Bio

 

Emily is a director, producer, and scholar. She has worked at Playwrights Horizons, ACT, and elsewhere, developing new works for both stage and film. Emily was also a member of Frost Productions, responsible for producing large-scale events including the MET Gala, Tonys red carpet, and major film premieres.

In addition to her own projects, Emily assists Tony-award-winning director and MacAurthur Fellow, David Cromer.

Emily is passionate about creating community, fostering positive change, and sharing career-development resources with young artists. During her time as Literary & Artistic Manager at ACT – A Contemporary Theatre, Emily lead the charge to make the institution a Deaf-friendly space, managing artistic programming, inclusive casting, meaningful community partnerships, and capital improvements which included the implementation of closed captioning in both main stage spaces. Also at ACT, Emily founded and managed the Kenan Directing Fellowship, which generously supported emerging directors with mentorship and financial resources.

As an educator, Emily has adjudicated new play festivals at universities, taught play submission workshops, taught graduate courses in directing, acting, and movement technique, and guest-directed and choreographed university productions. 

Recent directing credits include AN ILIAD (Brick Monkey Theater Company), THE WOLVES (Bucknell University), CORIOLANUS: Fight Like a Bitch (Rebel Kat Productions), A Christmas Carol (ACT- A Contemporary Theatre), the world premiere of Worse Than Tigers (RED STAGE), Gregory Award-winning Romeo & Juliet (Seattle Immersive Theatre), Pilgrims (Forward Flux), Snowglobed (Playing in Progress) and Milwaukee Repertory Theater’s The Other WomanWandering and their world premiere of the devised play Pot of Gold. Emily has choreographed at Book-It Repertory Theatre (Slaughterhouse Five), Café Nordo (Don Nordo Del Midwest), ACT Theatre (A Christmas Carol), and for the UMO Ensemble's Resistance Cabaret - Resistance is Fertile! 

Emily was born in California, raised in New Jersey, attended Bucknell University, and earned her MFA in Directing from Ohio University.


Tony Award for Best New Musical

Emily working with actress Nike Iromu.

Emily working with actress Nike Iromu.

Emily working with Andrew Smith (lx designer) on CORIOLANUS: FIGHT LIKE A BITCH.

Emily working with Andrew Smith (lx designer) on CORIOLANUS: FIGHT LIKE A BITCH.


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