Emily Verla
AEA/ SAG- AFTRA
5’6” – Green Eyes – Brown Hair – Mezzo Soprano
(310)844-5393 – [Link]@[Link] – [Link]
TELEVISION
New Amsterdam Guest Star NBC
The Deuce Recurring HBO
Dietland Co-Star AMC
The Tonight Show Recurring NBC
OFF BROADWAY
Petie KM Theatre East (Urban Stages)/ Martha Banta
A Name For A Ghost To Mutter Lala Theatre East (Urban Stages)/ Judson Jones
As You Like It Audrey New York Classical Theatre/ Stephen Burdman
The Jungle Book Taa/ Puppeteer Theatre East (Peter J Sharp)/ Dina Epshteyn
REGIONAL THEATRE
Yankee Tavern Janet Riverside Theatre/ Allen D. Cornell
The Wolves #46 Boise Contemporary Theater/ Kittson O’Neil
Crimes of the Heart Babe Bristol Valley Theater/ Benjamin Viertel
1980 (Or Why I’m Voting for John Anderson)* Kathleen Premiere Stages/ Jessi D. Hill
The Tall Girls Jean Luna Stage/ Jane Mandel
Tar Beach Mary Claire Luna Stage/ Cheryl Katz
42nd Street Ensemble Musical Theatre West/ Jon Engstrom
Into the Woods Lucinda Tiers Theatre Festival
Oliver! Bet Civic Light Opera South Bay/ Jon Engstrom
A Little Night Music Mrs. Anderssen Princeton Summer Theater/ Adam Immerwahr
NEW YORK THEATE
Bar Dykes Joyce The Flea/TOSOS / Mark Finley & Virginia Baeta
Bad People Kati Dixon Place Hot Festival & Encores / Caterina Nonis
The Coward – 1st PLACE WINNER -- Jill NY New Works Festival (The Duke) / Alex Keegan
You Do Not Look Cici Columbia Stages (Signature Theatre)/ Jenny Beth Snyder
Relationship Status –2018 GOLDBERG PRIZE -- Elle Goldberg Theatre/ Alex Keegan
Miss Valentine Lucy League of Professional Women / Tricia Brouk
Anatomy of Gray Tiny Stella Adler Studio / Joe Discher
VOICE OVER
Hairy Legs Hannah’s Feminist Quarter Hour Hairy Legs Hannah South America Prod.
--AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL FINALIST –
The Story Pirates Podcast Various – Recurring Gimlet Media
-2020&2022 iHEART RADIO AWARD WINNER-
EDUCATION
New York University - Tisch School of the Arts (The Stella Adler Studio of Acting) – BFA Drama; minor in Religious & Ritual Studies
- Stephanie Yankwitt, Peter Flynn, Andrea Burns, Betsy Parrish, Noel Wilson Don Williams, Alice Saltzman, Steve Cook, Joan Evans
- Master Workshops: Mark Rylance (improvisation), Andrew Wade (Voice and Speech)
Shakespeare Forum – Tyler Moss, Sybille Bruun
Carnegie Mellon – Drama Acting & Musical Theater Summer Program
Professional School for the Arts – Lisa Matsko Hamilton, Gerard Babb, Karen Morrow, Brent Wagner, Jon Engstrom
SPECIAL SKILLS
Move eyes independently, Roller-skating, biking, Sailing, Cartwheel, Baby crying sound, Basic ASL
Puppetry (shadow, found object), Carpentry, Welding, Built a log cabin with hand tools in rural AK,
Trained dancer: tap, ballet, musical theater, salsa; Basic Clarinet,
WA driver’s license, Valid Passport
dialects: RP, Cockney, Southern US (Alabama, Texas, Mississippi), assistant to a dialect coach - more available with notice
Teaching Artist with The Story Pirates (NYC), and Act Too Studio (South Hadley, MA)
*denotes fully staged workshops
