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The Next Thing Festival David Marshall

The Next Thing Festival

This 10-day long event features a myriad of contemporary performances including Mike Daisey’s “American Utopias” and Kenneth Prestininzi’s “Birth Breath Bride Elizabeth.”

Pictured: Stephanie Burlington Daniels in “Birth Breath Bride Elizabeth.”

Feb. 15-24

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Paramount Center, 599 Washington St., Boston

Prices for individual show tickets and festival passes vary.

www.artsemerson.org