{"id":90273,"date":"2022-08-12T16:16:31","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T20:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/?post_type=areas-of-interest&p=90273"},"modified":"2022-10-06T07:43:03","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T11:43:03","slug":"new-works","status":"publish","type":"areas-of-interest","link":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/areas-of-interest\/new-works\/","title":{"rendered":"New Works"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Playwrights, composers, screenwriters\u2026the next wave of storytelling is picking up speed here at CFA. Do you love what’s next? Flip through our stories of some of CFA’s thinkers and creators.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Opening Doors: Missy Mazzoli<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Missy Mazzoli <\/strong>(BUTI\u201989, CFA\u201995) is one of America\u2019s preeminent composers, and she\u2019s fighting to improve the path for women in classical music. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It\u2019s great joy to have some years of composing under my belt and to have this reputation, so I can, for lack of a better term, call people out on things without fear of being just dismissed. No matter what you are doing, no matter how you identify, the arts is a very challenging field. And you\u2019re often clinging to every opportunity and trying to be friends with everybody, trying not to rock the boat. I\u2019m glad now that I\u2019m at an age where I can call things out for what they are. I think this next generation is much better at this than my generation was. They\u2019re not afraid to call people out on these things. I think it\u2019s amazing that we have the language and these formats for it.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Common Ground Revisited <\/em>Re-examines Boston’s Busing Crisis for Modern Audiences<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

BU playwright Kirsten Greenidge<\/strong><\/a> has adapted, with Emerson College theater director Melia Bensussen, Tony Lukas\u2019 1985 Pulitzer Prize\u2013winning book  Common Ground for the stage. The Huntington Theatre Company production of their piece, Common Ground Revisited, played at the Calderwood Pavilion Wimberly Theatre in summer 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I try to uplift as well as instruct. With writing, so much of the \u201cbattle\u201d is finding your voice and learning how you want to say what you want to say. \u00a0So what I aim to supply within my students is a sense of self that is indelible and resilient, as well as dynamic and creative.<\/div>