Emma Schimminger

Emma Schimminger

Co-Vice Chair of Programming

Alleyway Theatre: Production Manager

Emma is the Production Manager/Technical Director at the Alleyway Theatre in Buffalo, NY. She is an Artie Award winning theatrical designer and technician, specializing in lighting design, technical direction and production/stage management. Over 10 years in NYC, she worked as a freelance lighting designer and at several private secondary schools in Manhattan as a designer, stage manager, technical director and faculty member. Her designs include credits in New York, Boston, London, UK and Buffalo. ‍Artvoice Artie award winner for Outstanding Lighting Design 2014, 2004. She is a Cullen Fellow and received her MA in Advanced Theatre Practice at the Royal Central School Of Speech And Drama, University of London and her BA in Technical Theatre at the State University of New York at Buffalo.