Emma Skinner

Emma Skinner is an actor, playwright, stage manager and musician with a degree in Drama from Vassar College. Her stories live in speculative genres of horror, fantasy, and science fiction, centering themes of power, queerness, villainy, and unconventional relationships. Her plays have been performed and read with the Boston Queer Voices Festival, the Queens Short Play Festival, The Larking House, Theater by Development, and Dramatic Chaos Productions, longlisted for the DDP's 3-Month Match, and listed as a finalist for the 2024 LiveArts Waterworks Festival. Emma is also the composer and creator of "Arrhythmia", a queer haunted-house horror audio drama. She is an alumni of the Powerhouse Theater Program, the Barr Hill Players, and the 24 Hour Plays, and a current member of the 2025/2026...

Emma Skinner is an actor, playwright, stage manager and musician with a degree in Drama from Vassar College. Her stories live in speculative genres of horror, fantasy, and science fiction, centering themes of power, queerness, villainy, and unconventional relationships. Her plays have been performed and read with the Boston Queer Voices Festival, the Queens Short Play Festival, The Larking House, Theater by Development, and Dramatic Chaos Productions, longlisted for the DDP's 3-Month Match, and listed as a finalist for the 2024 LiveArts Waterworks Festival. Emma is also the composer and creator of "Arrhythmia", a queer haunted-house horror audio drama. She is an alumni of the Powerhouse Theater Program, the Barr Hill Players, and the 24 Hour Plays, and a current member of the 2025/2026 NJPL Storyteller's Studio.

Scripts

bleed air

by Emma Skinner

Synopsis

ONE ACT: Harper is a superhero. Lennox is a supervillain. They used to be best friends. Now, Lennox has kidnapped Harper, and trapped her in their secret villain lair. A dark comedy about the pain of friendship, and the habits we don't know how to break.

ONE ACT: Harper is a superhero. Lennox is a supervillain. They used to be best friends. Now, Lennox has kidnapped Harper, and trapped her in their secret villain lair. A dark comedy about the pain of friendship, and the habits we don't know how to break.

But Who Can Stand Before Jealousy?

by Emma Skinner

Synopsis

TEN MINUTE: Coriel is the heart of Animus, an angel. When Coriel abandons Animus, he crash-lands on the dorm roof of a college student - and promptly falls in love. But Animus is resolved to get his heart back by any means necessary. A short play about beauty, betrayal, and what it means to be complete.

TEN MINUTE: Coriel is the heart of Animus, an angel. When Coriel abandons Animus, he crash-lands on the dorm roof of a college student - and promptly falls in love. But Animus is resolved to get his heart back by any means necessary. A short play about beauty, betrayal, and what it means to be complete.

drugstore gothic

by Emma Skinner

Synopsis

FULL LENGTH: Belphegor is a demon, forced to work customer service in a drugstore-like purgatory by their unfair and uncaring God. When James and Audrey, two recently deceased humans, wind up in purgatory as Belphegor's fellow employees, all three must decide whether or not to accept the fate they've been given - and whether they can overcome their internal squabbles to bring down their boss at the top.

FULL LENGTH: Belphegor is a demon, forced to work customer service in a drugstore-like purgatory by their unfair and uncaring God. When James and Audrey, two recently deceased humans, wind up in purgatory as Belphegor's fellow employees, all three must decide whether or not to accept the fate they've been given - and whether they can overcome their internal squabbles to bring down their boss at the top.

Frigid

by Emma Skinner

Synopsis

TEN MINUTE: Molly and Maya are taking a vacation. A nice, sweet couples vacation. But the conversation is stilted. The tensions are high. The fireplace refuses to light a fire. And something is watching through the window....

TEN MINUTE: Molly and Maya are taking a vacation. A nice, sweet couples vacation. But the conversation is stilted. The tensions are high. The fireplace refuses to light a fire. And something is watching through the window....

GLITCH

by Emma Skinner

Synopsis

FULL LENGTH: Danny is an assassin, bound to a strange entity called the GLITCH. After a chance encounter with a stranger, Danny starts looking for a way to quit their job. But as they evade their colleagues, their murder victims start coming back to life. A dark comedy about the terror of talking, the call of the void, and the lengths we'll go to feel less alone.

FULL LENGTH: Danny is an assassin, bound to a strange entity called the GLITCH. After a chance encounter with a stranger, Danny starts looking for a way to quit their job. But as they evade their colleagues, their murder victims start coming back to life. A dark comedy about the terror of talking, the call of the void, and the lengths we'll go to feel less alone.

Good Blood

by Emma Skinner

Synopsis

ONE ACT: Jesse just became a vampire. Her family doesn't know. When an attempt to tell them backfires, Jesse spirals quickly into embracing her new life - perhaps to the detriment of all. A short play about optimism, pessimism, vampirism, and the worst versions of ourselves.

ONE ACT: Jesse just became a vampire. Her family doesn't know. When an attempt to tell them backfires, Jesse spirals quickly into embracing her new life - perhaps to the detriment of all. A short play about optimism, pessimism, vampirism, and the worst versions of ourselves.

The Bride

by Emma Skinner

Synopsis

TEN MINUTE: Emerald is driving to a wedding. The Bride is in the backseat. Emerald is driving to a wedding. The Bride has some questions for her. Emerald is driving to a wedding. The Bride is a ghost.

TEN MINUTE: Emerald is driving to a wedding. The Bride is in the backseat. Emerald is driving to a wedding. The Bride has some questions for her. Emerald is driving to a wedding. The Bride is a ghost.

The Salad

by Emma Skinner

Synopsis

TEN MINUTE: The salad sits in the spotlight. It is drenched in dressing. Its word is law. It rules over all. Cass, quite honestly, thinks this is a foolish form of government. An absurdist play of power, promises, and lettuce-based puns.

TEN MINUTE: The salad sits in the spotlight. It is drenched in dressing. Its word is law. It rules over all. Cass, quite honestly, thinks this is a foolish form of government. An absurdist play of power, promises, and lettuce-based puns.

Work-Life Balance

by Emma Skinner

Synopsis

MONOLOGUE: An office worker ponders the ghost living in their cubicle. Published in Dramatic Chaos Production's Spooky Anthology, 2023.

MONOLOGUE: An office worker ponders the ghost living in their cubicle. Published in Dramatic Chaos Production's Spooky Anthology, 2023.

Claustrophobic

by Emma Skinner

Synopsis

MONOLOGUE: A ghost processes their death, and contemplates the ownership of their grave. Published in Dramatic Chaos Production's Spooky Anthology, 2023.

MONOLOGUE: A ghost processes their death, and contemplates the ownership of their grave. Published in Dramatic Chaos Production's Spooky Anthology, 2023.