Jessica Phillips graduated from Emerson College in 1994 with a BFA in Musical Theatre, and studied under the tutelage of the revered Leo Nickole. Phillips is starring in the national tour of the Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen as Heidi Hansen.
The U.S. Department of State continues to enlist the expertise of veteran journalist and Emerson Dean of the School of Communication, Raul Reis, to deliver journalism training around the world to reporters in need of media literacy – most recently in the Southern African nation of Angola.
What lurks in the Emerson College Archives?
Finding Khaya, filmed in Cape Town over six weeks earlier this summer, was a collaboration between Emerson and AFDA students, led by Senior Distinguished Director-in-Residence Regge Life and Associate Professor Harlan Bosmajian, a cinematographer, who co-teach a similar class at Emerson.
Emerson alumni were well represented among nominees for the 71st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, announced Tuesday, July 16. Three of the nominees will be looking to repeat 2018 wins during this year’s awards ceremony, which will air Sunday, September 22, on FOX.
Kyler Schelling directed 100% Julian Edelman, capturing the New England Patriots star’s recovery after a serious injury.
The escapist drama Blood & Treasure, created by alumnus Stephen Scaia ’98 and screenwriter Matthew Federman, with writing by Kevin Chesley ’97 and Bryan Shukoff ’97, takes viewers around the world.
In a world where democracy seems to face challenges at every turn, Greek communication change agent, Stavros Kalenteridis ’10, promotes participatory democracy and democratic values in Greece and for Greeks living abroad. It all began in Plato’s hometown of Athens, when Kalenteridis was able to pursue his political passion at Emerson College, launching his now successful nonprofit NGO foundation, “Delta – Political Revolution.”
Dean Jan Roberts-Breslin recently traveled to the University of Botswana to help two Emerson College alums.
Tucked away on Beacon Hill, 69 Brimmer Street is an unassuming building that served as the center of several vital programs at Emerson College.
