About Me (as a writer)
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 BIPOC characters.
Their plays have gained them recognition as a Playwrights Realm Fellow, a Lambda Literary Playwriting Fellow, and the 2024 June Bingham Playwriting Commission recipient.
About Me (as a producer)
Esmé has held literary, artistic, and producing positions at Manhattan Theatre Club, Breaking the Binary Theatre, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, Little Island, and Wicked Broadway. Currently, Esmé is the Management Associate at Roundabout Theatre Company.
They’ve brought new works to life in venues such as Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Ars Nova, and Joe’s Pub, and have been honored as a Tank Producers Cohort Fellow, a CIPA Fellow, a Howard Gilman PARC Fellow, and a Theater Producers of Color Cohort Alumni.
You can reach me at ngesmemaria@gmail.com
Photos by Mckenna Christina Poe