Cherry Orchard Festival PRESENTS: BEYOND THE LIGHT GESHER THEATER (ISRAEL) Beyond The Light is a tender and heartbreaking fable of two worlds colliding. She is a living soul, a woman of Earth, and yet, it seems, from another universe. He — an algorithm, slowly learning to wear a human face. She is warm and vibrant, igniting...
Pulitzer Prize finalist Zora Howard’s stunning, subversive new work.
THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE Music and Lyrics by William FinnBook by Rachel SheinkinConceived by Rebecca Feldman with additional material by Jay ReissDirected by Christopher ShinMusic Direction by Sariva Goetz Grab a D-I-C-T-I-O-N-A-R-Y and welcome to Spelling Bee! This heartfelt Tony-Award winning musical follows a group of wonderfully unique and impassioned adolescents as...
An Evening with Bobbi Brown, Conversation and Book Launch Join us for a candid and uplifting conversation with Bobbi Brown as her nation-wide book tour stops in Boston at Emerson College. Bobbi is a renowned makeup artist and entrepreneur, bestselling author, sought after speaker, beauty industry icon, and a hotelier. But she wasn’t always these...
Manual Cinema returns to Boston with their signature stage-magic to conjure Macbeth from a brand new perspective.
Presented by Cherry Orchard Festival Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead Based on the novel by Nobel Prize-winning author Olga Tokarczuk Directed by Boris Pavlovich Starring Lia Akhedzhakova, Alexander Feklistov Also starring: Musya Totibadze, Maria Krol, Gleb Romashevsky A gripping, poetic, and wildly original theatrical experience. Based on the novel by Nobel...
Annual Theatre for Intergenerational Audiences Production DIGGING UP DESSA By Laura SchellhardtDirected by Jonathan Kitt A play about a 12-year old girl named Dessa who, after the death of her father, moves to a new town and school. Struggling with grief and anger, she finds solace and inspiration in the ghost of 19th-century paleontologist Mary...
Celebrity Series of Boston presents Camille A. Brown & Dancers "I AM" Imagine a world where anything is possible: for individuals, for communities. A world of self-actualization, of Black Joy, of cultural liberation. A universe of new ways of being. Camille A. Brown created "I AM" with inspiration from an unlikely source: an episode of...
Lam Dance Works Presents An Intimate Evening of Dance - Where Tradition Inspires Transformation Choreographers Peggy BakerVal CaniparoliJorma EloKen OssolaDwight RodenYury Yanowsky Music Benjamin BrittenGeorge Frideric HandelJohann Sebastian BachPolls Van GenechtenSteve ReichLudwig van Beethoven Act II is an evening of choreographers and artists that has inspired and influenced our founder's two decade career as a...
Russian refugee children and their American-born friends unite in joyful resistance, offering unignorable anti-war messages and reimagining what it means to belong.
JULIUS CAESAR By William ShakespeareDirected by Bridget Kathleen O'Leary A tragedy about the conspiracy to assassinate Julius Caesar, his subsequent murder, and the resulting civil war that tears Rome apart. Driven by fear of Caesar's growing power and ambition, a group of senators, led by Cassius and Brutus, plot to kill him. While the assassination...
National Center of Afro-American Artists, Inc. Presents: Black Nativity By Langston Hughes Don't just witness the magic—become part of it. Black Nativity welcomes ALL people, far and wide, into our circle of light. This is the Nativity story told through the lens of the African American experience, but its message belongs to everyone who has...
Commonwealth Shakespeare Company presents Charles Dicken's "A Christmas Carol" Boston's New Holiday Tradition Step into the magic of Victorian England and rediscover the heart and soul of the holiday season! Commonwealth Shakespeare Company returns for another magical season at Boston’s historic Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre with its stunning production of Charles Dickens’ "A Christmas Carol"—a...
A visually stunning fusion of dance and circus where brilliantly colored net-sculptures illuminate how human beings connect and catch each other when we fall.
Celebrated artist Ahamefule J. Oluo creates incredible, layered loops of music which then become the soundtrack to their hilarious, personal, introspective feats of storytelling.
THE GREAT GOD PAN By Amy HerzogDirected by Lindsay Beamish The play explores the impact of a possible childhood trauma on a man's life, relationships and sense of self. Jamie, a journalist, is confronted with the possibility that he was abused as a chid, forcing him to confront his past and questions the reliability of...
An uplifting musical odyssey into the heart of friendship (and the underworld) with your tour guides: an extinct dodo and a skeleton boy.
NEWFEST: SHORT WORKS 2026 A festival of short plays written, directed, and performed by Emerson College Performing Arts students. Dates Event Info Venue Details 1 Hour 45 Mins Age 12+ This content area is hidden from users on the front end.
In a house filled with memory, an unexpected bond brings healing, hope, and the courage to move on.
NewFest: Rod Parker Production Directed by Joe Antoun The student winner of the 2026 Rod Parker Playwriting Award will see their play taken from page to stage in this performance. Dates Event Info Venue Details 1 Hour Age 12+ This content area is hidden from users on the front end.
SWEET CHARITY Book by Neil SimonMusic by Cy ColemanLyrics by Dorothy FieldsDirected & Choreographed by Larry SousaMusic Direction by Jonathan Goldberg The story of Charity Hope Valentine, a dance hall hostess in NYC, who is optimistic and always searching for love despite a string of bad relationships. The musical follws her misadventures as she encounters...
In this world premiere performance, Joseph Conrad’s acclaimed novella is adapted to tell a powerful tale of two men, outsiders in their societies, who forge a shared, intimate, and healing connection against all odds.