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Articles By: Jing Xu

PunchDrunk is A-mazing

PunchDrunk is A-mazing

British theatre-company Punchdrunk recently brought their installation performance show Sleep No More to A.R.T in Boston. Adapted from Shakespeare’s Macbeth, this three-hour performance inhabits... 

Topping Up my Smörgåsbord

Topping Up my Smörgåsbord

Playwriting is a dying art—or so I’ve been told by several rather successful Brown MFA playwrights and graduates, though not without a self-ironic chuckle. However, to any keen observer of the recent... 

The Metaphysics of John Emigh

The Metaphysics of John Emigh

Last Saturday, an intimate group of artists, scholars and friends gathered in Leeds Theatre to honor John Emigh’s retirement, after 42 years of teaching and directing at Brown. Many of the participants,... 

Tartuffe on Camera

Tartuffe on Camera

First Sunday in September. The sun is beaming on the main Green, still vacant, except for the occasional freshman-parent-unit strolling across. Inside the cool halls of Leeds, a group of actors scurry...