Blog Posts - EMILY TRASK

Photography

11/19/2018

I recently had the honor working with
photographer Brian James
on a powerful photo series he's creating, entitled

The Divided States of America

The series photographically alludes to major issues our country is currently grappling with. I find Brian's work particularly poignant because these issues are so often
difficult to encompass in words -
yet somehow their essence is powerfully summed up
in these images.

For a sneak-peak,
here are two photos from the shoot that I got my hands on
just in time for the November elections.

Brian James Photo Studio

Brian James Photo Studio

The Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts

10/7/2018

Honored and excited to join the ranks of the

Pacific Conservatory Theatre

and the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts

as their newest Resident Artist and Faculty Member.

PCPA is a truly rare organization
and the embodiment of the mentor/apprentice model.
The Resident Artists serve as Faculty for the Conservatory during the day, and then they act along side their students (who serve as as understudies, ensemble members, and in supporting roles) in the professional productions.

I will be teaching Shakespeare for the Conservatory
and serving as a Resident Artist in the Company for the Professional Theatre.
(including a fabulous Summer Season of outdoor theatre in beautiful Solvang, CA)

This "unicorn*" opportunity allows me to utilize all my theatrical passions:
act, teach, sing, dance, direct, mentor, dramaturg

And it's in the Central Coast of California. In wine country. Close to the Ocean.
So. Come visit.

*unicorn: a magical creature that I previously didn't believe existed

A Benefit Reading

8/20/2018

One-night only benefit reading of

AN ILIAD

with Quintessence Theatre Group

photo credit: Lloyd Mulvey

tickets are pay-what-you-can donations.

with all proceeds going to American Friends Service Committee

an organization devoted to service, development, and peace programs throughout the world (https://www.afsc.org/).

August 24th at 7:30pm,
at the Sedgwick Theater, 7137 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, 19119.
To reserve your pay-what-you-can ticket visit
www.QuintessenceTheatre.org or call 1.215.987.4450.
For ticket information please email BoxOffice@QuintessenceTheatre.org

check out the
write-up in Broadwayworld!

check out the
event on Facebook!

GODSPELL!

8/2/2018

only 4 more chances to catch Godspell at the Hope Summer Repertory Theatre!!
Having so much fun being part of this talented Tribe!

For tickets visit Hope Summer Repertory Theatre

...in other news...
An Iliad has achieved an officially SOLD OUT RUN!

not bad for a little play about the Trojan War.

An Iliad is now open

7/16/2018

No such thing as a one-person show.
This world was expertly built by
Sarah Pearline (scenic design), Josh Schmidt (sound designer and composer),
Eric Van Tassell (lighting design), Haley Borodine (props), Andrew Vincent (costumes)
Directed by Lenny Banovez, Stage Managed by Kristiana Murphy,
Mused by Alicia Storin

check out their beautiful work (and my many weird acting faces) below!

Or come see it for yourself!
Click here for Tickets and more info!
Running through August 7th
(There are only a few tickets left for the rest of the run - so get 'em while you can!)

HOPE SUMMER REPERTORY THEATRE

6/15/2018

In Michigan...
getting my mind blown daily by...

... this beautiful beast of a one-person epic

AND

soon to be singing my face off in ...

AT

for tickets and more information go to: HSRT

P.S. Ummmm... Holland, Michigan is super charming. You should come hang out by the Lake with me this summer.

Teaching in Philly - Class at Quintessence

5/6/2018

Are you an actor who hates Shakespeare?
Are you an actor who doesn't get the deal with Shakespeare?
Are you a Musical Theatre, Improv, New Work, Devised Work actor that wants to fill in the gaps in their Shakespeare know how?
Are you an actor who loves Shakespeare?
Are you an actor... in Philadelphia?

Quintessence Theatre Group in Philadelphia may have the perfect class for you!

Con(verse)sation;

or how to talk Shakespeare without a stick up your ass

Utilizing everything from your favorite song lyrics to sonnets, this physical, empathetic and occasionally irreverent class will find a freedom and the moment-to-moment PLAY that will allow you to be a person within Shakespeare's structured verse.

Students will come away with a working understanding of Shakespeare’s verse, a classical monologue, and a foundation for approaching Shakespeare scene work and audition sides.

Tuesday evenings, 6-8 pm,

May 22nd, 29th, and June 5th

at the Sedgwick

Workshop Fee - $100 if you register by May 10!

to register or for more info: www.quintessencetheatre.org/classes/

New Works in the New Year

3/25/2018

Over the past two months, I've had the good fortune to
participate in two, exciting new play workshops.

These new plays are going places... literally.

This past month, in March, I got to dive into Larissa FastHorse's hilarious and brilliant new play, The Thanksgiving Play, at The Milwaukee Repertory Theatre.
Watch for it around the country and in New York this coming season!

In February I had the incredible experience of workshopping Kash Goin's play, Seventy IV Seconds... to judgement, at The Arden Theatre in Philadelphia. Watch for this powerful new play in The Arden's 2018/19 mainstage season!

Timon of Athens

1/4/2018

"Strange, unusual blood, when man’s worst sin
is he does too much good!” (IV, ii)

sketch of Timon of Athens by Wyndham Lewis

Excited to have adapted
and be directing a reading of Shakespeare's

TIMON OF ATHENS

for Shakespeare in Queens
and Titan Theatre Company

join us for a FREE reading of this rarely done tragedy
Monday, January 8th
5:30 pm
at Jackson Heights Community Library

For more information
Check out Shakespeare in Queens

Shakespeare Theatre Company's - Rediscovery Reading Series

11/12/2017

I will be taking part in the Shakespeare Theatre Company's
Rediscovery Reading Series

Edith Wharton’s
The Shadow of a Doubt

NOVEMBER 13
7:30 pm
Lansburgh Theatre
450 7th Street NW
Washington, DC 20004

This event is free!

For more information
click here

The only known play by Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Edith Wharton, The Shadow of a Doubt was recovered in 2016 after scholars discovered a letter referring to its first rehearsals for its intended Broadway run in 1901.
Now, 80 years after Wharton’s death, this newly rediscovered manuscript reveals an important chapter in her literary career.