Emily Bishai

Emily Bishai (she/her) is a writer and director who works in theatre, opera, and film. She is interested in collaborative, mixed-media work, in pushing boundaries traditionally drawn around genres, and in pursuing equitable, anti-racist, and identity-affirming theatre making practices across the industry.

Credits

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Albert Herring, Minnesota Opera/Ordway Theatre, 2021
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Art is a Verb (Film), Minnesota Opera, 2021
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, MNiatures: Xylem (Short Film), Minnesota Opera, 2021
DIRECTOR, A Holiday Special - Live!, Minnesota Opera/Ordway Theatre, 2020
DIRECTOR/CINEMATOGRAPHER, Eugene Onegin (Film), Minnesota Opera, 2020
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Opera in the Outfield (Film), Minnesota Opera, 2020
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Little Women [Covid-19 canc.], RWCMD/Sherman Theatre, 2020
DIRECTOR, The Y Knot [Covid-19 canc.], RWCMD/Richard Burton Theatre, 2020
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, The Marriage of Figaro, Welsh National Opera/Tour, 2020
DIRECTOR, The Soldier's Tale, RWCMD REPCo/USW Dance/Dora Stoutzker Hall, 2020
OBSERVER DIRECTOR, Don Giovanni, The Royal Opera/ROH Covent Garden, 2019
DIRECTOR, Scenes from the Tower: Mrs. President/Mary, Queen of Scots, Dell'Arte Opera Ensemble/La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, 2019
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, La liberazione di Ruggiero, Dell'Arte Opera Ensemble/La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, 2019
DIRECTOR, The Four Note Opera, RWCMD/Dora Stoutzker Hall, 2019
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, The Gondoliers, RWCMD/Sherman Theatre, 2019
DIRECTOR/LIBRETTIST, Spinning Jenny, RWCMD/Atmospheres Festival, 2019
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Albert Herring, RWCMD/Dora Stoutzker Hall, 2019
DIRECTOR, Postgraduate Opera Scenes, RWCMD/Richard Burton Theatre, 2019
DIRECTOR, Family Halloween Concert, Welsh National Opera/St. David's Hall, 2018
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Eugene Onegin, BYSO/Sanders Theatre, 2017
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Beatrice et Benedict, Aspen Music Festival, 2016
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, A Wedding, Aspen Music Festival, 2016
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, La boheme, Aspen Music Festival, 2016

Training

MA Opera Directing, RWCMD, 2020
ROH Observer Director Programme, 2019
The Barrow Group Director's Workshop, 2018
Professional Apprentice Program, The Juilliard School, 2017