PLAYWRIGHT

Emerson is a playwright, performer and artist based in Brooklyn.

A gay transgender woman, Emerson writes plays that make a muck of queer character’s lives and values. Her plays include ‘WHO PUT BELLA IN THE WYCH ELM?’, a hallucenigenic horror that unfolds over a single night on a Lake Michigan campsite; ‘TRICK STAR’, a cosmic contemporary sex farse set in a shipping container tiny house; and ‘SCORNUCOPIA’, a queer Chekhov riff featuring a decaying estate and friends who don’t like each other much anymore.

Her work has been featured at Ars Nova, 54 Below, the Tank, Theater for the New City, and Roundabout Theatre.

MUSICALS by THE SMITH TWINS

Emerson has been writting musicals with her identical twin sister Murphy since they were fourteen years old.

PERFORMER

As a performer, she originated the role of KITTY MINX in Joe Iconis’ LOVE IN HATE NATION at Two River Theater. She has performed at 54 Below, Caveat, Green Room 42 and other weirdo Brooklyn basements.