about me:

Esmé has held literary, artistic, and producing positions at Manhattan Theatre Club, Ma-Yi Theater Company, Breaking the Binary Theatre, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, and Classic Stage Company. As a script evaluator, they have read for Roundabout Theater Company, Playwrights Realm, and Breaking the Binary Theatre, and have dramaturged with Columbia University and Ma-Yi Theater Company.

As a playwright, Esmé seeks to embody the phenomenon of laughing at/through the pain. They look for joy in inappropriate moments, with often-understated-sometimes-surrealist aesthetics and complicated characters. Their plays have gained them recognition as a Eugene O’Neill Finalist, a Lambda Literary Playwriting Fellow, and a finalist for the June Bingham Playwriting Commission. A selection of their work is available to read on New Play Exchange.

Esmé is currently a member of The Tank Producers Cohort, a 2024 CIPA Fellow, and a freelance dramaturg/writer/producer based in Lenapehoking (New York City) with bylines in American Theatre Magazine..

Esmé loves hearing about new projects and collaborations. Feel free to reach out at ngesmemaria@gmail.com.