S'mores N Stories: Friendships from around the world can be like pen pals that we greet and maybe one day we meet. An original play was written by the cast of S'more's N Stories. Cast is part of Emerson Theater Collaborative's 2023 Summer Youth Theatre Program. An Original Play by the cast of ETC's Summer […]
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 Colaborative presents, Democracy & Fayettenam, a reflective solo performance from acclaimed performance artist Jay Ruby. The one-of-a-kind performance features spoken word and physical theater, addressing Early Settlement, American Transience/American Conscience, Water, Ghosts in the Mountain and Johnny Appleseed. Through the show, Ruby examines the roots and consequences of deep cultural conflict when approaching […]
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 […]
The Arts Academy of Sedona and Emerson Theater Collaborative are proud to bring Driving Miss Daisy to the stage on October 4-6, 2024 at Verde Valley School's Brady Hall. 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 […]
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 another unforgettable live theater production for the holiday season. Bring the holidays alive with David Sedaris’ Holidays on Ice hilarious stories. David Sedaris's beloved holiday collection is new again with six more pieces, including a never before published story. Join us Nov 29th, 30 and Dec 1, 2024 […]
Emerson Theater Collaborative is proud to bring Driving Miss Daisy to the stage on February 21-23, 2025 at Prescott's The Hazeltine Theatre. 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, […]
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 […]
WE'RE THRILLED TO BE CELEBRATING OUR TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY IN SEDONA, ARIZONA! Emerson Theater Collaborative is proud to bring Black Irish by Jeffrey Kagan-McCann to Sedona AND Prescott, Arizona. This play is a sharp, funny, and quietly gut-punching one-act following Ruairí Phelan, a young African-American man who crosses the ocean to a tiny Irish farming […]