by Emily Grimany | Jun 6, 2025
Photos About the Show A 45-minute site-specific performance designed for outdoor spaces like gardens, patios, porches, driveways, or greenspaces. Audiences could choose from two troupes to book four 10-minutes plays. Community performances around Bloomington-Normal,...
by Emily Grimany | Jun 5, 2025
Photos Director’s Note From the first time reading this play, I knew I had to direct it. As a mother in graduate school, the question “can women have it all?” is often at the center of my mind. While I have a husband who shares in the housework and childcare,...
by Emily Grimany | Jun 3, 2025
Photos About the Show Bard in a Box is the Illinois Shakespeare Company’s touring production company. We brought a 40-minute version of Romeo and Juliet to schools across central Illinois during the Spring of 2024. We performed in a variety of locations...
by Emily Grimany | Jan 21, 2025
Photos About the Show Daisy Jones & the Six meets Waiting for Guffman in this kaleidoscopic retrospective of an out-of-work mother of two who accidentally starts a cult. Jillian spends her days doing laundry, keeping her wily children from injuring each other, and...
by Emily Grimany | Nov 8, 2024
Photos Director’s Note Puffs is for all the nerds who dreamed of saving the world. I am one of those nerds who grew up on science fiction and fantasy stories, pretending I was a warrior fighting monsters and going on grand adventures. If I had received an...
by Emily Grimany | Aug 2, 2024
Photos About the Show Bard in a Box is the Illinois Shakespeare Company’s touring production company. We brought a 40-minute version of Romeo and Juliet to schools across central Illinois during the Spring of 2024. We performed in a variety of locations...
by Emily Grimany | Apr 8, 2024
Photos About the Show After Callie meets Sara, the two unexpectedly fall in love. Their first kiss provokes a violent attack that transforms their lives in a way they could never anticipate. I feel fortunate that I was able to direct Stop Kiss at Illinois State...
by Emily Grimany | Nov 7, 2023
Photos About the Show Part of the MFA Directing Showcase at ISU. The Most Massive Woman Wins is challenging, brutal and hilarious. Four women of various shapes and sizes sitting in the waiting room of a liposuction clinic explore their perceptions of body image. The...
by Emily Grimany | Aug 9, 2023
Photos About the Show Springfield High Songleaders Betty Jean, Cindy Lou, Missy and Suzy, rally together to entertain their classmates in four-part harmony. In Act 1, set in 1958, the young women explore the ups and downs of high school, friendships, boyfriends and...
by Emily Grimany | Aug 9, 2023
Photos About the Show Standing over a freshly dug open grave, Kylie reveals to her newly returned older sister Lala all that happened after Lala fled home to escape their father’s abuse. Reviews...
Hi, my name is Emily Grimany. I’m a theater director based in Louisville, KY. My focuses are new plays and musicals that center women’s stories.