Emma Wagner DeFrange

Emma Wagner DeFrange

Emma Wagner DeFrange is a playwright/producer located in Pittsburgh, PA. Her plays have been seen at: Portfringe Theater Festival, BAD Theater Fest, Manhattan Repertory Theatre, New Hazlett Theater, and Boston Playwright's Theater.

Emma has an MFA from Point Park University in Writing for the Stage and Screen and currently is an Assistant Professor of Playwriting at PPU. She also is an...
Emma Wagner DeFrange is a playwright/producer located in Pittsburgh, PA. Her plays have been seen at: Portfringe Theater Festival, BAD Theater Fest, Manhattan Repertory Theatre, New Hazlett Theater, and Boston Playwright's Theater.

Emma has an MFA from Point Park University in Writing for the Stage and Screen and currently is an Assistant Professor of Playwriting at PPU. She also is an Instructor of Dance at University of Pittsburgh.

Plays

  • Waiting Room by Emma Wagner DeFrange
    Cast: 
    6–8
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: family
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: family
    A close knit family experiences a tragedy and one of their own is in a coma. They must figure out the shift of family power and how to pull together in a dark and confusing time. One act Drama.
  • Iris by Emma Wagner DeFrange
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: adventure, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: coming of age, Abstract Expressionism
    Genre: adventure, drama, fantasy
    Keyword: coming of age, Abstract Expressionism
    Iris is a modern coming of age story. A young girl looking for excitement meets her match late at night at the beach. Iris and Alexander enter into a whirlwind romance and Iris is left to deal with the consequences. Overwhelmed by her circumstances she starts to slip into a fantasy where she can solve her problems her way. Iris learns what happens when it seems like life is over.
  • Objects in Mirror by Emma Wagner DeFrange
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: adventure, comedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: love, the '90s
    Genre: adventure, comedy, romantic comedy
    Keyword: love, the '90s
    Old high school flames take a road trip into their past. Through 90s songs, pop tarts, and countless arguments. Zoe and Carter try to answer one important question: is love enough?
  • The Old Man by Emma Wagner DeFrange
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: inspiration
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: inspiration
    A young frustrated writer meets her inspiration--an old man who lives at the bar.
  • The Looking Glass by Emma Wagner DeFrange
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: fantasy
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    Keyword: Alice in Wonderland
    Genre: fantasy
    Keyword: Alice in Wonderland
    The Looking Glass is about a young girl who finds herself seeing a strange, attractive, but frightening man in her own reflection in the mirror. The play speaks about the desires and curiosity of young women and their need to understand what it's like to feel.