Episode 16: Emma Wiseman & Emily Zemba

Stapler Gaze

Photo: Emma Wiseman

Emma thinks puppetry is goofy, and Emily thinks puppetry is very uncanny valley. 

Emma Wiseman (she/her) is a multidisciplinary theater maker with a particular interest in puppets and objects. In addition to creating original and collaborative works of performance, including OOO: Out Of Office with the inimitable Emily Zemba, she has toured internationally with Robin Frohardt’s The Pigeoning and Nick Lehane’s Chimpanzee, and served as lead puppeteer for the Emmy-nominated “Animated Life”, a New York Times Op-Doc series created by Sweet Fern Productions.  More at emmawiseman.me

Emily Zemba (she/her) is a playwright and occasional office-object whisperer. Her work has been presented both on and off music stands at places like Local Theater, First Floor Theater, LPAC, Williamstown Theater Festival, Ars Nova, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater...and also at places not like them at all. She is a commissioned playwright with Theater Masters, a member of Two River Theater Emerging Writers group, an affiliated writer with the Playwrights Center, and a New Georges affiliated artist. Check out her upcoming projects with The Pool 2020 and Society emilyzemba.com