Bio

Emma Griffin is a theater and opera director based in New York City.  She is a frequent collaborator on new music/theater pieces; these include Corey Dargel’s Removable Parts (winner of “Outstanding Performance Art Production” at NY Innovative Theater Awards) and Thirteen Near Death Experiences, Susan Bernfield and Rachel Peters’ Stretch, a fantasia, Michael Jackson’s Dirty Laundry, Chris Wells’ Hello New York!, and Phil Kline’s Zippo Songs.  Opera credits include Wozzeck (with Shuler Hensley in the title role) at the Opera Company of Philadelphia/Curtis Opera Theater; The Rake’s Progress, Postcard from Morocco and Die Zauberflote at Curtis Opera Theater.  She is the Artistic Director of the OBIE-award winning Salt Theater. Highlights with Salt include Stage Door (FringeNYC Excellence Award as Best Director), Rinne Groff’s Inky, The Cherry Orchard and Conquest of the Universe.  Regional work at theaters such as Perseverance Theater, Geva Theater Center, Syracuse Stage, Southern Rep, Actor’s Express, Virginia Stage, Williamstown Theater Festival. Upcoming: Les Mamelles de Tirésias at Juilliard Opera and The Cunning Little Vixen at the Opera Company of Philadelphia. She is currently developing the musical Blossom City with writer Rory Stitt, a stage adaptation of the Bollywood movie Lagaan (to be performed with a cast of second graders), and The Three Christs of Ypsilanti, a new opera by composer Corey Dargel for the NEWSPEAK ensemble.  She is Adjunct Faculty at New York University, where she teaches directing.

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