Emily Zemba is a playwright and screenwriter who creates work that is funny, formally inventive, and female driven. The 2021 production of Emily’s play Superstitions – as part of The Pool 2021– was praised by Helen Shaw at New York Magazine as “Elegant and weird” and “a return to what Off-Off was originally for.”
Some of Emily’s other plays include The Strangers Came Today (Society: at New Ohio Theater), Deer and the Lovers (First Floor Theater), and Have You Been There (Williamstown Prof. Training Company). Her work has been developed with support from places like People’s Light, Boston Court Pasadena, Two River Theater, Rattlestick, New York Stage and Film, and more.
In addition to plays, Emily enjoys creating guided theatrical tours and audio experiences – including the acclaimed OF A MIND: Oklahoma City (OKC Rep 2022). Emily is an affiliated artist with New Georges and The Playwrights Center, and a member of Society Theatre Company. She is adjunct theater faculty at Manhattanville College. BA: Sarah Lawrence; MFA: Yale School of Drama | emilyzemba.com