9/22/20 9/22/20

Emily to write for Musical Edition of 24 Hr Plays: Viral Monologues

Emily is writing a song for the 24 Hr Plays Viral Monologues: Musicals edition, in support of the Theatre Development Fund.

9/15/20 9/15/20

Emily wins 2020-2021 Frank Young Fund NAMT Musical Grant

Emily has been awarded a 2020-21 NAMT Grant from Frank Young Fund for New Musicals.

5/21/20 5/21/20

Sappho Project interview: Emily Gardner Xu Hall

The Sappho Project interviews Emily Gardner Xu Hall on her work, and writing through the pandemic.

3/1/20 3/1/20

CANCELLED: Emily's songs in Songwriters' Salon concert March 16th

Emily will perform her work in a concert at Triad Theatre, alongside writers Rona Siddiqui and Charlie Sohne.

2/18/20 2/18/20

Letters To The President Premieres at the Berkshire Theatre Group

The musical LETTERS TO THE PRESIDENT, for which Emily wrote music and lyrics, will premiere at BTG this summer!

2/15/20 2/15/20

Berkshire Theatre Group announces their 2020 season!

Emily’s music and lyrics will be presented in a run of LETTERS TO THE PRESIDENT at the Berkshire Theatre Group this summer.

11/15/19 11/15/19

Cherry Orchard at AMTP

As part of her 2019 Jonathan Larson Award from the American Theatre Wing, Emily is workshopping her Cherry Orchard musical (music/lyrics/book) at American Music Theater Project.

6/8/19 6/8/19

Nomad Motel at the Atlantic Theater Company

Nomad Motel at the Atlantic Theater Company is now open.

5/31/19 5/31/19

Work featured in Joe's Pub concert

Emily’s song to be performed at Joe’s Pub for Musical Theatre Factory.

5/26/19 5/26/19

Prospect Theater Lab: Message In A Bottle

Composing a new short musical for Prospect Theater Company’s annual Musical Theater Lab.

4/12/19 4/12/19

Nomad Motel at the Atlantic Theater Company

Emily is composing and sound designing the Off-Broadway premiere of Carla Ching’s play NOMAD MOTEL.

3/20/19 3/20/19

Photos: Playbill and BroadwayWorld coverage of Jonathan Larson Award

Photos: American Theatre Wing Jonathan Larson Grant presentation by Playbill and BroadwayWorld

2/28/19 2/28/19

Jonathan Larson Grant Presentation performers announced

Details about the Emily’s upcoming presentation at the American Theatre Wing Jonathan Larson Awards Presentation.

2/15/19 2/15/19

Jonathan Larson Grant

Emily has been awarded a Jonathan Larson Grant for her music and lyrics from the American Theatre Wing.

2/8/19 2/8/19

"Letters To The President" song cycle at Cooper Union

Emily has been commissioned to write a song for an event in the historic Great Hall of Cooper Union.

1/20/19 1/20/19

Emily to write for P*SSYFEST 2019

Emily was commissioned to write a monologue for a performer for P*ssyfest 2019.

1/14/19 1/14/19

Ruth Bader Ginsberg play

Emily will write music and lyrics for a play by Dianne Nora, as part of the Goodman Theatre Playwrights’ Unit.

1/4/19 1/4/19

2019: Writing a new musical at New York SongSpace

This January, Emily is beginning her residency at New York SongSpace, as part of her Lilly Award to “Go Write A Musical”.

11/19/18 11/19/18

New musical by Emily announced at Bushwick Starr

A new musical by Emily will have its first reading as part of the Bushwick Starr Reading Series.

8/20/18 8/20/18

American Theatre Magazine profiles new play with music and lyrics by Emily

Emily’s new play with music, written for Cornerstone Theatre Company with Cusi Cram, is profiled in American Theatre Magazine.

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