Emily Yuko Walborn is a Japanese American playwright and screenwriter from Montana. She received her MA in Playwriting from the University of Manchester (UK) and her BA in Writing for Film & Television from Emerson College. Her obsession with comedy and satire dictates her work and collaborations. Her plays have been produced by Stomping Grounds Art House, The Experimental Theatre Coop, Box of Tricks Theatre, The Old Library Theatre, Manchester Drama Society, The Fled Collective, and universities across the US. Her play Logical Conspiracies won Old Library Theatre’s One Act Play Festival. Her play Clown Memo won the “Audience Favorite” award at the Last Chance New Play Festival. 

Emily has performed improv and sketch comedy around the country, including at the Boston Comedy Arts Festival and the Women in Comedy Festival. She is passionate about creating more opportunities for female and Asian representation in comedy and spends most of her days waiting for her dog (who definitely knows English) to speak to her.