Emma Buchanan was born and raised in Durango, Colorado. She was first introduced into the world of theatre at the age of seven, where she played a Who in a local production of Seussical the Musical. Emma spent much of her youth with the Durango Performing Arts Company, involved in both their musical productions and as a part of their 50’s performance group. Every summer Emma attends the Durango Performing Arts Camp. In High School, Emma received such notable roles as Johanna in Sweeney Todd, Maria in The Sound of Music, Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Maryjo in A Piece of My Heart and Eponine in Les Miserables. Emma won the Critics Choice Award for Musical Solo at both the Colorado Thespian Conference and the International Thespian Festival and a Critics Choice Award at the State level for a Group Number, The Cell Block Tango. Durango High School’s Production of Les Miserables was featured on the Mainstage for the Colorado Thespian Conference and on the Buell Stage where it won the Bobby G Award for Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical. Her role as Eponine won her the Bobby G Award for Outstanding Actress in a Lead Role and she will be attending The National High School Musical Theatre Awards in New York City with longtime friend and colleague, Evatt Salinger. There they will make their Broadway debut on the Minskoff stage at The Jimmy Awards. Starting this fall, Emma will be studying Musical Theatre at Wright State University.
BWW Blog: Emma Buchanan Winner of Bobby G Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actress, Ep. 8
July 1, 2015
July 1, 2015
Episode 8 of Emma Buchanan's video blog for BroadwayWorld on the road to the National High School Musical Theatre Awards in New York. Buchanan, of Durango High School, last month was named Outstanding Actress at the 2015 Bobby G Awards at the Denver Center. She advanced to the national competition, which culminated Monday in a performance on a Broadway stage for The Jimmy Awards in New York City. In this episode, Buchanan describes what the final night was like.
BWW Blog: Emma Buchanan Winner of Bobby G Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actress, Ep. 6
June 30, 2015
June 30, 2015
Episode 6 of Emma Buchanan's video blog for BroadwayWorld on the way to the National High School Musical Theatre Awards in New York. Buchanan, of Durango High School, last month was named Outstanding Actress at the 2015 Bobby G Awards at the Denver Center. She advances to the national competition, which culminates in a performance on a Broadway stage for The Jimmy Awards in New York City. In this episode, Buchanan recounts her third day in New York and introduces us to her roommate.
BWW Blog: Emma Buchanan Winner of Bobby G Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actress, Ep. 5
June 29, 2015
June 29, 2015
Episode 5 of Emma Buchanan's video blog for BroadwayWorld on the way to the National High School Musical Theatre Awards in New York. Buchanan, of Durango High School, last month was named Outstanding Actress at the 2015 Bobby G Awards at the Denver Center. She advances to the national competition, which culminates in a performance on a Broadway stage for The Jimmy Awards in New York City. In this episode, Buchanan recounts her second day in New York, her first full day of rehearsal, and seeing her first Broadway show: 'An American in Paris.'
BWW Blog: Emma Buchanan Winner of Bobby G Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actress, Ep. 4
June 26, 2015
June 26, 2015
Episode 4 of Emma Buchanan's video blog for BroadwayWorld on the way to the National High School Musical Theatre Awards in New York. Buchanan, of Durango High School, last month was named Outstanding Actress at the 2015 Bobby G Awards at the Denver Center. She advances to the national competition, which culminates in a performance on a Broadway stage for The Jimmy Awards in New York City. In this episode, Buchanan makes it from Denver to New York City for the first time.
BWW Blog: Emma Buchanan Winner of Bobby G Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actress, Ep. 3
June 25, 2015
June 25, 2015
Episode 3 of Emma Buchanan's video blog for BroadwayWorld on the way to the National High School Musical Theatre Awards in New York. Buchanan, of Durango High School, last month was named Outstanding Actress at the 2015 Bobby G Awards at the Denver Center for the performing Arts. In this episode, Buchanan talks about a full day of interviews with the Denver media - include a surprise visit from a 'Wicked' cat.
BWW Blog: Emma Buchanan - Bobby G Award Winner for Outstanding Actress, Ep. 2
June 24, 2015
June 24, 2015
Episode 2 of Emma Buchanan's video blog for BroadwayWorld on the way to the National High School Music Awards in New York. Buchanan, of Durango High School, last month was named Outstanding Actress at the 2015 Bobby G Awards at the Denver Center. She advances to the national competition, called The Jimmy Awards, which culminate in a performance on a Broadway stage in New York City.
BWW Blog: Meet Emma Buchanan - Bobby G Award Winner for Outstanding Actress
June 19, 2015
June 19, 2015
Let's start from the very beginning with Durango High School's Les Miserables. Our Director, Kristin Winchester, knew that a lot of kids would be auditioning for the musical, so for auditions she had us choose two contrasting songs from the musical. I often play the ingenue in shows, so it was a big change playing Eponine. I worked almost solely with Curtis Salinger, a freshman at the time, who played Marius. His curiosity and enthusiasm for this art really reminded why I love theatre. Our opening night was incredible. There was this buzz in the theatre unmatched by any other performance. I am so humbled be my experience with Les Miserables. It was an unforgettable journey.
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