Emery Schaffer

Emery Schaffer is a Scotland-based playwright from Philadelphia. Greater New York City area credits include productions with/at The Tank NYC, Upright Citizens Brigade, NYU Tisch, Shakespeare On The Sound, Brunch Theatre Company, and the Long Island City One Act Festival Competition in which her short play 80 Percent finished as a semi-finalist. UK credits include Page2Stage Edinburgh, Moot Point Collective (Scotland), and Mermaids Performing Arts Fund (University of St Andrews). Winner of Theatre Lime and Salt audience choice and runner-up critics choice 2022. Top 35 for Bitter Pill Painkiller Prize for Playwriting. Longlisted for the David MacLennan New Writing Award. BFA: NYU Tisch School of the Arts. MFA : University of St Andrews.

Emery Schaffer is a Scotland-based playwright from Philadelphia. Greater New York City area credits include productions with/at The Tank NYC, Upright Citizens Brigade, NYU Tisch, Shakespeare On The Sound, Brunch Theatre Company, and the Long Island City One Act Festival Competition in which her short play 80 Percent finished as a semi-finalist. UK credits include Page2Stage Edinburgh, Moot Point Collective (Scotland), and Mermaids Performing Arts Fund (University of St Andrews). Winner of Theatre Lime and Salt audience choice and runner-up critics choice 2022. Top 35 for Bitter Pill Painkiller Prize for Playwriting. Longlisted for the David MacLennan New Writing Award. BFA: NYU Tisch School of the Arts. MFA : University of St Andrews.

Scripts

I Hope It All Burns

by Emery Schaffer

1
Cast Size
3
Genre
dark comedy,
drama,
experimental,
movement/physical,
mystery/thriller

After tragedy strikes a small Scottish village, three women are charged with witchcraft. Each tell their tale but in this dangerous game, one woman’s truth will send another to the grave. What exactly happened that awful night? And, more importantly, who lives to tell the truth?

After tragedy strikes a small Scottish village, three women are charged with witchcraft. Each tell their tale but in this dangerous game, one woman’s truth will send another to the grave. What exactly happened that awful night? And, more importantly, who lives to tell the truth?

A My Name Is Allison

by Emery Schaffer

4
Cast Size
4
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
horror

Long-time friends Julian, Trish, and Pete get together one night every month to play board games and escape from the stresses of everyday life. This time, Julian invites a date that seems to have a motive other than finding love and winning Harry Potter Clue. What's going on with her? And what's with her sock puppet? Time will tell in this revenge-driven story of a girl desperate to meet her makers.

Long-time friends Julian, Trish, and Pete get together one night every month to play board games and escape from the stresses of everyday life. This time, Julian invites a date that seems to have a motive other than finding love and winning Harry Potter Clue. What's going on with her? And what's with her sock puppet? Time will tell in this revenge-driven story of a girl desperate to meet her makers.

80 Percent

by Emery Schaffer

2
Cast Size
2
Genre
comedy

Half-sisters Jean and Ani receive their recently deceased mother's 23andMe test in the mail. But between grieving, laughing, and coping with the different versions of their mother they both came to know, the results become less and less important. What they don't know, is that what is inside that envelope will change their lives forever.

Half-sisters Jean and Ani receive their recently deceased mother's 23andMe test in the mail. But between grieving, laughing, and coping with the different versions of their mother they both came to know, the results become less and less important. What they don't know, is that what is inside that envelope will change their lives forever.

Becky Knows What Sex Is

by Emery Schaffer

2
Cast Size
2
Genre
comedy

Parents Larry and Ernie must decide how to approach the topic of sex to their curious seven-year-old daughter Becky, but are scared of confusing her with topics she is too young to fully understand.

Parents Larry and Ernie must decide how to approach the topic of sex to their curious seven-year-old daughter Becky, but are scared of confusing her with topics she is too young to fully understand.