Director

Emily
Mann

Emily Mann is a Tony Award–nominated playwright and director and a Tony Award–winning Artistic Director, leading McCarter Theatre Center for 30 years where she directed 50 productions, wrote 15 plays and adaptations, and premiered the work of Athol Fugard, Tarell Alvin McCraney, Edward Albee, Danai Gurira, Nilo Cruz, and many others. Her plays seen on and Off-Broadway, regionally, and internationally include: Having Our Say; Execution of Justice; Annulla, An Autobiography; Still Life; Betsey Brown, an R&B musical; Hoodwinked; Greensboro: A Requiem; Meshugah; Mrs. Packard; Gloria: A Life; and The Pianist. On Broadway, she directed her plays Having Our Say and Execution of Justice, Nilo Cruz’s Anna in the Tropics, and A Streetcar Named Desire. She is currently in development for her new play Code Red. Awards include: Peabody, Guggenheim Fellowship, seven Obies, Hull-Warriner, NAACP Image, Margo Jones; and the Lilly, Gordon Davidson, and Dramatist Guild awards for Lifetime Achievement. She’s been inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Theater Hall of Fame.