Arts Emerson Dazzles with 15th Season Theatrical Preview!

For 15 Seasons, this milestone event has been held yearly at the iconic Paramount Theater in Downtown Boston, originally opened in 1932, then closed in 1960, to be revitalized and reopened in 2010 as EMERSONS PARAMOUNT CENTER!

Tonight’s 25/26 Seasons Preview will highlight the very best upcoming theater shows, offering a sneak peek at what’s to come.

The Mistress of Ceremonies, Ronee Penoi—Director of Artistic Programming and interim Executive Programming—was greeted on stage with thunderous applause.

During the packed house of guests and luminaries, she introduced several amazing guests, along with introducing a snippet of each of the 9 films for the season:

Featured Theatrical Performences

• Food Bank Influencer - Kristina Wong Welcome to the ONLY solo Karaoke musical about emergency food in the history of live theater. SEP 19-21
• Hang Time - The Flea Pulitzer Prize finalist Zora Howard’s stunning, subversive new piece. OCT 09-12
• The 4th Witch - Manual Cinema/Elise Management Manual Cinema returns to Boston with their signature stage-magic to conjure Macbeth from a brand new perspective. OCT 30-NOV 09
• Space Bridge - Irina Kruzhilina Russian refugee children and their American-born friends unite in joyful resistance, offering unignorable anti-war messages and reimagining what it means to belong. NOV 21-23
• Noli Timere - McCarter A visually stunning modern circus show where brilliantly colored net-sculptures illuminate how human beings connect and catch each other when we begin to fall. JAN 29-FEB 01
• The Things Around Us - Ahamefule J. Oluo Celebrated artist Ahamefule J. Oluo creates incredible layered loops of music which then become the soundtrack to his hilarious personal, introspective feats of storytelling. FEB 20-22
• Dead as a Dodo - Wakka Wakka An uplifting musical odyssey into the heart of friendship (and the underworld) with your tour guides: an extinct dodo and skeleton boy. MAR 02-08
• In Old Age - Mfoniso Udofia In a house filled with memory, an unexpected bond brings healing hope, and the courage to move on. MAR 19-APR 04
• The Secret Sharer - DNAWORKS 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 ultimately healing connection. APR 24-MAY 03

All these upcoming theater sows need not be missed but embraced and appreciated for what each film portrays and encompasses in its subject matter. ARTS EMERSON Fosters Positive Change in their Mission.

After its Preview, guests were treated to a reception of amazing culinary treats and beverages, as well as custom-made dessert cupcakes with "15th Season" embossed on each. Several high-top tables along with tables for four were among the jam-packed Black Box Theater on the second floor! Guests mingled and chatted with filmmakers and other guests.

A huge success for ARTS EMERSON! CONGRATULATIONS!

For More Information:
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WRITTEN BY JOHN RUSSO