Emma Goldman-Sherman
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.
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
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.
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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
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