Emily J. Daly

Emily J. Daly

Stage

Full Lengths

 

People Covered in Dirt

3W, 1 M

Two sisters from the city team up with a dead hiker haunting their eco-friendly housing development. A play about trees, trauma, with a dash of community theater. 

Content Warning: Self-harm; suicide

[2021] workshop production, The New School for Drama (dir. Melissa Crespo)


#yourmemorial

3W, 1 M

When 22 year old American woman Lottie dies in Afghanistan and the rubberneckers of social media tear her memory apart – her friends struggle over who gets to tell her story, and what her legacy should be. A play about what it means to be real in the Facebook age. 

[2019] world premiere, Pigeonholed Theater / HERE Arts Center (dir. Emily Lyon). Nominated for NYIT Best Original Full-Length Script 

[2015] workshop production, Middle Voice & Rattlestick Playwrights Theater (dir. Jenna Worsham)

[2015] ESPA Drills residency program at Primary Stations


Go Now & Return in Glory

2 W, 1 M

Eighty years after she went missing, Amelia Earhart returns to the United States in search of her sister. But she’ll have to dodge her super-fans and get her publishers onboard first. A play with shadow and found object puppetry, foley sound effects, live music, historical text and original material.

[2015] workshop production, Curious Theatre Branch / Rhinofest Theater Festival, Chicago (dir. Lexy Leuszler)

[2015] independent residency at Eugene O’Neill Theater Center


One Acts

 

Happy Birthday Casey

30 minutes; 2 M

A Luke Skywalker and a Batman walk into a kid’s 8th birthday party.  Between the cake, the ballpit and their very accurate cosplay, these two dads discover they have much more in common than they bargained for – and they’re willing to fight to the death to protect what’s theirs. Who says dads aren’t superheroes?

[2021] workshop production, The New School (dir. Nina Fry)


A Beautiful Day in the Garden of Eden

10 minutes; 1W, 1M, 2 M/W

Adam isn’t Eve’s type – but her friend Snake is. Platypus is just there for the wedding cake.

[2019] production, Sam French Off-Off-Broadway Festival (dir. Alex Keegan)

[2017] finalist for Ivoryton Theater’s Women Playwrights Initiative


Lumbricus Terrestris

10 minutes; 3 M/W

Two worms who used to date find each other on the playground in the shadow of a looming bully.

[2017] finalist for Actors Theatre of Louisville’s Heideman Award 

[2017] workshop production, Squeaky Bicycle


Tonight We’re Gonna Party

10 minutes; 2W

It’s New Years Eve in 1999, and time to apologize for what happened in high school.

[2017] production, Stable Cable Lab Co 

[2017] production, Squeaky Bicycle


Cleveland

10 minutes; 1 M, 1 W

Tim will get around to grieving his father’s death – once the Cavaliers win the NBA championship.

[2016] production, Stable Cable Lab Co


Mick

15 minutes; 3M

An adaptation of the story of the durable Mike Malloy, who just wouldn’t die. A murderous farce.

[2016] production, Motor Company


One Cup of Sugar

20 minutes; 1 W, 1 M

When that restraining order just won’t stick, all this heroine can do is bake.

[2014] workshop production, New Perspectives Theater