Emilia "Emi" Lirman is a bilingual Argentinian American director, writer and all-around-theater-artist based in NYC. Growing up in Miami, FL she adopted the native "Spanglish" language and has been spewing a hodgepodge of words and phrases ever since. Do those strung together words always make sense? No, but neither do humans most of the time and that's art kids.
Emilia is dedicated to creating works that address our contemporary landscape and elevate underrepresented voices. As a director, she aims to foster collaboration, creativity and conversation. She takes pride in creating joy and connection through her work. Her absolute favorite thing is developing new plays and musicals that focus on empathy to reach across cultural divides and find common ground among individuals.
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Upcoming directing projects include Poser, a new experiential play co-created with Rae Binstock, and Hamster Medea by Molly Rose Heller. Her recent credits include Mamma Mia! at Vanguard Theater's Summer Intensive and she served as the Resident and Associate Director of the new Broadway Musical Real Women Have Curves. Emilia's first feature-length film First One Back, co-written with Riley J. Ewing, is currently in development as well, so, that's pretty cool.
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Emilia has been a Directing Mentor for NYU Tisch, a Guest Artist at Woodward Residency in NYC, a member of Mercury Lab's Directing Technique, and part of Cohort 3 of Roundabout Theatre Company's Directors Group. She was the 2018-2019 Directing Fellow at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. She graduated from Columbia University with a BA in Drama & Theater Arts [Directing Concentration.] ​​
