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Emily Ranii (She, Her, Hers) is a Theatre Teacher and Director at The Cambridge School of Weston. She has directed Matilda, Make Way for Ducklings, Willy Wonka and James and the Giant Peach for Wheelock Family Theatre; Mrs. Packard for Bridge Repertory Theatre Company/Playhouse Creatures Theatre Company; Tongue of a Bird for New Repertory Theatre; 9 Parts of Desire for Playmakers Repertory Company; The Infinite Energy of Ada Lovelace, After Life, Sweets By Kate, The Cradle Will Rock and Hydrogen Jukebox for Boston University; The Normal Heart, Heisenberg, Romeo and Juliet, Brigadoon, Much Ado About Nothing, and The Love Song of J. Robert Oppenheimer for Burning Coal Theatre Company (Company Member 2002-Present); Blood Wedding (co-director with E.D. Intemann) and The Body Project for Cornell University; Eurydice and A Child’s Christmas in Wales for ArtsCenter Stage; and Proof for Temple Theatre.

Emily has previously served as Artistic Director of Wheelock Family Theatre, Academic Program Head of Boston University's Summer Theatre Institute (BUSTI), Lecturer for Boston University's Opera Institute, Assistant Professor of Performing Arts at Wheelock College, Visiting Lecturer for Cornell University, and Artistic Director of ArtsCenter Stage (Carrboro, North Carolina). Courses include: Acting, Directing, Movement, Collaborative Theatre Ensemble, Improvisation, History of Musical Theatre, Aesthetics, Women Playwrights, Shakespeare, and Public Speaking.   

Emily has studied with theatre artists at The Metropolitan Opera, Lincoln Center’s LCT3, Huntington Theatre Company, A.R.T. Institute, and The Actors’ Gang. She has collaborated as an Associate Director on World of Wires at MIT and Live Video Editor on Persona with Beth Morrison Projects, both productions adapted and directed by Jay Scheib.

Emily holds an M.F.A. (Directing) and Certificate (Arts Administration) from Boston University as well as a B.A. from Cornell University. As a graduate student at Boston University, she directed Anne Boleyn, Tongue of a Bird, Mary's Wedding, The Imaginary Invalid, Arcadia, The Maids, and God's Ear.