connect:
Gemma Irish
  • Home
  • Theater
    • Up Next
    • Past Productions
  • Copywriting/Copyediting
  • About
    • Bio
    • C.V.

Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION
Goddard College, MFA, Playwriting 2023
Eugene Lang College, The New School, BA, Liberal Arts, emphasis playwriting 2005


HONORS & AWARDS
McKnight Fellowship in Playwriting, 2025-2026
Walking Shadow Theatre Company, Commission 2016


SELECTED PLAYS - Full-length
All the Ways Trees Talk, Internal Reading - The Jungle Theater 2025
The Co-Op Wars
, Reading - New Leaf Reading Series 2019
Dapper Purple Plushie Co., Production - Smartmouth Comedy Co. 2019
The Nine of Swords, Reading - Arts’ Nest at Phoenix Theatre 2018
Sugar, Production 
- Normandale Community College 2015

SELECTED PLAYS - One-acts
The Chair-Builders, Production - MN Fringe Festival 2016
Into the Unreal City, Production - MN Fringe Festival 2014
Even Yours, Production – MN Fringe Festival 2012
Supernova, Production 
- EstroGenius Festival 2011

TEACHING
Social Media Strategy - Loft Literary Center
Beyond the Linear: Re-imagining Plot - Loft Literary Center
Beyond the Linear: Re-imagining Plot - Strike Theatre
Mentor, student one-act play festival - South High School
Mentor - Script Share, The Playwrights' Realm


OTHER EXPERIENCE
Next Day Animations, Head Scriptwriter 2020-present
Twin Cities Playwright Cabal, Founding Member 2017-present
BOOM! Theater, Founding member & resident playwright 2011-2014
Action Theater Project @ Galapagos Art Space, Co-curator 2006-2007
Proudly powered by Weebly