Emily Lyon (she/her) | Director: BS (1st Season with ISF) is a director, dramaturg, and producer working at the intersection of storytelling and social impact. As Artistic Director of Hedgepig Ensemble, she leads and curates Expand the Canon – a call to action to include a global intersection of historical women writers in the canon of classics. Over the past three years, she also created a Social Impact Writers Lab, founded Future Facing Films, helped develop the 2021 Hollywood Climate Summit, joined the first US cohort of the Creative Climate Leadership, and created an environmental justice card game with The Civilians R&D Group. With Hedgepig, she has directed 8 productions, including All’s Well That Ends Well, Mary Stuart, A Taste of Shakespeare, and Secret in the Wings. As a freelance director, Lyon has directed 8 world premiere plays, and worked with Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Geva Theatre, The Old Globe, lamama, Yale Rep, The Royal Shakespeare Company, The Folger, University of Michigan, and others. As a freelance dramaturg, she’s worked with writers on shaping 25+ new plays, as well as editing classical texts, including the Expand the Canon plays, and The Tempest for Shakespeare in the Park. Find out more at emilyalyon.com.

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