My Shows
News on your favorite shows, specials & more!
Emily Lerer Headshot
Get Emily Lerer Alerts

Emily Lerer

Birth Place: Cincinnati, Ohio

BIO

Emily Lerer: director; Ohio native, graduate of Ohio University. Recent Projects include: R Culture (Producing Director), In the Air Tonight (Director) And All of Us Fell Down an original adaptation of Julius Caesar (Producing Director), and Unseen and Unnoticed (Asst. Director). She has worked for the Soho Playhouse, The New Ohio Theatre, and Rattlestick Playwrights Theater.

News


R CULTURE Begins Off-Broadway Run Tonight at IRT Theatre
by BWW News Desk - Nov 7, 2014

R CULTURE, the edgy and darkly funny new play that satirically examines how modern American culture and rape culture collide and overlap, written by playwright Cecilia Copeland ('Light of Night,' Indie Theatre Now's 2013 Person of the Year) and directed by Emily Lerer ('In the Air Tonight') will be presented Off-Broadway at IRT Theatre (154 Christopher Street) with preview performances beginning tonight, November 7 prior to an official press opening of November 9.
Cecilia Copeland's R CULTURE to Open 11/7 at IRT Theatre
by BWW News Desk - Nov 3, 2014

IRT Resident Artist Project in Collaboration with New York Madness invites you to see R Culture, a new play by Cecilia Copeland, at IRT Theatre.
Cecilia Copeland's R CULTURE Opens 11/7 at IRT
by Tyler Peterson - Oct 23, 2014

IRT Resident Artist Project in Collaboration with New York Madness presents R Culture, a new play by Cecilia Copeland, for a limited run, November 7 - 23, at IRT Theatre. Directed by Emily Lerer, the show has Set Design by G. Warren Stiles, Lighting Design by Darielle Shandler, Costume Design by Carolyn Toner & Sound Design by Anna Libbie Grossman. Ashley Newman* serves as Stage Manager. Consulting Producers are Sari Caine & Rachel Weekly.
R CULTURE Set for Off-Broadway Run at IRT Theatre, Begin. 11/7
by Tyler Peterson - Sep 11, 2014

R CUTLURE, the edgy and darkly funny new play that satirically examines how modern American culture and rape culture collide and overlap, written by playwright Cecilia Copeland ('Light of Night,' Indie Theatre Now's 2013 Person of the Year) and directed by Emily Lerer ('In the Air Tonight') will be presented Off-Broadway at IRT Theatre (154 Christopher Street) with preview performances beginning November 7 prior to an official press opening of November 9.
New York Madness to Launch Fifth Season with Chisa Hutchinson, 9/21
by Tyler Peterson - Aug 27, 2014

New York Madness (NYM) is about to start its Fifth Season. With a focus on emerging artists, NYM hosts a hot night of short plays based on a theme proposed by the more established Featured Guest. The Theme is announced one week prior to the event. NYM has been hosted by the Cherry Lane Theatre, Ensemble Studio Theatre, ESPA/Primary Stages, INTAR Theatre, IATI Theater and they will be at The COW (Former home of The Living Theatre) for their Season Launch on September 21st at 8pm. The Season Launch will include Featured Guest Chisa Hutchinson (Blue Man Group, New York NeoFuturists, Partial Comfort, Atlantic Theater Company, Rattlestick Theater, New Dramatists) along with playwrights Cecilia Copeland*, Judith Leora*, Shaun Bennet Fountleroy, Jeffrey James Keyes, and more TBA. (*denotes Founding Member)

Get Emily Lerer Email Alerts

Be the first to get news, photos, videos & more.

Videos