Performing at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, NYC
In 2024, Emily’s one woman show FURNITURE BOYS premiered off-broadway at SoHo Playhouse and was a finalist in the SoHo Playhouse Lighthouse Series.
FURNITURE BOYS has won the Jilline Ringle Solo Performance Award and was named The Buzz’s #1 Show for the 2024 Island Fringe in Canada.
In the summer of 2024, Emily studied clown and physical theater with Pig Iron. She has performed comedy and clown in NYC at places including Clown Gym, The Idiots Hour, The Tiny Cupboard and the Brooklyn Comedy Collective.
Emily’s award-winning performance poetry has been featured around the world. As a Watson Fellow, she spent one year touring as a featured poet, teaching poetry, collaborating with writing communities, and performing in Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Italy, Ireland, New Zealand, and Australia.
Her poem Couch won her Funniest Poet and Best Female Poet at national slam poetry competitions; her poem The Bread Thread was featured on Button Poetry, HuffPost, and Bustle.
Selected Performances:
SoHo Playhouse Lighthouse Series, Off-Broadway, Finalist, 2024
The Island Festival, PEI, Canada, 2024
Orlando Fringe’s FestN4, 2024
SoloCom NYC, 2024
Performances with the Idiots Hour, 2024
Performances with Clown Gym, 2023-2024
Comedy show at The Tiny Cupboard, 2023
Tin House Summer Workshop Reading, 2023
Stand Up Comedy Performances, 2023
Arts Letters & Numbers Reading, 2023
Redlight Fiction Reading, PowerHouse Books, 2022
Residency Performances, Vermont Studio Center, 2022
Residency Reading, Adirondack Center for Writers, 2020
“Until” Poetry Show, Brooklyn, NY, 2020
Nuyorican Poetry Cafe Friday Night Slam, NYC, 2020
Gallery Reading Series, Columbia University, 2018
Women of the World Poetry Slam, Brooklyn, NY, 2016
Thomas J. Watson Fellows Conference, Tacoma, Washington, 2015
Poetry Reading at U.S. Embassy, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2015
Cri de Femme International Arts Festival, Delhi, India, 2015
O’Bheal Poetry Reading, Cork, Ireland, 2015
100 Thousand Poets for Change, Salerno, Italy, 2015
Poetry tour with the Word Warriors, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2015
Artist-in-Residence Show, NCAM, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2014
Australian National Poetry Slam, Sydney, Australia, 2014
Poetry in Motion, Wellington, New Zealand, 2014
College Union Poetry Slam Invitationals, 2011-2014