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Shining a spotlight on imperfections
Shining a spotlight on imperfections
As a playwright, I strive to bring forward stories of imperfect people.
I want to create characters that are just as surprising as they are recognizable. My favorite thing to hear from an audience member is “I know someone just like that.”
I want the stories I put on stage to reflect the life I gather them from. I want to portray people who aren’t perfect at articulating what’s in their heart, people who will get it wrong the first time, people who reckon with the consequences of their actions.
As humans on this earth, our lives are made up of choices. We choose where to look, we choose what to see, we choose how we act in response to the world around us. I want to elevate my audience’s awareness of their choices by facing them with characters who don’t always make the right one.
Previous works
Previous works
In Your Hands
In Your Hands
On her first night home from college after graduating, Aileen discovers her little sister Marie has a troublesome secret.
Production, April 2025
The Tiny House
The Tiny House
Six college girls, two months from graduating, spend their spring break at a tiny house in the foothills of Mt. Rainier. Gathered for a bachelorette party for their token straight friend, they drink, gossip, speculate about the future, and debate the veracity of the rumors that Mt. Rainier is about to erupt. When Audrey and Molly, the typical happy lesbian couple and the glue that holds this friend group together, start having trouble in paradise, the group starts to worry that Mt. Rainier might not be the only thing about to erupt.
Self-produced workshop, October 2025
Beneath the Surface
Beneath the Surface
What are you bringing to the team? In the pool of a three-star hotel in central California, three high school girls encounter each other out past curfew looking to take a dip. As they suss out each other’s reasons for defying coach’s rules, they discover all three of them are vying for the same position: captain of the varsity water polo team.
Self-produced reading, January 2025
Emma Ordonez-Enos_Playwriting Resume.pdfCurrent Projects
Current Projects
Lockdown
Independent study with Naghmeh Samini
Three middle school kids, all from different backgrounds, forge an unlikely friendship in their boring after school program. When their campus is threatened and the school put on lockdown, their friendship is put to the test.
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