Play Reading Book Club

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Join ArtsEmerson’s Play Reading Book Club (PRBC) and gain behind the scenes access to scripts, artists, and conversations in our season. Enhance your experience as an audience member by diving deeply into the literary, artistic, and technical attributes of a play. Over 3-5 weekly sessions facilitated by a professional teaching artist you will:

Gain in-depth exposure to the text of a play through group readings, contextual resources, and facilitated discussions prior to attending a live performance.
Receive tools and resources to help navigate the process of attending the theater.
Increase social connectedness through continuous exposure to new people, conversations, and productions within an organized community.

Upcoming event: KISS PRBC BEGINS OCT. 16TH & 18TH IN DOWNTOWN BOSTON & ALLSTON!

When a young, aspirational theatre troupe discovers and performs what they believe is a Syrian soap opera, they come to realize just how much they don’t know. Kiss is a brilliant play-within-a-play that shows how misunderstanding cultural cues can reveal blind spots you never knew you had. Chilean playwright and director Guillermo Calderón brings his masterful sensibility to this intense, tightly wound new production where naiveté can turn out to be the kiss of death.

“The true meaning of the title will shock you.”
– On Stage and Screen