RiverSing Spotlight: Good Trouble Brass Band

This year, Revels is kicking off Revels RiverSing: Two Dragons Dancing with a bang… or rather, with a HONK! We are thrilled to have Good Trouble Brass Band, a Boston-based activist street band, join us in the festivities as we welcome in the Autumnal Equinox with song and…

Debra Wise Appointed Associate Artistic Director of Revels, Inc.

WATERTOWN, MA – Revels, Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Debra Wise as its new Associate Artistic Director. Co-Founder and former Artistic Director of Cambridge’s Underground Railway Theater @ Central Square Theater and an artistic leader at Central Square Theater, Ms. Wise has established herself in…

Midwinter Revels Performer Spotlight – Rosalba Solis

Arts educator, musician, dancer, and tradition bearer Rosalba Solis first worked with Revels in 1994, during the Mesoamerican Christmas Revels. Originally from Guadalajara, Mexico, Rosalba has spent much of her career bringing Latin American music and traditions into Boston Public Schools. She is also the founder of La…

Midwinter Revels Performer Spotlight – Carolyn Saxon

Revels fan favorite Carolyn Saxon has been performing with Revels since our 2019 American Christmas Revels, and has been back for every December production since, as well as 2022’s RiverSing! This year, Carolyn took to the Sanders Theatre stage as the mystical Spirit of Place, guiding our characters…

Stage and Cinema REVIEW: Let the Revels’ Sun Shine into Your Home

December 27, 2022 By Lynne Weiss Theater Review: MIDWINTER REVELS: A SOLSTICE CELEBRATION – TALES FROM ELLIS ISLAND (Sanders Theater at Harvard and Online) LET THE REVELS’ SUN SHINE IN TO YOUR HOME Like the waning of the old year and the arrival of the new that it celebrates, The…

The Arts Fuse REVIEW: “Midwinter Revels” — Unity, “Behold How Good”

December 20, 2022 By David Greenham At its core, the Revels is about bringing together actors and audience, but there are several stagecraft successes to note this time around Midwinter Revels. Written and directed by Patrick Swanson. Music direction by Elijah Botkin. Choreography by Rosalba Solis and Kelli…

New England Theater Mirror REVIEW: ‘Midwinter Revels’ Brings Together Multiple Cultures for an Eclectic Holiday Experience

December 18, 2022 By Mike Hoban ‘Midwinter Revels: A Solstice Celebration’ – Directed by Patrick Swanson; Musical Direction by Elijah Botkin; Set Design by Jeremy Barnett; Costume Design by Heidi Hermiller; Lighting Design by Jeff Adelberg; Choreography by Kelli Edwards; Projection Design by Ari Herzig; Sound Design by…

WBUR REVIEW: Revels is back with a more inclusive, rebranded holiday spectacular

December 19, 2022 By Iris Fanger Boston is blessed by a splendid variety of holiday events— the plural productions of “The Nutcracker” in all its spectacle, “A Christmas Carol” charting the redemption of Scrooge’s soul and the joys of “Black Nativity,” in contrast to the raunchy laughs from the Gold Dust…

Boston Globe REVIEW: A ‘Solstice Celebration’ for everyone

‘Midwinter Revels’ brings us ‘Tales from Ellis Island’ By Jeffrey Gantz, Globe correspondent. Updated December 18, 2022, 2:39 p.m. Revels’ annual celebration of the winter solstice at Harvard University’s Sanders Theatre has a new name. For 51 years, it was “The Christmas Revels.” Last year, however, Revels began to…

Midwinter Revels Chorus Spotlight – Heather Koerber Nunes and Jake Nunes

Heather Koerber Nunes and Jake Nunes are no strangers to the Revels stage – they have been in eight and seven Revels shows respectively over the past twelve years! Their love for Revels has become a family affair for Heather, Jake, and their three children, and even bleeds…