059 Up and Coming Playwright Emily Ommerborn interviewed by Lucas Luchsinger


September 27, 2026


A prize winner of our 2026 Young Playwrights Competition, Emily Ommerborn introduces an audio reading of their award winning play, To Be. Followed by an interview with a winner of our 2025 Young Playwrights Competition, Lucas Luchsinger.












References

Our Town — Thornton Wilder

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Town


Little Women — Louisa May Alcott; film adaptations discussed

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Women


Pride and Prejudice — Jane Austen; adaptations discussed

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_and_Prejudice


The Effect of Gamma Rays on-Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds — Paul Zindel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Effect_of_Gamma_Rays_on_Man-in-the-Moon_Marigolds


The Wolves — Sarah DeLappe

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wolves_(play)


Are the Bennett Girls Okay? — Emily Breeze

https://publictheater.org/productions/season/2627/are-the-bennet-girls-ok/


Wonder — film directed by Stephen Chbosky

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder_(film)


Barbie — directed by Greta Gerwig

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbie_(film)


Lady Bird — directed by Greta Gerwig

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Bird_(film)


The Virgin Suicides — directed by Sofia Coppola

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Virgin_Suicides_(film)


David Mamet — playwright, screenwriter, and director

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mamet


Alexis Kozak — Emily’s playwriting teacher and mentor

https://www.alexiskozak.com/


David Meenan — Emily’s theater coach and a playwright

https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-j-v-meenan-840850121


Christopher Corey — Emily’s theater and film mentor

https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-corey-55175178


Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy

https://www.epsnj.org/jefferson


Middletown High School South

https://south.middletownk12.org/


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