Emily Kaczmarek

Emily Kaczmarek

Emily Kaczmarek’s [pronounced KAZ-mer-ack] plays and musicals have been developed/produced at the 5th Avenue Theatre, Second Stage Theater, American Conservatory Theater, Northern Stage, Village Theatre, WP Theater, Prospect Theater Company, Musical Theatre Factory and others. She has been an artist in residence at SPACE on Ryder Farm, the Hermitage Artist Retreat, the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center,...
Emily Kaczmarek’s [pronounced KAZ-mer-ack] plays and musicals have been developed/produced at the 5th Avenue Theatre, Second Stage Theater, American Conservatory Theater, Northern Stage, Village Theatre, WP Theater, Prospect Theater Company, Musical Theatre Factory and others. She has been an artist in residence at SPACE on Ryder Farm, the Hermitage Artist Retreat, the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center, Goodspeed Musicals, and the Orchard Project.

Emily received a Kilroys List Honorable Mention (Sam & Lizzie) and is a Jonathan Larson Grant Recipient, a National Playwrights Conference Finalist, a two-time Kleban Prize Finalist, and a Princess Grace Award Finalist.

As a TV writer/producer, Emily has worked on Monsterland (Hulu), Soulmates (AMC), The Staircase (HBOMax), and currently has multiple TV and film projects in development with Sony, Amazon, and others. And whenever possible, she sings.

Plays

  • soft target
    Something bad has happened to 9-year-old Amanda, and her toys— stuffed penguin Jonah; American Girl Doll Molly; trusted Diary; and newcomer Ugly, a weighted “emotional support” bunny— find their once-peaceful world thrown into darkness and chaos. A play about childhood, guns, and all the wounds we can’t see.
  • sam & lizzie
    Classmates Sam and Lizzie have their first playdate on 9/11, co-creating an imaginary queendom called Elmazi in order to make sense of the day. Over the next twenty years, the game recurs at startling intervals as the two women navigate their fierce, fraught, electric friendship.
  • american kids
    On the 4th of July, two teenage survivors of school shootings wait anxiously for fireworks to start.
  • paper & glue
    Austin and Janelle couldn't be more different, but when assigned to care for a flour bag "baby" in their senior year health class, they form an unexpected bond.
  • anything new
    Six college friends reunite a few years post-grad. One of them is dead. All of them are wondering: what now? A dark comedy about ghosts, growing up, and letting go.