Emily Yuko Walborn is a Japanese American playwright and screenwriter from Montana. She received her MA in Playwriting from the University of Manchester (UK) and her BA in Writing for Film & Television from Emerson College. Her plays have been developed and produced at The Road Theatre Company, IATI, Stomping Grounds Art House, The Experimental Theatre Coop, Box of Tricks Theatre, The Old Library Theatre, Manchester Drama Society, The Fled Collective and at universities across the US. Her play Logical Conspiracies won Old Library Theatre’s One Act Play Festival and her play Clown Memo won the “Audience Favorite” award at the Last Chance New Play Festival. 

Emily’s obsession with comedy and satire dictates her work and collaborations. She is passionate about creating more opportunities for female and Asian representation in comedy and spends most of her days waiting for her dog (who definitely knows English) to speak to her.