Emmy Kuperschmid

Emmy Kuperschmid

Emmy Kuperschmid is an NYC-based actor and playwright. A friend once described her work as "cutesy, but hella deep".

She was a part of Fresh Ground Pepper's inaugural Process Accountability Lab, and is an Artist in Residence with First Kiss Theater for their 2021 season. She is published in the anthology Evil Genius: Monsters on Stage (introduction by Julie Taymor), and her work...
Emmy Kuperschmid is an NYC-based actor and playwright. A friend once described her work as "cutesy, but hella deep".

She was a part of Fresh Ground Pepper's inaugural Process Accountability Lab, and is an Artist in Residence with First Kiss Theater for their 2021 season. She is published in the anthology Evil Genius: Monsters on Stage (introduction by Julie Taymor), and her work has been performed at various off-off Broadway venues and zoom screens throughout the world. National Theater Institute and Skidmore College alum. She is still not sure what her favorite font to write in is, but she hopes her plays make you feel less alone.

Plays

  • Zoom Zoom I'm in Love! by Emmy Kuperschmid
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    Genre: dark comedy, experimental + 1 more
    Genre: dark comedy, experimental, zoom
    A short post-lockdown zoom play about friendship and aliens and falling in love on the subway. Designed to be performed virtually.

    Developed during Playdate Theatre’s New Work Development Conference.
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    Genre: dark comedy
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    Keyword: internet, Body image + 2 more
    Genre: dark comedy
    Keyword: internet, Body image, Youtube, mother and daughter
    Kitty is a fifteen year old girl who, after being uprooted in the middle of the year, finds comfort and control in vlogging and the internet. But as her viewers increase, so do her mother's stage-mom tendencies--and what happens when Kitty makes a real life friend who wants to be in a video with her?
  • Unmarried Man by Emmy Kuperschmid
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    Genre: comedy, parody/spoof + 2 more
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    Keyword: reality tv, large cast
    Genre: comedy, parody/spoof, romantic comedy, satire
    Keyword: reality tv, large cast
    WJRX, Springfield's local TV station, is presenting their one-night, primetime special. Tune into UNMARRIED MAN and watch our hometown hunk find local love. But can true love really be found on primetime television? UNMARRIED MAN is a fun, female-driven parody of The Bachelor. Co-written with Alice Nora.
  • Wings by Emmy Kuperschmid
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    Genre: fable/folktale, fantasy + 1 more
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    Keyword: monster, mental illness + 3 more
    Genre: fable/folktale, fantasy, horror
    Keyword: monster, mental illness, wings, transformation, supernatural
    Sometimes we think things that aren't true. Sometimes we think things that are true. Sometimes we try to think our way out of true things. A monologue inspired by monsters and self-help books.

    Collected in the anthology Evil Genius: Monsters on Stage, edited by Michael Dixon with an introduction by Julie Taymor.
  • Blood Countess by Emmy Kuperschmid
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    Genre: adaptation, biography + 4 more
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    Keyword: History, film noir + 4 more
    Genre: adaptation, biography, docudrama/historic, drama, mystery/thriller, period
    Keyword: History, film noir, Brechtian, Elizabeth Bathory, beauty standards, blood
    Blood Countess is a short play about Elisabeth Bathory, a Hungarian Countess accused of being a serial killer who bathed in the blood of her victims. Rather than depicting the murders, Blood Countess uses Brechtian and film noir techniques to explore the aftermath. Did Elisabeth truly kill these girls, and if so, why? And how does her being a woman, a widow, and a figure of power figure into it?