EMMA S. RUND

As a playwright, I am interested in telling stories centering around women. There are not enough complicated women onstage, and we deserve to be seen in all our wonderful complexity. I am particularly fond of using magical or otherworldly elements in my plays to externalize a character's internal life.

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One of my strengths as a playwright is the juxtaposition of comedy and tragedy in my writing. I have been known to take an audience from laughter to tears in fairly quick succession. Some of my favorite pieces do this, so I have learned to approximate the effect in my own work.