NOW PLAYING:
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Upcoming:
HOLLER and An Evening with George Purefoy Tilson - November 2025 with Endangered Species Theatre Project, Frederick, MD
A Civil Civil Servant - a short film by Elliott Bales and directed by Jonah Manibusan, out fall 2025
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THE NANCE wins Outstanding Production at the 2025 Helen Hayes Awards!
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​​Emily H. Gilson
Actor | Voice Talent | Playmaker
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SAG•AFTRA
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DC | NYC


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"Emily is a deeply compassionate artist, always prepared and fully dedicated to her craft.
She is a consummate professional and an absolute pleasure to work with."
Craig Houk, Playwright and Actor
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"Emily is a highly dedicated professional who brings passion and intelligence to all her musical theater work!"
Elisa Rosman, DC-Area Music Director and Accompanist
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"[George Wolfe's] Rustin is winning and triumphant...[an]astonishing amount of talent in front of and behind the camera that will take your breath away."
AP News
"The finest Shakespeare online during this lockdown...Emily Gilson’s Northumberland is a skirling joy."
FringeReview UK
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"A master stroke of casting...like an apparition after too long under the sun."
DC Theatre Scene
"Playing the delicately angelic Miss Roberts, Emily H. Gilson is a superb fit to the role....effortless."
TheatreBloom
"Emily H. Gilson is luminous as Catherine [Givings]."
Maryland Theatre Guide
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"[A] buoyant, vivacious Mrs. Givings."
DC Metro Theater Arts
Emily's Alice Paul is as close to perfection as I have seen or read."
Zoe Nicholson; Historian, Author, and Equal Rights Amendment Activist
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"Wish-we-thought-of-it-brilliant. Where have you been all my life?!"
DC Metro Theater Arts​
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