Degrees
MFA— Drama and Theatre for the Young, Eastern Michigan
University, 2011
BA— English Literature, Cum Laude, Spring Arbor University,
2006
Professional Associations/Memberships
American Alliance for Theatre in Education
Representative courses taught
CTAR 124: Fundamentals of Speech
CTAR 150: Introduction to Theatre
CTAR 222: Drama and Play in the Human Experience
Biography
Emily studied theater performance at Virginia Tech University
but completed her
Undergraduate degree at Spring Arbor University. In addition
to teaching at Eastern
Michigan University, she is the Staff Director of theatre at
Concordia University where
she recently directed productions of The Glass Menagerie and
Johnny Pye. She has also
directed productions at SAU including The Diviners last spring
and performed her onewoman
show “Homestays” at the SAU homecoming in 2011. Emily
has lead several
summer theatre programs for youth at Wild Swan Theatre in Ann
Arbor and Saltworks
theatre in Pittsburgh, PA. She also founded youth summer programs
at Spring Arbor and
Trinity House Theatre in Livonia, MI.
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