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Leah Emmerich

LEAH EMMERICH  

 Nationality:    USA/Dutch/Czech
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EDUCATION: New York University,The Gallatin School of Individualized Study BFA Degree with Honors 2000; Tisch School of the Arts- Dramatic Writing Program 1998; The City Literary Institute-London. 1994-95; Improv- Chicago City Limits, Upright Citizens Brigade, Acme Comedy Theatre-LA; Second City Conservatory Training, IO "ImprovOlympic" Chicago 08-present; Paul Selig Playwriting Workshop, Tina Howe Graduate Playwrighting Workshop. SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS AND AFFILIATIONS: Dean Scholarship 1997-99, The Wright Scholarship 1997-98, Winner of Works in Progress Contest 1998, The WorkShop Theater; Company-Member, The Dramatist's Guild of America. PUBLISHED WORKS: The Moment a Los Angeles based Poetry Magazine (three poems) 1993; Brooklyn Barnburners (part of Thinking Water) 1998; Jane Magazine, a National Magazine, a monthly column, "Dear Tarot Lady" 1999; Already Prepared an essay/reaction to September 11th published on www.nyu.edu/projects/gallatin.writing (under a pseudonym) October 2001

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below is a list of Leah Emmerich's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 Book of Changes         Days of Isabel A Real Irish Fairy Tale         Follow You         Life, A         Pencil, The         Poetic Life, A         Thinking Water         What Was Wrong With That Girl, Anyway? (Or "That")

Book of Changes

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adapted with exclusive permission from the essay "Above us Only Sky" by Marion Winik of NPR's All Things Considered

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Days of Isabel A Real Irish Fairy Tale

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From the fields of County Cork to The Lower East Side and into Suburban New Jersey

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Reading with Ron Palillo ('Arnold Horshack' of "Welcome Back Kotter")

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Follow You

Synopsis:
A monologue inspired by the canine community of New Orleans

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As part of "Letters to Katrina; the Aftermath". Performed at Portland Stage Company, Winter Harbor Theatre, Maine 2006. see review Associated Press Dec. 2006- "The most heart wrenching was Leah Emmerich's 'Follow You'

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Life, A

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Northpoint Arts Center    2003

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elf Theatre Co

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Play/Drama

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Pencil, The

Synopsis:
A ten minute play about a twist of fate, a will and an elusive number two pencil.

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see article in Chicago Sun Times and Recommended by the Chicago Reader June 2009

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Performed with "24 Hour Plays Chicago 2009"    2009

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Poetic Life, A

Synopsis:
A fantasy inspired by the writings of Janet Frame

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Staged Reading with (Tony Award Winner) Karen Ziemba, "As the World Turns" Assoc. Producer Jennifer Blood

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Thinking Water

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An 18 minute play; Three women in China haunted by the ghosts of their past

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inspired by three characturs from Maxine Hong Kingston's Memoir "The Woman Warrior". *Winner of the 1998 Works in Progress Contest, New York University. See article in The Washington Square Press 1998

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Knitting Factory    1998

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elf Theatre Co

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eclectic, Poetic Drama 18 min

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What Was Wrong With That Girl, Anyway? (Or "That")

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A fifteen minute rock drama based on interviews w/ variouswomen(Contains some serious comic relief)

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Dixon Place, Columbia University Benefit Performance for RAWA (Revolutionary Women of Afghanistan), New York Fringe Festival 2003 Selection

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Dixon Place, The Public Theatre    2003

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Performance Piece Piece 15 min

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