Biography
Emily Feldman’s work has been developed by Magic Theatre, Alliance Theatre, Roundabout Theatre Company, The Playwrights Realm, Portland Center Stage, New York Stage and Film, The New Harmony Project, The Ground Floor at Berkeley Rep, American Conservatory Theatre, and Second Stage, among others. Feldman is an alumna of The Working Farm at SPACE on Ryder Farm, The Jerome Fellowship/Core Apprenticeship at the Playwrights’ Center, and emerging writers groups at Page 73, The Orchard Project, and Two River Theater. She’s served as the Shank Playwright-in-Residence at Playwrights Horizons and Tow Playwright-in-Residence at Manhattan Theatre Club. Her work has received an Edgerton Foundation New Play Award, The Kennedy Center’s Paula Vogel Playwriting Award, a MacDowell Fellowship and was included on the 2019 and 2020 Kilroys Lists. In 2020, The Broadway Women’s League named her one of 50 Women to Watch on Broadway. She is currently working on commissions from Manhattan Theatre Club, Playwrights Horizons, and Arena Stage. She received her B.A. from Middlebury College, M.F.A. from the University of California, San Diego, and is a Lila Acheson Wallace American playwriting fellow at The Juilliard School.
Plays Written At Juilliard
THE BEST WE COULD
A family tragedy with laughs along the way.
THE ORACLE
A Greek-inspired romantic comedy.
UNTITLED HICK MUSICAL (written with Zack Zadek)
A musical about a life-altering romance between an Associated Press reporter and Eleanor Roosevelt.
THE FUCHSIA
A play for four actresses over 50 about friendship, loss, and resilience.