EMILY
MANN
Mann is a Tony nominated playwright and director and a Tony Award winning Artistic Director, having led McCarter Theatre Center for 30 years. Her plays seen on and Off-Broadway, regionally and internationally include: Annulla, An Autobiography; Still Life; Execution of Justice; Betsey Brown, an R&B musical co-authored with Ntozake Shange and Baikida Carroll; Hoodwinked; Greensboro, A Requiem; Having Our Say; Meshugah; Mrs. Packard; and Gloria: a Life.
Her awards include Peabody, Guggenheim, OBIEs, Hull-Warriner, NAACP, Margo Jones, and the Lilly award for Lifetime Achievement.
She is currently working on the stage adaptation of The Pianist and a musical with Lucy Simon, Susan Birkenhead, and Victoria Clark. She has been inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.
NEW PLAYS BY
EMILY MANN
ON CEDAR STREET
On Cedar Street, a new musical, is a love story about two old people falling in love inspired by Kent Haruf’s novel Our Souls at Night. Book by Emily Mann, lyrics by Susan Birkenhead, with a score by Lucy Simon and Carmel Dean.
