Emily Kaczmarek & Zoe Sarnak

Emily Kaczmarek is a NYC-based writer, teacher, and performer. Works include: SAM & LIZZIE (First Floor Theatre, 2018 NPC Semifinalist), AFLOAT (with Zoe Sarnak; Prospect Theatre Company, WP Theatre Pipeline Festival), AFTERWORDS (with Zoe Sarnak; Village Theatre Beta Series, Village Originals Festival of New Musicals, Playwrights Horizons–Musical Theatre Factory workshop, NYMF Developmental Reading), AMERICAN KIDS (City Theatre ShortCuts, BoxFest Detroit), LANDED, ALMA MATER and HOLD YOUR PEACE (with Zoe Sarnak; New York Film Academy commissions), PAPER & GLUE (Future of Storytelling Conference, various high schools in NY and CA), and ANYTHING NEW (NYU commission, Wombat Theatre Co). Residencies include: SPACE on Ryder Farm, Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center, Goodspeed Musicals. Awards include: 2018 Kleban Prize Finalist, 2017 Premiere Stages Play Festival Semifinalist. She also teaches writing to high schoolers through the college access program SEO Scholars, and sings whenever possible. Education: New York University. http://emilykaczmarek.com/

Zoe Sarnak’s works include: Secret Soldiers (with Marsha Norman, Williamstown Theatre Festival Commission), Afterwords (with Emily Kaczmarek, Village Theatre Beta Series Production), Afloat (with Emily Kaczmarek, WP Pipeline Festival), The Years Between (with Kirsten Guenther, T-Fellowship lab), Galileo (with Danny Strong, Michael Weiner and dir. Michael Mayer), Teddy & Max (with Brian Crawley), Landed, Alma Mater, and Hold Your Peace (with Emily Kaczmarek, NYFA commissions) and Transport Group’s 20th Century Commission (with Michele Lowe). Awards include: Fred Ebb Award finalist, two time Billie Burke Ziegfeld Award finalist, NY Stage & Film’s Founders Award finalist, Davenport Contest Winner, Women’s Project Lab Artist. Residencies include: The Public Theater at Vineyards Arts, Goodspeed, Williamstown Theatre Festival, New York Theatre Workshop, McCarter Theater Residency, Eugene O’Neill Artist Residency, and Rhinebeck Writers Retreat. Music featured: NY Times Live, Lilly Awards, and more. Education: Harvard University. http://www.zoesarnak.com