In these ...

Arts and Healing: Bangsokol Festival


In response to the challenges and realities of 2020, Cambodian Living Arts and ArtsEmerson are presenting Arts & Healing: Bangsokol Virtual Festival from December 11th ...

Arts and Healing: Bangsokol Festival


In response to the challenges and realities of 2020, Cambodian Living Arts and ArtsEmerson are presenting Arts & Healing: Bangsokol Virtual Festival from December 11th ...

Live Town Hall: In Conversation with Claudia Rankine


Join us for our next live Town Hall as Executive Director David C. Howse and Artistic Director David Dower pick up a long-arc conversation with ...

in the absence of things
in the absence of things
12/1 - 12/8/2020


"Vocalist-composer and writer Somi forges new ground with experimental short film that blends spoken word, art song, and movement with deconstructed concert recordings from Somis ...

CALL AND RESPONSE: A BLACK LIVES MATTER Q&A FOR YOUNG PEOPLE PARABLE PATH BOSTON


Youth ages 7+ and families tune in for this Workshop on Freedom! Featuring: Toshi Reagon, Kwame Alexander. Jason Reynolds.Jacqueline Woodson and many more...The Black Lives ...

Our Time Machine (Film)
Our Time Machine (Film)
9/11 - 9/22/2020


ABOUT THE FILMWhen artist Maleonn realizes that his father suffers from Alzheimers disease, he creates Papas Time Machine, a magical, autobiographical stage performance featuring life-size ...

Live Town Hall: The Davids on Transition


In light of the recent news that Artistic Director David Dower will be departing ArtsEmerson, he will join with Executive Director C. David Howse to ...

State vs Natasha Banina
State vs Natasha Banina
8/20 - 8/23/2020


She makes her case; the audience decides her fate. This is State vs. Natasha Banina. Performed live by Darya Denisova (2020 Elliot Norton Award-winner for ...

Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower: Concert Performance


Join us for this very specialone-night-only streaming ofOctavia E. Butlers Parable of the Sower: The Concert Experience!The event starts with a conversation between Toshi Reagon ...

Torrey Pines
Torrey Pines
4/27 - 5/10/2020


It's an animated film. It's a live pop-rock band. It's a queer, coming-of-age road trip like none other. It's Torrey Pines , originally presented at ...

Torrey Pines
Torrey Pines
4/27 - 5/10/2020


It's an animated film. It's a live pop-rock band. It's a queer, coming-of-age road trip like none other. It's Torrey Pines , originally presented at ...

Sequence 8
Sequence 8
4/13 - 4/26/2020


This is your chance to see one of the classic performances that turned Montreal's The 7 Fingers into absolute fan-favorites in Boston; from our 2012/13 ...

Mr. Joy: The Neighborhood Tour


What happened to Mr. Joy? A Harlem community is shaken when Mr. Joy, a Chinese immigrant whose shoe repair shop has been a neighborhood pillar ...

Kiss
Kiss
10/26 - 11/19/2017


When a young, aspirational theatre troupe discovers and performs what they believe is a Syrian soap opera, they come to realize just how much they ...

HOME
HOME
9/27 - 10/1/2017


On an empty stage, a house is conjured from thin air. Residents move in, move out, clean up, burn down, sweep under, paint over, fence ...

REVERSIBLE
REVERSIBLE
9/6 - 9/24/2017


In the summer of 2016, Cuisine & Confessions wowed Boston audiences nightly with The 7 Fingers’ trademark acrobatic and choreographic prowess combined with on-stage cooking. ...

Mr. Joy: The Neighborhood Tour


ArtsEmerson and the Mayor’s Office of Resilience and Racial Equity present Mr. Joy: The Neighborhood Tour, a series of free theatre performances in four neighborhoods ...

Screening of the National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangeroux


Following the hugely successful broadcasts of Coriolanus and King Lear, National Theatre Live brings the Donmar Warehouse’s highly anticipated new production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses ...

Screening of Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company: The Winter's Tale


The first season of the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company Live promises an exceptional series of plays broadcast to cinemas from London’s Garrick Theatre over the ...

ArtsEmerson 6th Annual One Day Sale


Get $25 tickets for select performances of ArtsEmerson’s January – May theatre productions – a savings up to 60%! Give your loved ones a theatrical ...

Trojan Women (SITI Company)
4/17 - 4/21/2013


Paramount Mainstage: - adapt: Jocelyn Clarke; dir: Anne Bogart....


The Jackie Liebergott Black Box: - Guillermo Calderon; dir: Guillermo Calderon....


Paramount Mainstage: - adapt: David Farr, Gisli Orn Gardarsson; music: Nick Cave, Warren Ellis; dir: David Farr, Gisli Orn Gardarsson....


Paramount Mainstage: - adapt: Constance Congdon; dir: Christopher Bayes....

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