PLAYWRIGHT

Emma Carter is a playwright, actress, podcaster, and former teaching artist currently based in Kansas City, MO. She holds a BFA in Theatre Arts with a minor in Music from Stephens College. She spent four years as a member of the Midwest Dramatists, and her works have been produced in numerous venues around the KC area.

Take a peek at her Playwright Resume, browse through photographs from past productions, or find copies of her work on the National New Play Network.

In April of 2026, Emma’s play, Wicked Creatures, received a staged reading as part of Kansas City Public Theater’s 2025-2026 Theater Lab. This version of the play underwent significant rewrites from its last showing in 2019, when it received a fully realized production by Confluence Theater Company. In 2025, Emma’s short play, The Cat Returns, received a production as part of Story Shots at MOD. In 2023, Emma’s new play, Besties, received a reading as part of Kansas City Public Theater’s 2023-2024 Theater Lab.

In 2018 Emma attended the William Inge New Play Lab as both a playwright and an actress. She also traveled to New York City in June of 2018 for a staged reading of Wicked Creatures as part of the Harold Clurman Division First Breath New Play Reading Series at the Stella Adler Studio for Acting.

Emma started writing professionally in 2015, but has been honing her craft as far back as she can remember. Her first play, Junk, received a staged reading and workshop as part of the Living Room Theater's Writer's Den Series in 2015. Since then Emma has continued to write, perform, and produce her work in Kansas City. Read reviews of her work on stage.