Courtney Emerson

Courtney Emerson Is an actress, director, visual artist, and a Dramatist Guild playwright, born and raised in Staten Island, New York. From a very young age, Courtney knew she wanted to be an artist, her love of the arts propelling her into other creative aspects of theatre, such as prop design, costuming, and even puppet making. In 2022, after writing her short play "Sundays Off," for fun, Courtney joined the Women's Playwright Collective. Her play "Flexible Fate" was awarded as The Jury Pick in the 5th Annual Not Forgotten Play Festival, securing her a spot in their New Worlds Festival, showcasing her original One-Act play, "Lights Over Kansas"
Her plays also include: They Look Just Like Everybody Else and The Perfect Bundt. Courtney's biggest muses are her Guinea Pigs, Bucky and Bowie...

Courtney Emerson Is an actress, director, visual artist, and a Dramatist Guild playwright, born and raised in Staten Island, New York. From a very young age, Courtney knew she wanted to be an artist, her love of the arts propelling her into other creative aspects of theatre, such as prop design, costuming, and even puppet making. In 2022, after writing her short play "Sundays Off," for fun, Courtney joined the Women's Playwright Collective. Her play "Flexible Fate" was awarded as The Jury Pick in the 5th Annual Not Forgotten Play Festival, securing her a spot in their New Worlds Festival, showcasing her original One-Act play, "Lights Over Kansas"
Her plays also include: They Look Just Like Everybody Else and The Perfect Bundt. Courtney's biggest muses are her Guinea Pigs, Bucky and Bowie.

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Scripts

They Look Just Like Everybody Else

by Courtney Emerson

Cast Size
3
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
horror,
mystery/thriller,
romantic comedy

Two roommates butt heads on the way home from late night Halloween festivities in Manhattan. A mysterious stranger dressed as Dracula, intervenes, charming the two women. But is his vampire persona just an act, or something much more sinister?

Two roommates butt heads on the way home from late night Halloween festivities in Manhattan. A mysterious stranger dressed as Dracula, intervenes, charming the two women. But is his vampire persona just an act, or something much more sinister?

A Flexible Fate

by Courtney Emerson

Cast Size
4
Genre
dark comedy,
drama,
science fiction

Three high school juniors, Danny, Drew, and Brian, discovered that their new classmate has the supernatural ability to predict a persons cause and date of death. When they convince him to tell them theirs, he reveals that one of their deaths might be fast approaching.

Three high school juniors, Danny, Drew, and Brian, discovered that their new classmate has the supernatural ability to predict a persons cause and date of death. When they convince him to tell them theirs, he reveals that one of their deaths might be fast approaching.

Sundays Off

by Courtney Emerson

Cast Size
2
Genre
comedy,
romantic comedy

When New York City's premiere superhero wakes up the morning after a one-night-stand, he has to decide what's more important to him - The responsibility he has to his city, even on his day off, or the potential of a budding new romance.

When New York City's premiere superhero wakes up the morning after a one-night-stand, he has to decide what's more important to him - The responsibility he has to his city, even on his day off, or the potential of a budding new romance.