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Emma Goldman-Sherman

                                      Emma Goldman-Sherman

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Emma's first memory of live theatre was at Philadelphia's Playhouse in the Park where she saw Peter Pan in the round and was thrilled to participate in the resurrection of Tinker Bell with collective applause. She has since then been obsessed with the power of theatre to confer healing and agency on audiences. 

Emma Goldman-Sherman's work includes Counting in Sha'ab (Golden Thread; upcoming Duned in UNESCO Festival and Playingonair.org podcast dir. Omar Metwally); Perfect Women (Jane Chambers Award, All Out Arts Inc.); Significant Circus (Manhattan Theatre Source); ZEN & the Art of Mourning a Mother (EST/LA as a one-act, finalist Bechdel Festival as a full-length); FUKT (finalist, Unicorn); WHORTICULTURE (finalist, Campfire Festival, shortlisted Unicorn and Owl & Cat); 3 time finalist for Risk is This at Cutting Ball with Why Birds Fly, WHORTICULTURE, and Abraham's Daughters. MAN & WIFE is one of the most recommended full length comedies on the New Play Exchange (NPX). 

Emma has received artist residencies at Millay, Ragdale and twice at WordBRIDGE, where she returned a third time as a dramaturg. She has worked as a dramaturg at Great Plains Theatre Conference (GPTC) in 2015, 2016, and founded the 29th Street Playwrights Collective in NYC where she runs the WriteNow Workshop since 2015. 

Emma earned an MFA from the University of Iowa where she received the Richard Maibaum Award for plays addressing social justice. She's been produced by Dixon Place; New Ohio; ManhattanTheatreSource; New Georges; Culture Project; Greenbriar Valley; Clemente; Capital Fringe; Theatre Conspiracy; EST/LA; New Circle Theatre Company, and in the UK, Europe, Canada, South Korea, Japan, Australia, and upcoming in New Zealand. Her work toured the US as part of The Every 28 Hours Plays commissioned by OSF, a response to Ferguson.


WHORTICULTURE - One Night Only Works in Progress at Dixon Place

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Twinkle Burke, as Bella, and Sarah Kiefer, as Indie. Photo by Emily Hewitt
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Teresa Hui as Lark. Photo by Emily Hewitt.
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Twinkle Burke and Sarah Kiefer. Photo by Emily Hewitt.
WHORTICULTURE, a confrontational tragicomedy, written by Emma Goldman-Sherman transfers to Dixon Place for a one night only event at Dixon Place, Friday October 20 at 7:30 pm.​ Developed with the 29th Street Playwrights Collective, WHORTICULTURE was presented as a staged reading in their New Works Series this past June.​ Using a non-traditional structure, WHORTICULTURE explores the darker roots of the way girls grow up in America challenging our social media, pop music, racist, rape culture. Cynthia Granville, Artistic Director of The Supporting Characters theatre company, will direct.
 Sarah Kiefer, Twinkle Burke and Teresa Hui reprise their roles as Indigo, Belladonna and Larkspur, three girls who, after discovering they are named for poisonous flowers, form a club. Explicit content. 
​EXERPT FROM BROADWAYWORLD.com "Industry Insider Report" Oct 3, 2017
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  • DONATE
  • New Works 2022
    • Global Excursions by Maxine Kern
    • Love Triangle: A Trilogy
  • New Works Series 2020/21
  • NEW WORKS SERIES 2019
  • NEW WORKS SERIES 2018
    • FUKT by Emma Goldman-Sherman
    • GLORIOUS DISASTER by Caroline Prugh
    • THE DIAMOND EATER by Carrie Robbins
    • EMBRACING THE UNDERTOAD by Robin Rice
    • LEAVE PHILADELPHIA, NEVER by Michael Wells-Oakes
    • TOM & TED GO TO THE RACES
  • Meet the Artists
    • Melissa Bell
    • Edgar Chisholm
    • Paul Hufker
    • Maxine Kern
    • Gabrielle Maisels
    • Robin Rice
    • Catherine Rogers
    • Michael Wells-Oakes
    • Emeritis Members >
      • Emma Goldman-Sherman
      • David Sard
      • Julie Richardson
      • Carrie Robbins
      • Matthew Wells
      • Suzanne Willett
  • New Works Series 2017
    • BARABBAS by Matthew Wells
    • THE DEATH AND LIFE OF DR. CUTTER by Carrie Robbins
    • LADY CAPULET by Melissa Bell
    • WHORTICULTURE by Emma Goldman-Sherman
    • MAN & WIFE by Emma Goldman-Sherman
    • SURVIVORS by James Masten
    • LUST & LIES by ROBIN RICE
    • BREATH TO BREATH by Michael Wells-Oakes & Max Balton
  • New Works Series 2016
    • QUEEN MAIR by Matthew Wells
    • LOVE, SEX, ANARCHY by Melissa Bell
    • MAGICAL THINKING by Carrie Robbins
    • SHADOWS by David Sard
    • BONGANI by Gabrielle Maisels
    • LIFE AND OTHER DISASTERS by Julie Richardson
    • A COLD DECEMBER by Michael Wells-Oakes
    • ABRAHAM'S DAUGHTERS by Emma Goldman-Sherman >
      • Stage one readings >
        • MAGICAL THINKING by Carrie Robbins
        • LIFE, & OTHER DISASTERS by Julie RIchardson
        • WHORTICULTURE by Emma Goldman-Sherman
  • Michael Warren Powell Memorial Reading
  • The UNaguration
  • Feisty Women Festival
  • Support New Work
    • Our Supporters
  • The Future Is Female Festival
  • Write Now Workshop
  • Writing Prompt
    • Freewriting Rules
    • March 2017 Prompt
    • April 2017 Prompt