representation:
CAA - sam barickman
sam.barickman@caa.com
email: efinckel@gmail.com
current/upcoming:
Ragtime (Goodspeed Musicals)
Hurricane Diane (Hartford Stage)
Indian Princesses (La Jolla Playhouse)
The Trojan Women (Barnard)
emmie (they/them) is a queer, asian-american scenic designer specializing in new work and immersive design. they are excited by work rooted in community and collaboration that prioritizes inclusivity and challenges traditional uses of theatrical space. emmie is passionate about the dramaturgical contributions of design in new work development. they love collaborating with directors, writers, and performers in the early stages of development, using design to deepen world building and storytelling.
their work has been produced in new york at Playwright’s Horizons, The Public, Signature Theatre, Second Stage, Rattlestick Playwright’s Theatre, Lincoln Center, Atlantic Theater Company, NYTW, JACK, Red Bull, ART/NY, HERE Arts, La MaMa, Ars Nova, 59E59, The Flea, and the National Black Theater, and regionally at A.R.T., Hartford Stage, the La Jolla Playhouse, Long Wharf, Yale Repertory Theater, Baltimore Center Stage, Studio Theater, Portland Stage, Theaterworks Hartford, and Actor’s Express.
as a member of Woodshed Collective, emmie has contributed to the creative development, immersive design, and production design of many critically acclaimed projects including KPOP and Empire Travel Agency.
emmie is the associate creative director of the Outside Lands Music Festival, and frequently works on music festivals and other large scale experiential events as an associate with Iron Bloom Creative Production.
emmie considers teaching and working with young artists central to their creative practice. they are currently on the faculty of the Playwrights Horizons Theater School at NYU, and previously taught design and technical theater at the Fieldston School. they have been fortunate to continue to collaborate with students and young artists at Fieldston, Yale University, Barnard College, Macalester College, and Wesleyan University, and through their work with Trusty Sidekick and Bluelaces Theater Company.
emmie holds a B.A. with High Honors in Theater and Sociology from Wesleyan University, and an M.F.A. in Design from the Yale School of Drama, where they were the recipient of the Donald and Zorka Oenslager Fellowship Award in Design. they are a proud member of Local USA 829.