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EMMA CRANE JASTER

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The Epic of Gilgamesh

Constellation Theatre Company
Directed by Allison Stockman
Choreography by Emma Jaster
Costume design by Kendra Rai

Reviews:
The Washington Post 
DC Theatre Scene "[the show] exhibits the transformative powers of the human body, working together with the myth to celebrate life and marvel at its incomprehensible variety."
Washingtonian "visually arresting and inventive"
MD Theatre Guide "superb, enthralling"

Always a delight to work with Constellation, I had a great time creating the dances, puppet movements, and gestural vocabulary for this ancient mesopotamian epic.  

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Shahrazad

Double Edge Theatre Co
Directed by Stacy Klein
Created in collaboration with the devising company

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Young Robin Hood

Round House Theatre
Directed by Derek Goldman
Choreography by Emma Jaster, also cast to portray the deer, the falcon, the squirrels, a forest fire, and a river

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My Report to the World

Directed by Derek Goldman.  Co-written by Derek Goldman and Clark Young.  
Starring David Strathairn
Original Choreography by Emma Jaster
Produced by Bisno Productions and The Karski Theatre Project.

The Washington Post reports on the process of developing this play about Jan Karski.
They brought me on board to integrate movement and Polish theater techniques.

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Communique no 10

Cutting Ball Theatre
Directed by Rob Melrose
Choreography by Emma Jaster

Falling Out of Time

Theatre J
Adapted and Directed by Derek Goldman
C-Movement Directed by Emma Jaster and Mark Jaster
Adapted from the novel by David Grossman

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