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Emery A. Schaffer ’14

Young Alumni Players Award: Emery A. Schaffer ’14
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Emery A. Schaffer ’14

Emery Schaffer ’14 is a playwright and theatre practitioner whose work often centers uniquely feminine narratives and the stories of women overcoming significant challenges. Holding degrees from NYU Tisch and the University of St Andrews, her plays have been staged in New York, Scotland, and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and she currently resides in Edinburgh.

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Alumni Stories

Alice Walker Ballard ‘66 (Posthumous)
Alice Walker Ballard ‘66 (Posthumous)
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Gabrielle Pittman Gary ’02
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Katy Rambo Bradley ’07
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Brendan Flatow ’94 
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Michael Beautyman ’05
Julian McFadden '06 CHA Alum
Julian McFadden ’06
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Ed Glassman '03
Nicole Allen 2004
Alumni Spotlight: Nicole Allen '04 
Players Hall of Fame Award: Melissa A. Fitzgerald ’83
Melissa A. Fitzgerald ’83
Special Service to Players Award: Court van Rooten HA’08
Court van Rooten HA’08
Young Alumni Players Award: Emery A. Schaffer ’14
Emery A. Schaffer ’14
Rose Donahue, Alumna, actress, visit
Rose Donahue '11
Ainsley Rexford
Ainsley Rexford ’21 
Rob Deery
Jocelyn Freed ’21
Michael Beautyman Jr. '05
Michael Beautyman Jr. '05
Dominique Regli ’20
Dominique Regli ’20
Rob Deery
Rob Deery '05
Hannah Clarke, SCH Class of 2017
Hannah Clarke '17
Kelly Flatow '90 Springside School Alum
Kelly Flatow '90
Peter Randall '69 CHA Alum
Peter Randall '69
Shawn Blue '96 Alumna
Shawn Blue '96
Edward Glassman '03 CHA Alum
Edward Glassman '03
michael koplove CHA  alumni
Michael P. Koplove '95
Victoria Walls Alumni
Victoria Walls '12
Evan Weinstein Alumni
Ellie Weinstein '15
Adrienne Gittens Alumni
Adrienne Gittens '04
Rebecca Morley Alumni 2000
Rebecca Morley '00
Nicole Allen White Alumni
Nicole Allen White '04
Bill McDowell Alumni
Bill McDowell '75
stephen skeel alumni 2013
Stephen Skeel '13
Taylor Ellis-Watson Washington Alumni 2011
Taylor Ellis-Watson Washington '11
Brian Miglionico Alumni 1994
Brian Miglionico '04
andrew cramer alumni 2018
Andrew Cramer '18
morgan berman alumni
Morgan Berman '04
chelsey roebuck alumni 2006
Chelsey Roebuck '06
Amy Padula Alumni
Amy Padula '96
Emery Schaffer Alumni
Emery Schaffer '14
Felix Von Moschzisker Alumni
Felix von Moschzisker '61

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