current/upcoming:

Esmé is a freelance playwright/producer/dramaturg, a 2025 Playwrights Realm Fellow, and a member of the 2026 PlayPenn Playwright Entrepreneur Cohort.

Up Next/Recently:

Esmé’s play ‘white rabbit; white rabbit’ will receive an industry reading in 2026 as part of the Playwrights Realm INK’D Festival.
Esmé recently completed a year-long company management fellowship at Wicked Broadway.

Esmé is available for freelance dramaturgy, writing, and producing opportunities. For more information feel free to reach out here.

in the news:

PlayPenn: Tuition-Free Playwrights Cohort Renamed The Playwright Entrepreneur Program, PlayPenn Announces 2026 Cohort

Playbill: Star Wars' Kelly Marie Tran and Sagan Chen to Lead Reading of New Play I Know Why Iris Chang Died

Playbill: Cast Set for 3rd Annual Breaking the Binary Festival

Broadway World: Live & In Color Announces Esmé Maria Ng As The Recipient Of The 2024 June Bingham New Playwright Commission

American Theatre: A Safe Room for Bold Plays

Broadway World: Esmé Maria Ng and Xiaoyue Zhang To Join The Tank Producers Cohort

Playbill: Songs From New Musical Fouad of Nazareth Will Be Presented at Joe's Pub

American Theatre: Attention Must Be Paid to the Translator in ‘Salesman之死’

Playbill: Indya Moore, Sara Ramírez, Lío Mehiel, More Join Breaking the Binary Theatre Festival Lineup

Broadway World: Premiere Stages At Kean University Announces Semi-Finalists For 2023 Play Festival

Playbill: Theatre Producers of Color Chooses 2023 Cohort

The Wesleyan Connection: Performance Helps New Students Navigate Human Differences, Social Positionality

The Wesleyan Argus: WesCeleb: Esmé Ng ’22 on the Intersection of Activist Theater and American Studies

Howl Round: Breaking New Post-dramatic Ground: Wesleyan University’s The Method Gun (Essay by Jean Tarbox)