Emma Clark
Performance Maker
Dramaturg
Director
Facilitator/Co-Creator
Independent Producer
I am an interdisciplinary maker originally from California and currently based in London. I make work in the spaces between theatre, live art, and installation, with a particular interest in devised, collaborative, and research-based processes. My work is playful, political, and ultimately concerned with creating distinctive spaces charged with the possibility of encounter between maker, performer, and audience.
Pronouns: she/her
Credits
MAKER/PERFORMER, Ghosts of the Near Future, New Diorama Theatre/emma + pj, 2 nights, 2021 (in development)
DIRECTOR/FACILITATOR, Digital Renaissance Project, Andy's Summer Playhouse (digital), 3 months, 2020
MAKER, Piece for Pierogi/Piece for Potsticker, Chinese Arts Now (digital), 2 months, 2020
MAKER/PERFORMER, Something in Your Voice, Bristol Old Vic Ferment/Emergency Chorus, 1 night, 2020 (in development)
MAKER/PERFORMER, Atlantic, VAULT Festival & DARE Festival/emma + pj, 1 week, 2018-2020
MAKER/PERFORMER, the accident did not take place, YESYESNONO & The Pleasance (Edinburgh Fringe & National Tour), 2 months, 2019
DIRECTOR/FACILITATOR, The Yardlings Present: Obsession Party, The Yard Theatre, 1 night show w/10 month community facilitation process, 2019
MAKER/PERFORMER, Saint Somebody, Clara Potter-Sweet w/Camden People's Theatre, 1 night, 2019
MAKER/PERFORMER, Gold Mountain, Emma Clark w/Chinese Arts Now and Soho Theatre, 1 night/R&D, 2018 - 2019
DIRECTOR, Beyond the Canon (RADA & E15), 2 nights, 2018
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, The Tower, AntiMatter Collective & HERE Arts Center (Off-Broadway), 3 weeks, 2015
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Boged: An Enemy of the People, Theater J (Washington DC), 1 month, 2013
AWARDS & AFFILIATIONS:
2021/22 - Barbican Centre Open Lab Resident Artist (emma + pj)
2019 - Total Theatre Award Nomination (YESYESNONO - Innovation, Experimentation, and Playing with Form)
Training
MA Advanced Theatre Practice, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
BSFS Culture and Politics, Georgetown University
Young Vic Springboard Program
Ping Chong + Company Summer Training Institute