Upcoming Events!

  • June 15: Emily will be performing live with The Broadway Beat News for The BeaTony Awards!

  • June 22 & June 24: Emily will be hosting Gay Femme Mayhem, a night of sapphic comedy, at The Tank NYC as part of their PrideFest!

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Recent Work!

  • November 2023

    • Emily presented her new original 20-minute musical, Face to Face, with music by George Luton and book by Cameron Reese as part of The New York Public Library’s Across a Crowded Room

  • September 2023

    • Emily performed the third version of Truth, Dare, or Lesbian in The Tank’s 98-seat theater

  • August 2023

    • Emily provided dramaturgy for How to Steal an Election and The Lieutenant, the first two shows in The York Theatre Company’s 2023-24 season

  • June 2023

    • Emily presented the second round of Truth, Dare, or Lesbian alongside George, Bianca Barragan, and Logan Pitts as part of PrideFest at The Tank NYC

  • May 2023

    • Emily made her second appearance at Carnegie Hall for “Voices of Action”

    • Emily & George performed the second iteration of (Pre)Scripted at Balance Arts Center

  • April 2023

    • Emily & George were featured writers in the inaugural GenYork Concert at The York Theatre Company

  • February 2023

    • Emily made her Walt Disney Concert Hall debut for Britten’s War Requiem

    • Emily sang in Bianca Barragan’s “New Songs for a New Year”

  • December 2022

    • Emily & George premiered their new mini musical (Pre)Scripted at The Tank NYC as part of “Open Source”

    • Emily sang with Andrea Bocelli at Madison Square Garden

  • November 2022

    • Emily sang with Downtown Voices in their Anthems program

  • August 2022

    • Emily & George completed the first NYC run of Alice at The Tank NYC

    • Emily & George were interviewed on “In the Pipeline,” presented by The York Theatre Company

  • June 2022

    • Emily premiered her new comedy special Truth, Dare, or Lesbian as part of The Tank NYC’s PrideFest

    • Emily performed Carmina Burana with Music in the Somerset Hills

    • Emily finished a nine-week musical comedy cabaret residency at The Stonewall Inn

  • May 2022

    • Emily made her Lincoln Center debut as a vocal mentor for the National Children’s Chorus

    • Emily performed Beethoven’s Ninth with Camerata Notturna

    • Emily sang in Downtown Voice’s Requiems program, featuring works by Durufle and Faure

  • December 2021

    • Emily made her Madison Square Garden debut for Andrea Bocelli’s Believe World Tour

  • September 2021

    • Emily performed in Jokes, Tunes + Legumes, a musical comedy show hosted by Elyse Durand

  • August 2021

    • Emily performed in, and provided dramaturgy and script consultation for, Earhart, a new musical, at Stage 284

  • May 2021

    • Emily and George premiered “Of Sleepless Nights,” a CyberTank Variety Show featuring selections of original musical theatre

  • October 2020

    • Emily provided dramaturgy and script development for Dancing Through…, produced by Theatre Dance Vietnam

  • December 2019

    • Emily co-wrote and provided dramaturgy for a new holiday adaptation of Little Women, produced by Hedgepig Ensemble Theatre

    • Emily was a featured soloist in the new opera, State of the Jews, at the 14th St. Y

  • November 2019

    • Emily was a featured soloist for C4: The Choral Composer/Conductor Collective’s “Connections” program