{"id":96788,"date":"2023-01-06T15:07:12","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T20:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=96788"},"modified":"2023-01-06T15:10:33","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T20:10:33","slug":"assistant-professor-melisa-pereyra-cast-in-a-dolls-house-on-broadway","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/news\/articles\/2023\/assistant-professor-melisa-pereyra-cast-in-a-dolls-house-on-broadway\/","title":{"rendered":"Assistant Professor Melisa Pereyra Cast in A Doll&#8217;s House on Broadway"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin news-block-editorial-leadin is-style-side-by-side has-media has-flip has-media-focus-center-middle has-primary-theme\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2022\/03\/Melisa-Pereyra_600x600.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"Melisa Pereyra\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/03\/Melisa-Pereyra_600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/03\/Melisa-Pereyra_600x600-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/03\/Melisa-Pereyra_600x600-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/03\/Melisa-Pereyra_600x600-550x550.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/03\/Melisa-Pereyra_600x600-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-prepress-tag\">CFA Faculty<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAssistant Professor Melisa Pereyra Cast in A Doll&#8217;s House on Broadway\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar news-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">January 6, 2023<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/about\/contact-directions\/directory\/melisa-pereyra\/\">Melisa Pereyra<\/a>, Assistant Professor of Acting at <a href=\"http:\/\/bu.edu\/cfa\/theatre\">BU School of Theatre<\/a>, has joined the cast of the forthcoming Broadway production of Henrik Ibsen&#8217;s <em>A Doll&#8217;s House<\/em> starring Jessica Chastain! Making her Broadway debut, Pereyra will serve as an understudy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>A Doll&#8217;s House<\/em> is set to begin previews at the Hudson Theatre on February 13 ahead of a March 9 opening night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amy Herzog (<em>Mary Jane<\/em>) has penned a new English-language version of the 1879 drama about desperate housewife Nora Helmer (Chastain), who works very hard to maintain the illusion of domestic bliss for her husband (Moayed) \u2014 until she doesn&#8217;t. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button wp-block-bu-button news-block-button has-primary-theme\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theatermania.com\/broadway\/news\/cast-a-dolls-house-broadway-jessica-chastain_94713.html\">read more in theatermania<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h5 id=\"headline-1\" class=\"wp-block-editorial-headline news-block-editorial-headline\">Get to know Melisa Pereyra, who brings a refreshing perspective to BU School of Theatre.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube alignwide wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"responsive-video responsive-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Getting to Know: Melisa Pereyra, Assistant Professor, Theatre\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d79ndW9607U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melisa Pereyra, Assistant Professor of Acting at BU School of Theatre, has joined the cast of the forthcoming Broadway production of Henrik Ibsen&#8217;s A Doll&#8217;s House starring Jessica Chastain! 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