Emil Sher

Emil Sher’s works include stage plays for the young, the older, and the in-between, as well as screenplays, radio dramas and essays. His works for young audiences include Beneath the Banyan Tree, a commissioned play for Sampradaya Dance Creations that weaves movement, music and puppetry has been staged by Theatre Direct across Canada and toured the U.K in the fall of 2009. His adaptation of Hana’s Suitcase (Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People), the acclaimed Holocaust book by Karen Levine, has toured Canada and been staged in the U.S., including St. Louis and Chicago. A Hebrew-language version was staged in Israel in 2010 (Nephesh Theatre) and the published version of the play (Hana’s Suitcase on Stage) has been translated into Italian. Emil adapted Marie Day’s Edward the Crazy Man, about the bond between a boy and a man living with schizophrenia, for Workman Arts. Current projects Emil is writing for family audiences include two commissioned works: the narrative for A World to Shake by Ballet Jorgen Canada, and Alia and the Book of Ashes for Seattle Children’s Theatre. Mourning Dove, a play inspired by a true story of mercy killing and based on the radio drama of the same name, has been produced in major cities across Canada. He is a regular contributor to CBC Radio’s Afghanada. Works-in-progress include Girl in Field, Dusk, and Conviction, a play about wrongful convictions for Studio 180. To learn more about Emil’s work, please visit www.emilsher.com.