Emily Batsford (they/them) is an NYC-based puppeteer, access consultant, and theater maker. Their artistry prioritizes inclusion & accessibility, and takes inspiration from immersive and physical theater practices, puppetry, and experimental forms. International Puppetry: Book of Mountains and Seas (Basil Twist), Song of the North (Hamid Rahmanian / Two Chairs Productions), PACKRAT (Concrete Temple Theatre), Unfolding (Margarita Blush Productions). New York Puppetry: Song of the North (New Victory), A Divine Echo (Roulette Intermedium), Ernie’s Secret Life (Dixon Place), The Eye Which We Do Not Have (HERE Arts), FIVE (NYC Children’s Theater), Set in Stone (Sara Stern), End of the World (Center at West Park). New York Theater: Stop Motion (Theater for a New City), Touch (w/ Katrina Lenk, 59E59), The Brightness of Heaven (Cherry Lane). Puppet Direction: Inherit the Wind (Clarence Brown, UT Knoxville), Princess & the Frog (Brooklyn New School), Ernie’s Secret Life (Concrete Temple Theatre).

As a passionate theater deviser, Emily has also participated in countless work-in-progress showings at incubators like PuppetBlok, Object Movement Festival, LabWorks, The Tank, and the Henson Carriage House. When not performing, Emily is a Teaching Artist for Child’s Play NY, Brooklyn Arts Exchange, New York City Children’s Theater, and CO/LAB Theater Group. Emily is currently an Emerging Artist in residence at Culture Lab LIC developing their new puppet work, Cumulo. @efcbatsford