Emily Haver

Emily Haver

Emily Haver (she/her) is a Seattle, Taipei, and Shanghai-based playwright, actor, and director. She has her B.A. in Theatre and a minor in Chinese from Seattle University, and an M.A. in Intercultural Communication Studies at Shanghai Theatre Academy. Emily grew up in the Washington cities of Seattle and Renton, and spent her teenage years living in southern China and traveling all over SE Asia.
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Emily Haver (she/her) is a Seattle, Taipei, and Shanghai-based playwright, actor, and director. She has her B.A. in Theatre and a minor in Chinese from Seattle University, and an M.A. in Intercultural Communication Studies at Shanghai Theatre Academy. Emily grew up in the Washington cities of Seattle and Renton, and spent her teenage years living in southern China and traveling all over SE Asia.

Emily is inspired by nature, the place in between dreams and memories, and the people she loves. She loves to find the magic and absurdity in slivers of life, whether it's a sudden vision of a refrigerator on a white sandy beach, or a child playing hide-and-go-seek with their pet rock! As a playwright, she follows a thread of childlike wonder, imagination, and questioning-- always asking, what if?-- while still remaining emotionally grounded, socially aware, and connected with real human experience.

Plays

  • We're All Trash
    A chance meeting at Taiwan's daily trash trucks turns Nina and Sara into friends, creative collaborators, and perhaps even more.
  • little moons
    The ten-minute play "little moons" is a sweet and silly meditation on finding love and connection in unexpected places. In the piece, two characters come together to witness a solar eclipse while wearing hydrating face masks and listening to Debussy's Clair de Lune. You know, normal things. The play is a reminder that love and magic are real - we just have to remember to keep ourselves open to...
    The ten-minute play "little moons" is a sweet and silly meditation on finding love and connection in unexpected places. In the piece, two characters come together to witness a solar eclipse while wearing hydrating face masks and listening to Debussy's Clair de Lune. You know, normal things. The play is a reminder that love and magic are real - we just have to remember to keep ourselves open to experiencing them.

    Published in "Manifesto Volume Six: Ten to Places" edited by A. Rey Pamatmat, Rain City Projects, 2023.
  • The Happiest Day
    With champagne in hand and ABBA blasting, two best friends Stella and Holly reminisce about their lifelong friendship and navigate the boundaries of the changes ahead in their relationship the night before one of them gets married.
  • River Moon
    A bittersweet love story set in 1920s Shanghai between Yangyang, a Chinese woman, and Esther, an American woman. Yangyang just happens to be a baiji (river dolphin) and river goddess.