Emily Yuko Walborn

Emily Yuko Walborn is a Montana-born playwright. She received her MA in Playwriting from the University of Manchester in Manchester, UK. Her plays include Beta Bitches, Trout Aquarium, Kantan, Logical Conspiracies, and 11pm Bus to Fargo. Her work has been produced by Stomping Ground Art House, Experimental Theatre Coop, Box of Tricks Theatre, The Old Library Theatre, Manchester Drama Society, Middlebury College, Middle Tennessee State University, and The Fled Collective. Her play LOGICAL CONSPIRACIES was the winner of Old Library Theatre’s One Act Play Festival. Emily’s love of comedy dictates her work and collaborations. She has performed improv and sketch comedy around the country. She is passionate about creating more opportunities for female and Asian representation. Emily is a member...

Emily Yuko Walborn is a Montana-born playwright. She received her MA in Playwriting from the University of Manchester in Manchester, UK. Her plays include Beta Bitches, Trout Aquarium, Kantan, Logical Conspiracies, and 11pm Bus to Fargo. Her work has been produced by Stomping Ground Art House, Experimental Theatre Coop, Box of Tricks Theatre, The Old Library Theatre, Manchester Drama Society, Middlebury College, Middle Tennessee State University, and The Fled Collective. Her play LOGICAL CONSPIRACIES was the winner of Old Library Theatre’s One Act Play Festival. Emily’s love of comedy dictates her work and collaborations. She has performed improv and sketch comedy around the country. She is passionate about creating more opportunities for female and Asian representation. Emily is a member of the Montana Playwrights Network, the Playwrights’ Center, and the Dramatist Guild.

Scripts

Beta Bitches

by Emily Yuko Walborn

Synopsis

Production History:
2024 - Middle Tennessee State University
2023 - Stomping Grounds Arthouse
2023 - Middlebury College

Beta Bitches is a comedic play about two mean girls, Madison and Gwen, who hold a séance in an attempt to contact their deceased friend/Queen Bee. But the spirits are angry, like, sooooo angry. For Madison and Gwen to get the answers they so desperately seek, they must endure a terrifying...

Production History:
2024 - Middle Tennessee State University
2023 - Stomping Grounds Arthouse
2023 - Middlebury College

Beta Bitches is a comedic play about two mean girls, Madison and Gwen, who hold a séance in an attempt to contact their deceased friend/Queen Bee. But the spirits are angry, like, sooooo angry. For Madison and Gwen to get the answers they so desperately seek, they must endure a terrifying night of contact from the other side. Yet, their séance takes a horrifying turn when they conjure the one person they thought they’d never have to see again. Riffing on classic teen movie tropes, Beta Bitches uncovers the vulnerability and humanity of teenage caricatures. It is an exploration of stereotypes, manipulative friendships, and how to exorcise your demons… like, literally.

Logical Conspiracies

by Emily Yuko Walborn

Synopsis

Production History:
2024 - Hand to Mouth Playwright/Director Workshop
2023 - Old Library Theatre - Winner of One Act Play Festival
2022 - University of Manchester

When two strangers meet in the waiting room of a psychological study, they fall down a rabbit hole of paranoia. Is waiting the real study? Is some unknown entity watching every move and choice they make? Will eating a donut reveal their darkest...

Production History:
2024 - Hand to Mouth Playwright/Director Workshop
2023 - Old Library Theatre - Winner of One Act Play Festival
2022 - University of Manchester

When two strangers meet in the waiting room of a psychological study, they fall down a rabbit hole of paranoia. Is waiting the real study? Is some unknown entity watching every move and choice they make? Will eating a donut reveal their darkest secrets?

Trout Aquarium

by Emily Yuko Walborn

Synopsis

The Saint Regis Trout Aquarium is a small roadside attraction off of I-90 in Montana. The people that work there spend their days feeding trout, cleaning fish tanks and greeting tourists. When the trout begin to mysteriously die, management wants someone to blame. The employees are pitted against each other in order to save their jobs. Some cave to capitalist pressures, while others stand up for what they...

The Saint Regis Trout Aquarium is a small roadside attraction off of I-90 in Montana. The people that work there spend their days feeding trout, cleaning fish tanks and greeting tourists. When the trout begin to mysteriously die, management wants someone to blame. The employees are pitted against each other in order to save their jobs. Some cave to capitalist pressures, while others stand up for what they believe in. Trout Aquarium explores the brutality of a mundane workplace and what it means to work in a capitalist society.

KANTAN

by Emily Yuko Walborn

Synopsis

Production History:
2022 - Box of Tricks Theatre - Rehearsed Reading

An adaptation of the Japanese Noh play ‘Kantan’
Ren doesn’t know where she belongs. She floats between two worlds, feeling too white for her Asian friends and too Asian for her white friends. Her aunt offers her a clear cut solution to her identity crisis - a generations old magic pillow that tells you everything you need to know about...

Production History:
2022 - Box of Tricks Theatre - Rehearsed Reading

An adaptation of the Japanese Noh play ‘Kantan’
Ren doesn’t know where she belongs. She floats between two worlds, feeling too white for her Asian friends and too Asian for her white friends. Her aunt offers her a clear cut solution to her identity crisis - a generations old magic pillow that tells you everything you need to know about yourself over the course of one dream.

Fusing the music, dance, and visual elements of Noh theatre with contemporary themes, Kantan is a surreal exploration of racial identity.

11PM Bus to Fargo

by Emily Yuko Walborn

Synopsis

It’s 11PM and Rei sits alone at the bus station. She’s leaving town, but before she goes, she wants to talk to her best friend Marla one more time. They deserve a proper goodbye. As night goes on, Rei slips into the conversations, arguments, and final moments of her friendship. Will she really leave town for good this time or is this just another ploy to get Marla back?

It’s 11PM and Rei sits alone at the bus station. She’s leaving town, but before she goes, she wants to talk to her best friend Marla one more time. They deserve a proper goodbye. As night goes on, Rei slips into the conversations, arguments, and final moments of her friendship. Will she really leave town for good this time or is this just another ploy to get Marla back?