Who Is Emma?
Photography by Curtis and Cort
Photography by Curtis and Cort
Emma Cavage (she/her) is a director and assistant director based in New York City. Emma is the 11th Annual SDCF Charles Abbott Fellow, and the 2024/2025 Harold Prince-Kurt Weill Directing Fellow.
She is proud to say she has received both Fellowships under the age of 25, and is excited to see what the next five years will bring!
Emma is a recipient of a Lower Manhattan Cultural Funding Award for her 2024 production of Spring Awakening, as well as a recipient of a Boston Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture Grant for her 2021 Production of Dry Land.
Emma is an alum of Boston University's Conservatory Theatre Program. While there, she obtained a BFA Theatre Arts with a Directing Concentration and a Minor in Arts Leadership. Emma was also a Teaching Apprentice at BU - for Theatre Ensemble and Movement.
She additionally received a Certificate in Advanced Directing with a Concentration in Musical Theatre from The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, and completed a Viewpoints for Director's Workshop with SITI Company.
Emma specializes in directing musical theatre, and is passionate about deconstructing and reimagining existing works.
Union: SDC Associate Member
Emma is currently the Assistant Director to Victoria Clark on Love Life at New York City Encores!
She recently Directed Bat Boy at Stage Door Manor and Spring Awakening at the Jefferey and Paula Gural Theater at the ART/NY Complex. Emma also works as an Associate for Hannah Ryan; recently the two worked together on English Girls Do Great in LA and Four Calling Birds.
Notable assisting includes: Assistant Director to Mark S. Hoebee on Fiddler on the Roof at Paper Mill Playhouse, and Assistant Director to Josh Rhodes on Chess and Lili-Anne Brown on RENT, both at The Muny.
Working on Taking Over Your Life at Gallery Players
Emma has worked with companies such as: The Muny, Paper Mill Playhouse, Theatre Aspen, New Repertory Theater, Central Square Theater, and Boston's Lyric Stage Company.
She has also had the privilege to work with and be mentored by artists such as Victoria Clark, Josh Rhodes, Hannah Ryan, Michael Baxter, Abbey O'Brien, Michael J Bobbitt, and Ben Liebert.
Matching with Abbey O'Brien post-cabaret at Theatre Aspen
Emma creates, shares, and stands behind bold, honest, and joyful work. She strives to focus on the soft and ridiculous parts of tension.
Working on Untitled Middle School Play at The Tank