Emily Olcott is a Brooklyn-based actor, singer, comedian, director, teacher, and writer.

UPCOMING:

SUMMER 2025

6/22 - Emily is performing at UCB doing musical improv with her team Cookie.

6/26 - MY DEAD WEDDING takes its final bow at UCB!

7/12 - Emily returns to RUMPLETEASER at UCB.

7/13 - Emily directs BADA SWING! at Joe’s Pub.

8/9 - Kafkaesque! returns for a one night only concert at The Stissing House.

April/May 2025: Emily booked and shot three commercials!

April 2025: Emily will be returning to Ptown to perform her show PILLOW PRINCESSES for Lesbian Visibility Week.

March 2025: Emily has been incredibly busy with directing work: BETH by Marty Miller at Joe’s Pub, MY DEAD WEDDING by Chet Siegel running at UCB, and BADA SWING! by Josh Nasser and Michelle Chan Bennett at Dynasty Typewriter LA.

March 2025: Emily recently performed comedy for the UN-affiliated non-profit Hivos for their What Brings You Hope? spring event.

Winter 2025: Emily is performing with UCB musical improv team RUMPLETEASER.

BIO:

NYC Theater: Kafkaesque (Theater 154), Prime Day (54 Below), OutofTouch (The Tank), SpaceLoveContinuum (Caveat), The Mysteries (The Flea), Thin Mints (Columbia University), Forever Poppy (NYU).

Residencies: Ars Nova’s Comedy Artist Maker’s Program (CAMP), facilitated by Matt Gehring and Mahayla Laurence.

Concerts: Co/Labaret (Green Room 42), Works of Jack Mitchell (Green Room 42), Amy Adams Wins An Oscar (54 Below).

Solo Shows: Live Laugh Love Learn Let Go (Ars Nova), Choose Your Own Adventure (Caveat), Women’s Healing Circle (The Duplex, The PIT).

Comedy: Rumpleteaser, Shiz, Cookie (UCB), Pillow Princesses (Provincetown, MA), Downtown at the KC Cabaret (Kennedy Center, opening for Amber Ruffin, hosted by Murray Hill), Henry Koperski’s Upstate/Downstate Cabaret (Bard Music Festival), Spirit Night (Joe’s Pub), Dear Kiko (Lincoln Center, The Bell House, Littlefield).

Directing: The Story Pirates National Tour (Just for Laughs Toronto, Lincoln Center, Town Hall, Solid Sound Music Festival). MY DEAD WEDDING by Chet Siegel (Ars Nova, Union Hall, Littlefield). Bada Swing! by Josh Nasser and Michelle Chan Bennett (54 Below), BETH by Marty Miller (Joe’s Pub).

Podcast/Voice: Featured vocalist/actor on The Story Pirates Podcast, the #1 Kids and Families Podcast. Featured vocalist on The Cat in the Hat Cast at Wondery Media. Featured vocalist for the Washington Post.

Commercial: KindThread, West Shore Home, NJ Lotto, Care.com, Paycom, Lifetime Channel, Budweiser.

Original comedy/content: Hot Ghost (original music video created with comedy partner Gaby Hornig). Savior Complex Podcast (original podcast co-hosted with Kiko Soirée. Garbage Town (original musical comedy web series co-created with Katie Goeller). After You’ve Gone (short film writer & actor -debuted at the Golden Door International Film Festival).

Teaching Artist: Chautauqua Institution’s Young Playwrights Project. Story Pirates. 826NYC. CO/LAB. 2nd Act.

Training: Improv (UCB). Screenwriting (Timothy Cooper at Blueprint). Dance (ballet, tap, jazz, modern, theater). Singing (Kerri George). Scene Study (Caymichael Patten). On-Camera (MN Acting Studio). BA Theater Northwestern University, summa cum laude.

Fun Facts: Sagittarius from New Jersey. Seven years sober and advocate of long-term recovery. Lover of coffee, crosswords, the movies, seltzer, and spirituality. Reiki Level 2 Certified. Creative Coach. Green-Wood Cemetery frequenter. 10+ years waitressing experience. Loves kids. Always in deep trouble with the Park Slope Food Co-op. @emilyolcott on IG.