Emma Palzere Rae

Emma Palzere-Rae is a playwright, actor, director, and producer. 

Emma spent 15 years as part of the NYC theater community, where she appeared Off Broadway, in films and on television. She is the Associate Director at Artreach, Inc. (Norwich, CT), and has also held the position of Artistic Director for Plays for Living (NYC), a touring company dedicated to social change. 

Emma’s plays include “Aunt Hattie’s House”, about what compelled Harriet Beecher Stowe to pen “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”, and “Live from the Milky Way… It’s Gilda Radner!” Her current projects include “The Woodhull Project” about 1872 Presidential candidate, Victoria Woodhull. Her one-woman plays tour throughout the country under the banner of Be Well Productions.

Emma has also been an adjunct professor in the Arts Administration program in the Dramatic Arts Department at the University of Connecticut. Emma serves on the steering committee of the League of Professional Theatre Women (CT Chapter) and the board of the Mystic Film Festival, and co-chairs the New London Arts Council. She is also a member of Actors Equity Association, SAG-AFTRA and the Dramatists Guild, where she serves as the regional representative for New England-West. 

Emma holds a B.F.A in Acting from Emerson College, Boston. In 2021, Emma was awarded an Artist Fellowship from the CT Office of the Arts.