The American Soldier is based and inspired by real stories and letters written by veterans and their families from the American Revolution through the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. It reveals the struggles American soldiers face at war and their internal struggles to come back home. The show strives to help us understand how […]
Join us on Wednesday, May 4th from 4:30pm to 6:30pm for our SIGHTS | SOUNDS | SAMPLINGS of the Asian-American Experience. This event is intended to be a learning adventure of the Asian culture in conjunction with Emerson Theater Collaborative's upcoming production of True Nature of All Being produced by Camilla Ross, written by Lisa […]
During 1970, in Minamata a small fishing village in Japan, a fisherman, Teru Moriya is struggling to make ends meet and to care for his family especially his young, severely disabled daughter. The livelihood of all the fishermen in the village is at stake since many people are falling ill, and the suspected culprit is […]
Sell Me: I am from North Korea is a one woman show inspired by the true stories of North Korean defectors, A profound portrait of people who risked everything to escape one of the world’s most repressive regimes. Premiered at the 2019 International Human Rights Art Festival in New York. Written by and performed by […]
Coming to Sedona, Arizona is another "unforgettable live theater" produced by Emerson Theater Collaborative and Camilla Ross. A bitter public battle erupts when it is revealed that the site of a new museum enshrining American liberty is the ground on which George Washington's slaves' house once stood. An African-American political activist occupies the site, demanding […]
Join Emerson Theater Collaborative for this deeply moving play inspired by the true events surrounding the controversial 1923 Broadway debut of Sholem Asch’s God of Vengeance—a play seen by some as a seminal work of Jewish culture, and by others as an act of traitorous libel. Indecent charts the history of an incendiary drama and the […]
Emerson Theater Collaborative is proud to bring Breaking Glass: a solo play inspired by the life of Julia Margaret Cameron to Mystic, Connecticut. Breaking Glass a staged reading of a new one-woman play, written and performed by Emma Palzere-Rae, inspired by the life of Victorian photographer Julia Margaret Cameron. Set in 1874, prior to Cameron's return to India, […]
Emerson Theater Collaborative presents another live in-theater experience, Lisa Kron's production of 2.5 Minute Ride. Lisa's father is 74, nearly blind, a Holocaust survivor, and addicted to roller coasters. 2.5 Minute Ride follows two very different father-daughter trips: the annual Kron family pilgrimage to roller-coaster heaven in Sandusky, Ohio, and Lisa's once-in-a-lifetime trip to Auschwitz […]
Emerson Theater Collaborative and Mysterium Theater Company present a reading of Carole's Christmas written by Emma Palzere-Rae in Mystic, CT. It’s July. Carole, a middle-aged dance professor and mother of a rising college senior, finds out that she has four weeks to live. Rather than fight her diagnosis, Carole decides to celebrate Christmas. Advent is […]
Emerson Theater Collaborative is proud to present Silence is Not Golden coming to Sedona, AZ, September 12th-14th 2025. Before the days of Phil Donahue or Oprah, no one talked about domestic abuse or self-esteem -- it was a private and embarrassing subject. Linda, a young newlywed, is so in love with her husband Larry that […]
Emerson Theater Collaborative proudly presents an Original Production, The Dinner, a staged reading. The play tells the story of five friends who share their passions and lessons about life, relationships, children, and family with the younger generation. It’s the power of friendships that gets us through life’s toughest moments.. Believing that hearing and honoring each […]
Emerson Theater Collaborative is proud to bring Driving Miss Daisy | A Staged Reading on October 10-12, 2025 in Mystic, CT. This play is a winner of the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The place is the Deep South, the time 1948, just prior to the civil rights movement. Having recently demolished another car, Daisy […]