Emily Sheehan is an award-winning playwright and emerging screenwriter.
She is currently under commission with Melbourne Theatre Company. Her debut short film ‘Tuesday Tuesday’ which she wrote with Lianne Mackessy was nominated for an AWGIE for Best Short Film Screenplay and screened at Academy Award-qualifying Flickerfest and St Kilda Film Festival in 2026.
Her smash hit play ‘Monument‘ premiered at Red Stitch in 2023 to a sold-out season, returned in 2024 by popular demand, and toured in 2025.
‘Frame Narrative‘ at Sydney’s iconic Old Fitz was a finalist for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards and received four-and-five-star reviews in 2024.
Her debut play ‘Hell’s Canyon‘ won the Rodney Seaborn Award, was a finalist for Sydney Theatre Company’s Patrick White Award and won Melbourne Fringe’s Tour Ready Award.
Four of her plays are published by Currency Press.
Emily hosts the Playwrights Process Podcast and is represented by Lisa Mann Creative Management.
