About the Artist
"My name is Emery.
You can remember that with your memory!"
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Emery is an actress and playwright graduating with a BFA in acting from Boston University's School of Theatre. She is currently based in both Boston and Las Vegas, but she's willing to go wherever the wind takes her.
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She thrives in deeply sensitive and emotionally vulnerable roles, and at the same time possesses a youthful energy with a hint of mischief and reckless fun. Her passion for engaging in art that explores human psychology, mental health, and the neurodivergent mind brings a humanity and clarity to each character she plays. Her recent credits include: Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Messenger in Medea.
A Midsummer Night's Dream Scene Collection
Oberon/Theseus: Jaxon Ackerman
Roles: Puck/Philostrate
Filmed by Ted Doyle
Boston University Productions
A Midsummer Night's Dream
By William Shakespeare
Emery first played the role of Puck when she was 16. It is what made her decide to do theatre for the rest of her life. In her senior year of college at age 22, she played the role once more. Six years worth of hard work and dedication to the craft, including studying Shakespeare in London, brought her performance to life in a way she never could have dreamed of back in high school. She brought the same whimsy and play as her teenage self, but she also brought layers of darkness, a deep intelligence and wit, and a mastery of changing meters and rhyme schemes.
Skriker
By Caryl Churchill
Emery is a big advocate for making and performing art exploring themes of mental health. Skriker is just that play. Emery played the roles of Dead Child, Johnny Squarefoot, and Brownie, getting an opportunity to showcase her movement training by using physicality to express the stories of these creatures. In addition, she participated throughout the show in a collection of ensemble based movement pieces. She is so thankful for this opportunity to collaborate and devise with others while telling a very powerful story.
Medea
By Euripides, a new translation by Sophie Klein
At the climax of the play, Emery comes on as the Messenger and delivers a grueling, ten minute monologue describing in great detail how Medea's poisoned gifts gruesomely killed the princess and king. She found balance between reluctantly telling the story to Medea, reliving the trauma of witnessing it herself, uplifting the vivid and grotesque imagery of the translation, embodying the characters she is discussing physically and vocally, and sustaining energy throughout the whole speech. She channelled everything she has learned in the past year and a half immersed in the study of classical texts to deliver a riveting performance.
More about Emery
When she's not acting and writing plays, here are some other things that bring Emery great joy!
With one family dog and four cats, Emery is the biggest animal lover you'll ever meet. She has been a foster for several litters of kittens less than a month old, and loves feeding the squirrels in the Boston Common in her free time when she is not in class or rehearsal. She refuses to kill spiders. She will get a cup or a piece of paper and make sure the spider gets out safely.
