Emma Stanton

No Candy

Emma Stanton is a Chicago and New York playwright. Her plays include Bojko and the Glacier, Jitterbug, June in the Parade, and No Candy. Recently, Emma was a finalist for the 2016 Heideman Award at Actors Theatre of Louisville, a Finalist for the 2016 Susan Glaspell Award, a winner of the 2016 Columbia University/Roundabout Theater Underground Reading Series, a recipient of the 2016 Jane Chambers Feminist Playwriting Award, and is currently a semi-finalist for the 2017 National Playwrights Conference. This season, Emma is the 2016 Princess Grace Award Playwriting Fellow, which includes a year-long residency at New Dramatists in New York City. This spring, her new play, June in the Parade, will be presented at New Dramatists, Chicago Dramatists, and at the Goodman Theatre. Emma is Associate Artistic Director of Walkabout Theater Company in Chicago and a proud member of the 2016-2017 Playwrights Unit at the Goodman Theatre. BA: Boston College; MFA: Columbia University.