Emma Y. Lai Director/Producer/Casting Director [email protected] ○ 651.202.1698 ○ emmaylai.com
DIRECTING (MN) YOU’RE A GOOD MAN... John Gordon, Clark Gesner Firefy Musical Productions CHARLIE BROWN (virtual) DETROIT (excerpt) Lisa D’Amour University of Minnesota NEXT TO NORMAL Brian Yorkey, Tom Kitt Firefy Musical Productions PROOF (excerpt) David Auburn University of Minnesota THE LAST FIVE YEARS Jason Robert Brown Firefy Musical Productions SPRING AWAKENING Steven Sater, Duncan Sheik Carved Out Theatre ASSISTANT DIRECTING (MN) CARRIE Lawrence D. Cohen, Michael Gore dir. Autumn Ness Children’s Theatre Company HEAVEN Joe Chvala, Chan Poling dir. Joe Chvala Flying Foot Forum/Park Square PIPPIN Roger O. Hirson, Stephen Schwartz dir. Richard Hitchler Theatre 55/Mixed Blood MAN OF LA MANCHA Dale Wasserman, Joe Darion dir. Joe Chvala Mounds View Theatre (MVCT) PIPPIN Roger O. Hirson, Stephen Schwartz dir. Joe Chvala University of Minnesota RELATED THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE Casting Intern Telsey+Company (NY) Jan–March 2020 Producer YOU’RE A GOOD MAN March 2021 Telsey+Company (NY) CHARLIE BROWN Virtual Production Artists of Color Vice President Sept. 2020-May University of Minnesota-Twin Coalition (A.C.C.) 2021 Cities Producer DOGFIGHT Dec 2019 The Whole Music Club Producer NEXT TO NORMAL Nov 2019 Cofman Theater Directing Intern CARRIE June–Aug 2019 Children’s Theatre Company Producer THE LAST FIVE YEARS May 2019 Cofman Theater Casting Intern Park Square Theatre Jan 2019 Park Square Theatre Artistic Director Firefy Musical Productions Jan–Dec 2019 Various Locations Music Director THE RUBY SLIPPERS Dec 2018 University of Minnesota-TC Founder Carved Out Theatre Mar–Dec 2019 Cofman Memorial Union EDUCATION University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (Grad. May 2021) BA in Theatre Arts-Performance Creation, Minor in Mathematics Directing Joel Sass Arts Management Ann Joseph-Douglas Dramaturgy Talvin Wilks Other Skills: Violin (Advanced), Piano (Advanced), Black Belt in Karate, Fluent in Mandarin, Excel, Google Drive, Breakdown Express, Cast It, Mac and PC