The Wayward Women advances to the semi-finals of the Queens Short Play Festival

I'm proud to announce my short play, The Wayward Women, has advanced to the semi-finals round of the Queens Short Play Festival and will have ONE additional performance:

Semi-Final Program A: Thursday, March 6th at 7 pm

The Secret Theatre

3802 61st St

Woodside, NY 11377

The top 4 plays from each semi-final advance to the finals this weekend, so we need YOUR votes to help get us there!  For tickets: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/thesecrettheatrellc/1610324?

This event will likely sell out, so if you're planning to come (and I hope you are), make sure to get your ticket ASAP. Yeehaw!

Introducing...Stereotypes, a new series on CultureSonar

I’m proud to share a new video collaboration with CultureSonar called Stereotypes. This new series focuses on female trailblazers in the music industry who challenged norms and re-wrote the rules, changing music and culture forever.

I filmed these with the CultureSonar team out on Long Island all the way back in February 2020. It was literally the last project I worked on before the world shut down! I’m so pleased these are finally being released out into the world.

Check out the first two installments below.

 

A third and final—for now, anyway—installment will be released soon on CultureSonar’s YouTube Channel.

A House in the Suburbs at American Theatre of Actors

After making my debut as the Nurse in Seneca’s version of Phaedra last fall, I’m headed back to American Theatre of Actors as the Mother in the world premiere of A House in the Suburbs by Bruce Lawder.

Set in the mid-60s…

the play looks at a typical New England family as they wrestle with the Vietnam War, the changing social mores, and the loss of Father’s job and their idyllic home.

The play is directed by John DeBenedetto and runs January 25-29 and Feb 1-5 in the Beckmann Theater (2nd fl) at American Theatre of Actors on W. 54th St and 8th Ave.

Tickets can be purchased online: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-house-in-the-suburbs-tickets-510800296437

What I've been up to lately

In addition to screaming into the abyss over [insert latest crisis here], I’ve also been keeping to myself a bit lately…if you can call constant tweeting “keeping to myself.” Lol. To be perfectly honest, I’ve been taking a sort of extended break from writing for any outlets other than my newsletter or even writing scripts. I think I’m in one of those “fallow” periods everyone talks about where you just kinda need to be a sponge and live life and then eventually you’ll feel ready to write something new.

But I have been keeping busy in a few key places…

POETRY!

In December 2021, my sonnet, The Tower, was displayed on the digital screens outside the Theatre For A New Audience at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center in Brooklyn as part of their collaboration with my friends at Saint Flashlight. The special installation, called The Will of the City, featured a mix of poets and playwrights writing sonnets inspired by Shakespeare’s plays. My sonnet was inspired by Julius Caesar, tarot, and climate change. This is my third collaboration with Saint Flashlight.

PODCASTS!

PODCAST LIKE IT’S 1999

I returned to Podcast Like It’s 1999 for a new episode all about the Sex & the City sequel series, And Just Like That. It was a fun, hilarious, engaging conversation with Phil Iscove, my friend Carrie Courogen, and myself. You can listen here:

EXITING THROUGH THE 2010s

I also recently returned to Exiting Through the 2010s to talk about one of my favorite filmmakers, Kelly Reichardt, and her beautiful 2016 film Certain Women. You can listen to that here:

NEWSLETTER!

I have continued to write my pop culture newsletter over on Substack (please subscribe!) and I’m quite proud of a recent piece I wrote on Kim Kardashian, Marilyn Monroe, the Met Gala, and the question of who own’s women’s bodies. It is even more prescient given the recent overturning of Roe v. Wade.

It’s a sad, dark, weird time, but I am grateful for friends, art, and summer bike rides.

Recent podcast appearances

I’ve been making the podcast rounds again! Listen below:

Podcast Like It’s 1999

Episode 171: Tumbleweeds

I join hosts Phillip Iscove and Kenny Neibart to talk about the 1999 indie, Tumbleweeds starring Janet McTeer and Kimberly Brown. We talk about how this movie portrays a positive mother/daughter relationship without falling into overdramatic cliches, and how the plot probably should have stayed on the road to keep its momentum. Plus, surprisingly enough, things get contentious as we discuss what defines a successful movie, and how viewers should interact with the media they consume.

Sex & the City Saturdays: The F*** Buddy

I join host Phillip Iscove to talk about season 2, episode 14 of Sex & the City, “The Fuck Buddy” We also discuss Miranda's unfortunate throughline of dating abusive men, our apprehension toward double dating (and how it ends poorly for Charlotte), and how the show brought "scandalous" sex practices like "fuck buddies" into the mainstream.

Exiting Through the 2010s

Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again

I join hosts Jack Draper and Clay Williams to discuss Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again, the hit sequel to the blockbuster 2008 musical Mamma Mia. We also talk Cher, movie musicals, Bob Fosse, what Mamma Mia 3 might look like, and more.

Thanks to Phil, Kenny, Jack, and Clay for inviting me on their pods and letting me yammer on about subjects I love. Be sure to show some love their way by listening and subscribing on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts!

Now offering script consultation services

With the pandemic continuing to drag on in the U.S., I’ve seen an uptick in people writing new projects as well as requesting feedback as they work to develop those projects in quarantine. I’ve always enjoyed reading other people’s scripts and helping them shape them, and now I’m officially offering my services as a script consultant!

If you have a pilot, play, or screenplay that needs an extra pair of eyes and another brain, I’d be happy to read it and provide feedback (written and via discussion). I know firsthand how beneficial it is to have someone to bounce ideas off of and give some direction when you feel lost in the process, so I work from both a writer AND actor perspective.

I know many artists are being impacted financially by the pandemic, so I am willing to negotiate rates/fees on a sliding scale.

For more info, please visit the Script Consultation page on my website.

Looking forward to working with you!

Recent podcast appearances

I love to talk.

In case it’s not clear from my website, I’m a communicator of all different kinds. I love talking to and with people!

Back when we could be less than six feet away from other humans without masks, I was a guest on two different podcasts: Truer Words and Koppen With Comic.

Both podcasts gave me a chance to talk enthusiastically about a lot of things I love: art, writing, internet boyfriends, comedy, etc. I had a blast and hope you’ll enjoy listening to them as much as I did recording them.

To listen to my Truer Words episode: https://www.truerwordspodcast.com/episodes/2020/2/18/emmy-potter

Koppen With Comic:

Look at this stuff - isn't it neat?

Hi folks!

If you’re new around here, don’t worry, so am I! Or rather, so is my site.

After much complaining about my old website and then essentially redirecting anyone who wanted to find me to my Twitter (a place I frequent too much, frankly), I finally got it together and created the new and improved emmylanepotter.com. As Ariel sang in The Little Mermaid, “look at this stuff. Isn’t it neat?” Hopefully you think so, because I do!

As for myself? Well, I’m undergoing frequent updates too, and some of them I'll share here in this space. (The rest will likely stay between me and my therapist!)

Welcome and thanks for browsing,

Emmy