About Emily
I got my start acting when I was just six years old. My first role was in my church's Christmas Pageant Bus to Bethlehem. Since then, I've fallen in love with Shakespeare, improvisation, directing, and singing. I do my best to center joy in all things, especially my work, and I love that my career allows me to encounter so many different people, places, and stories!
In both my work and my life, I am working to be more confident in taking up the space I deserve. As a tall, fat, AFAB non-binary person, I am constantly trying to push myself to show up as my fullest self rather than paring down who I am to fit in.
I am passionate about theatre education and using theatre as a tool to teach. My first foray into teaching theatre to young people was in the spring of 2019 when I also served as the Youth Drama Director for Hands of Peace, an after school program for children K-5 that teaches messages of peace and tolerance through the arts.
In the summer of 2023, I was a member of the young artist's troupe Merely Players at the Wisconsin Shakespeare Festival which toured through the Chippewa Valley and performed "Shakes-pired," original works for children (one of which I wrote!). That summer, I was also an intern and teacher for summer K-12 programming at the Chippewa Valley Theatre Guild, the community theatre that I grew up in.
Since September of 2024, I've been a teaching artist with Imagine Performing Arts, teaching classes after school as well as day-off camps to children in the Chicago area.
