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Rabbit by Nina Raine

1/14/2022

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After a hectic holiday season, I finally get to sit down and let you know about our amazing run of Rabbit by Nina Raine!
Rabbit ran at the beginning of December, and we had the absolute best time! Playing Bella in Rabbit was a dream that I never thought to ask for, because I never expected I'd get the chance to play such a multi-faceted, difficult woman, a true lead role that fully runs the gamut of emotion.
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I especially didn't think to ask for a role so suited to me specifically, a character whose father is dying (mine died a few years ago), who is both openly feminist and deeply suspicious of her own talent and abilities (guilty), and who can't seem to accept love (I know, I know, but isn't that all of us?).
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Now that I have experienced it, I can say this: it is deeply exhausting to excavate the deepest parts of yourself every night, but also deeply fulfilling and validating. Almost every performance, someone reached out to me to let me know how much my performance affected them, or how much they related to Bella. And as someone who relates to Bella on a level that feels eerie, I can't tell you how un-alone that made me feel.
I also got to do so many things I had never done before! I have never had a solo closing bow before this show, so that was a huge moment! I had never performed in Indianapolis, though growing up in Shelbyville I always dreamed of it. And THE Nina Raine herself sent us a video message on our last performance to send us well wishes! I could not have asked for a better entry to Indianapolis theatre, and I can't wait to keep going from here.
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Casting News: Rabbit by Nina Raine

11/14/2021

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​It has been a long time since I have been able to perform due to the pandemic, but even longer since I've performed in a play. Theatre was my first love (even before John D. in sixth grade), but for the last few years, I have happened upon more film opportunities - and somehow, without noticing, five years have passed since the last time I was in a play. So when I say I'm incredibly excited to return to the stage, you have to know that I mean it with EVERY fiber of my being!
I have been cast in the Southbank Theatre production of Nina Raine's Rabbit in Indianapolis! I'm playing Bella, a woman who is using her 29th birthday party as a distraction from the fact that her father is dying. She's messy and insecure and funny and deep and difficult, so we have a lot in common. I first read Rabbit when I was about 19, and I was so drawn into its complex discussions about feminism and love, all with sharp humor and deep grief as its constant backdrop. I bought a copy and kept it for ten years, knowing that it would be a great show for me one day. Over those years, as I've experienced love and loss and my own dad's death, it's only become more relevant to me. And now, at 29, Bella's age, I get the chance to play the lead, alongside the most talented people I've ever met. This is THE ACTUAL DREAM.
Rabbit runs for two weeks at the Storefront Theatre in Indianapolis, beginning December 2, 2021. Don't forget your proof of vaccination if you come! It's a really meaningful one for me, and I would love to see you there. Click here to buy tickets! 
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BINGE REPRESENT HERE!

4/20/2020

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Welp, there it is, folks! As of last Friday, ALL EPISODES of my web series REPRESENT are out and available for you to view! (At least, all of season one...)

I'm so proud of the work we all did, and so thankful for everyone who has watched it so far. Watching something that I thought of, wrote, starred in, and edited finally reach people's eyes is so trippy but also so, so cool.

You can watch the whole series so far on YouTube, or on the ​REPRESENT website. Or you can watch one of my favorite episodes above! And if you happen to love it and have some money and want to finance a second season, hit me up! I have it all planned out :)
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REPRESENT IS LIVE!

4/2/2020

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It's HEEEERE!!!!! The first three episodes of REPRESENT premiered last week!
I started writing REPRESENT in the fall of 2015. We started filming in the fall of 2017. We finished filming early 2018. It took us until the end of 2018 to edit it, and finally after the festival run, it's ready.

I've spent nearly five years working on this series, and it brings me so much joy to finally see people laugh along and love it like I do. Well, maybe not as much as I do - it is my baby, after all :) Check out the first episode below!
Please visit ​www.representwebseries.com for more about the series and the amazing people that made it happen. And please watch the first three episodes!
New episodes are being released every Friday, so subscribe to our YouTube channel to make sure you don't miss it!
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REPRESENT Premiere next week!

3/18/2020

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Hello, friends!!

I hope everyone is staying safe and sane inside during the COVID-19 crisis. I'm grateful to be inside with plenty of food, TP, and time to write. In the last week and a half, I've finished a draft of a feature and an hour-long pilot, so the extra time stuck at home is being put to good use! Also, we've been ramping up for my web series's release next week!
The first three episodes of REPRESENT will be premiering online on Friday, March 27 (#femalefilmmakerfriday)! That's right - the thing I've spent HOURS and hours of time on, that was made through the love of a billion people who helped me, that I've been working on for, at this point, years? It will be on your laptop screen in, like, a week. WILD​, right?
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As the day gets closer, I get more and more nervous. But ultimately, what really matters is not who likes what we made and who doesn't. What matters is that we made it. That's huge. That's a leap of faith. It's  an act of hope. And it's gonna be incredible, whether a million people watch it, or just my mom and my therapy group (who promised me they would, so don't back out now, Sarah*!)

Love you all! Stay healthy out there!

*I do have a real therapy group who promised to watch, but none of them is named Sarah. I'm not about to break confidentiality, y'all!
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Happy 2020!

1/2/2020

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Happy New Year, everyone!

I am so beyond excited about 2020 for so many reasons. Every year, I try to choose a word to focus on and use as a guiding light throughout the year. This year, I chose "receive". I have had a lot of trouble with this word in my life. First of all, it's the only word in my vocabulary that I still have difficulty spelling occasionally. But mostly, as a lifelong over-achiever, I rarely feel like I'm doing enough. I tend to focus on pushing myself to produce, on waving away compliments, opportunities, and accomplishments.

But this year is going to be different. It's my first full year in LA, and I'm ready to receive opportunities, inspiration, money, love, happiness, and all other good things that come my way! I'm keeping the channels open, and that's part of why I'm so excited to finally announce: REPRESENT IS COMING OUT THIS YEAR!
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My web series REPRESENT, which I wrote, produced, co-directed, and co-starred in, has finished its film festival run and is finally coming to your screens in 2020! Specifically, the first three episodes will be available March 27 - the last #FemaleFilmmakerFriday of Women's History Month! I'm so excited to finally release something that so many of my best friends worked so hard on. To keep track of all the updates, visit www.representwebseries.com, or follow @representwebseries on Instagram!

My year of receiving has officially begun! Thanks for keeping up with me and my career, and I hope you receive everything you deserve in 2020!

-Emily
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update | Awards and selections!

12/13/2019

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Hi, all!  It's been a little while since I posted, but thank you for being patient with me as I acclimate more to my new city surroundings in LA! I've missed out on telling you about some news, so I wanted to do a quick update to keep you informed!
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First, back in October I was thrilled to get the news that my short film script, The Pledge, won the Best Short Script Award at the Boobs and Blood Film Festival! Boobs and Blood is a festival celebrating women in horror that embraces humor and camp, so it was a natural fit for my script about a sorority with a secret. I had so much fun at the event (as evidenced by the photo on the left) and can't believe that I won such a prestigious award! Thanks to Miles and everyone at Boobs and Blood!
The Pledge has also received some additional buzz by being selected for the Women in Horror Film Festival! I was so excited about this one, because it's such a huge deal for female genre filmmakers.
But there is an extra level of mind-blown-ness for me, because since my script is a finalist, it's still under consideration for awards - so it's being read by the festival's judges, which include absolute legends of horror, like Heather Langenkamp from A Nightmare on Elm Street, and Marianne Maddalena, who produced one of my favorite horror movies, Scream! I can't believe my little script is going to be read by these amazing women, so regardless of how the awards shake out, I'm overwhelmingly PUMPED.
Finally, a different script of mine, Homefront, has received its first official selection at the TalNexus Screenplay Competition, where it was very highly rated! Homefront is so special to me, because it's about women home front workers in World War II, a story that I've been so passionate about ever since visiting the Rosie the Riveter Museum in Richmond, CA and meeting several real-life Rosies who once worked at the shipyards. It's also the script that got me my literary agent Diane, and definitely one of the best things I've ever written. I'm really excited for the future of ​Homefront, and so thankful to the folks at TalNexus for recognizing it.
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This is all to say, I've been amazing - thank you so much for asking! I'm about to travel back to the Midwest to visit family for the holidays, so I'll be taking a tiny break to enjoy that time! But I'm really, really looking forward to all the doubtlessly incredible things 2020 has in store for me. #prayerhandemoji #2blessed2bestressed
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New Literary Representation!

10/8/2019

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​Here is my very most writerly headshot to announce that I've signed with Diane Wang at The Library Agency's literary division!

I am so, so excited to be partnering with Diane and everyone at Library! I have had agents in the past for acting, but this is my first time being represented as a writer, and it means so much too me as I'm leaning more into my writing every day! After many years of writing script after script, alone with my laptop, with no sense of whether a line of dialogue is actually funny or only funny to me, it is amazing to be working with people who actually know what they are doing and still take me seriously as a screenwriter!

​We've already started working on getting a script of mine ready, so I can't wait to see all the wonderful things this relationship will hold! Thank you to Diane and The Library Agency!
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Millennial Lizzie McGuire | comedy video

8/26/2019

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So happy to announce that I've been hard at work on the recently announced Lizzie McGuire reboot!  Thought I'd show y'all a sneak peek! :P

Okay, in all seriousness - I'm not working on this show, obviously. But in middle school I watched every episode and copied every one of Lizzie's hairstyles, so when the reboot was announced this week, I did find myself wondering what a grown-up Lizzie would be like. This is the very silly, slightly profane result...
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UCB IMPROV!

8/26/2019

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Okay, I'll be honest with you - this is a #stealthfie (AKA stealth selfie). I was trying not to seem too corny and weird to the receptionists at the UCB Training Center. But I really wanted to commemorate the occasion, because I took this right after my very first improv class at UCB!

Improv has long been basically my last true performance-related fear. I've done it before in projects, but for whatever reason I have always psyched myself out and convinced myself that it's not for me. It's maybe (definitely) something about the whole fear matrix I have around being good/right/seeming dumb. How can I be right if I step on the stage without knowing what's going to happen? How can I not seem stupid if I don't know what I'm doing? GUYS I AM NOTHING IF NOT SELF AWARE OKAY.
I had so many awesome improviser friends in college, and I loved going to their shows, but I distinctly remember watching them, thinking to myself "I could never do that."

Which, honestly, LOL. Because all my life, the second I start thinking that is the second my brain starts going, "You know what?...No. No. Well...HA!" like the woman in that meme when she tries kombucha for the first time.

This is all to say, basically, eff all that. Because I'm in improv classes at freakin' UCB now. Yep. That UCB. Which, I know paying to take a 101-level improv class at such an institution is not prestigious or anything, but man. That kinda feels big in itself! And I guess if you're in LA, you can come see me do bad improv in October!  But in the meantime, I'm enjoying healing bad patterns and being ridiculous while doing it, which is good enough for me!

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