About the Playwright
As an assistant director, Emily worked with Helena Kaut-Howson on Yerma (at the Arcola Theatre in London,) Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass and with Mark Ravenhill on Nursery/School.
Messenger Theatre Company brought Emily’s solo show, Mythellaneous to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2008 and the East to Edinburgh Festival at 59 E 59. She has worked as an actor with Shenandoah Shakespeare, Mill Mountain Theatre, Georgia Shakespeare Festival, Lime Kiln and BAMcinematek. As a singer/songwriter, Emily founded and played with Bright Red Boots, who released their debut CD in May 2001. She has been a two-time musical guest on talk show, Sara Schaeffer is Obsessed with You. Emily has worked for BAM, New York Student Shakespeare Festival. City Lights Youth Theatre, American Globe Theatre, Roundabout, Theatre for a New Audience, Bronx Arts Ensemble, Arts Connection, and Young Audiences/NY as a teaching artist. Read more: Q&A with Emily Davis Read more: History of “The Great God Money”
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EMILY DAVIS is a founder and Artistic Director of
Messenger Theatre Company in New York City. For Messenger, Emily has
written and directed fig. a: The Heart, The Great God
Money, Persephone, The Golden Apple: For the Fairest, “The
Daughters of Memory,” “The Adventures of Baba Yaga: Little
Girl Stew,” “The Enemy,” "Waiting Room" and
the “Puppet Rap” (which was filmed by NY1 and CNN as part
of the Lysistrata Project.) She also curates and produces the company's
Annual Festival of Myth.
