Emily Welty is an academic, activist and artist living and working in New York City. She has worked with The Civilians, the Acting Studio at Chelsea Rep, The New Group, New Perspectives and the Einhorn School of Performing Arts. Her play “What Do You Say at the End of the World?” was a finalist for Best Play in the Long Island City One Act Play Festival and won Best Actress. It was also performed as part of the Emerging Artists New Works Festival in New York City and was a finalist for the Little Fish Theatre 2019 Pick of the Vine Festival. Emily is a member of the Dramatists Guild and has degrees from the College of Wooster, American University and the SOAS/University of London.
When not playwrighting, Emily serves at the Director of Peace and Justice Studies at Pace University and is part of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize winning International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) where she works on nuclear disarmament.