EMILY K. HARRISON
theatremaker educator
Reviews
Dance Nation: Lisa Kennedy, The Denver Post
Ripe Frenzy (director): Jedidiah Maynes, The Union-Bulletin
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Celebration, Florida (director): Lisa Kennedy, Little Wanderings​
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House of Gold: Joanne Ostrow, The Denver Post​
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House of Gold: Sarah Haas, Boulder Weekly
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House of Gold: Juliet Wittman, Westword
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House of Gold: Adam Goldstein, The Daily Camera
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She Rode Horses Like the Stock Exchange: Adam Goldstein, The Daily Camera
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She Rode Horses Like the Stock Exchange: Juliet Wittman, Westword
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She Rode Horses Like the Stock Exchange: Beki Pineda, Boulder Magazine
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44 Plays for 44 Presidents (director): Beki Pineda, Boulder Magazine
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How I Learned to Drive: Adam Goldstein, The Daily Camera
How I Learned to Drive: Joanne Ostrow, The Denver Post
How I Learned to Drive: Beki Pineda, Boulder Magazine
Ham McBeth: Claire Martin, The Denver Post
Ham McBeth: Bill Wheeler, Theater Colorado
SLAB: Lisa Kennedy, The Denver Post
Peggy Jo & the Desolate Nothing: Lisa Kennedy, The Denver Post
Peggy Jo & the Desolate Nothing: Craig Williamson, The North Denver Tribune
Peggy Jo & the Desolate Nothing: Elizabeth Miller, Boulder Weekly
Peggy Jo & the Desolate Nothing: Bob Bows, Colorado Drama
5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche (2014): Gary Zeidner, Boulder Weekly
5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche (2014): Bill Wheeler, Theater Colorado
Gidion's Knot: Mike Pearson, The Daily Camera
The Ding Dongs (or What is the Penalty in Portugal?): Liza Williams, The Daily Camera
5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche (2012): Bill Wheeler, Theater Colorado
HOWL (director): Kurt Brighton, The Denver Post
HOWL (director): Mark Collins, The Daily Camera
Songs of Meat & Cake: John Moore, The Denver Post
One Woman Show: Mark Collins, The Daily Camera
Why We Have a Body: Mark Collins, The Daily Camera
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To Kill a Mockingbird (assistant director & dramaturg): John Moore, The Denver Post
Tornado Season: Lori Lee Wallace, Theatre Journal
The House of Yes: Kurt Brighton, The Denver Post
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Publications
Book Review:
Selah Saterstrom's Slab, published in Bombay Gin Issue #42, June 2016
Download HERE
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Book Review:
Laird Hunt's Kind One, published in Something on Paper Issue 1, 2013
Read HERE
Dissertation:
Bang, Bang, Mr. President: Re-Visioning Presidential Assassination on the American Stage
2012
Available HERE
Creative:
Heat Stroke, video hybrid text published in Trickhouse
Vol. 11, Winter 2010
View HERE
Interviews
Feature on Things We Will Miss, Toni Tresca for The Boulder Weekly, 2023
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Feature on Celebration, Florida, Toni Tresca for The Boulder Weekly, 2023
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"Emily K. Harrison's Sense of Balance", American Theatre magazine's Theatrical Mustang Podcast, hosted by Woodzick, 2023
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Interview, The Ghost Lights Podcast, ep. 94, hosted by Sam Gilstrap, 2022
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Feature on Dance Nation, Colorado Arts & Sciences Magazine, 2022
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Feature on The Revolutionists, Anna Cook for The Sewanee Purple, 2022
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Feature on The Revolutionists, Bailey Basham for The Mountain Messenger, 2022
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"The Challenges of Challenging Work," for From the Ground Up, an ensemble theatre focused podcast hosted by Jeff Mosser in collaboration with HowlRound Theatre Commons, 2019
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"Colorado Creatives Redux," Susan Froyd for Westword, 2019
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Feature on Theatre in Boulder, Lisa Kennedy for American Theatre magazine, 2018
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Feature on House of Gold, Veronica Straight-Lingo for KGNU's MetroArts, 2017
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Feature on House of Gold, Zora Stephenson for KDVR Fox31 Denver, 2017
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Feature on House of Gold and War On Women: A Cross Company Collaboration, Daliah Singer for 5280 Magazine, 2017
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Spotlife Interview for She Rode Horses Like the Stock Exchange, John Moore for the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, 2017
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Feature on Women at Work: A Community Conversation, Susan Froyd for Westword, 2017
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Feature on She Rode Horses Like the Stock Exchange and Women at Work: A Community Conversation, Veronica Straight-Lingo for KGNU's MetroArts, 2017
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Feature on She Rode Horses Like the Stock Exchange, French Davis for YellowScene Magazine, 2017
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Feature on 44 Plays for 44 Presidents and This Aunt is Not a Cockroach, Veronica Straight-Lingo for KGNU's MetroArts, 2016
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Feature on 44 Plays for 44 Presidents, AH Goldstein for The Daily Camera, 2016
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Feature on This Aunt is Not a Cockroach, AH Goldstein for The Daily Camera, 2016
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Feature on This Aunt is Not a Cockroach, Daliah Singer for 5280 Magazine, 2016
Feature on Ham McBeth, AH Goldstein for The Daily Camera, 2015
Feature on SLAB, AH Goldstein for The Daily Camera, 2014
Feature on Peggy Jo & the Desolate Nothing, Lisa Kennedy for The Denver Post, 2014
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Feature on Peggy Jo & the Desolate Nothing, Kyle Harris for Westword, 2014
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"100 Colorado Creatives" Series, Susan Froyd
for Westword, 2013
Feature on 44 Plays for 44 Presidents, Liza Williams for The Daily Camera, 2012
2011 Pathmaker Award, John Moore for The Denver Post, 2011