Her many area directorial credits include the critically acclaimed The Big Meal/ The Gospel According to Thomas Jefferson, Charles Dickens, and Count Leo Tolstoy: Discord/ and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer for WaterTower Theatre; the award-winning Stupid F*cking Bird/ Life Sucks./ An Iliad/ and The (curious case of the) Watson Intelligence for Stage West. Emily has won awards for her work in both disciplines, including multiple DFW Critics’ Forum Awards, and Best Actress of the Year nods from Dallas Observer, D Magazine, and TheaterJones.