So you want my arts job: Playwright

Emily Sheehan shares the realities of her work as a playwright, her advice for others starting out and crucial skills in the profession.
Emily Sheehan. Photo: Supplied. A young white woman with shoulder-length blonde hair and smiling at the camera. She is wearing a black tshirt and standing in front of a vibrant wall mural.

Emily Sheehan is a writer, dramaturg and podcaster, who hosts the Playwright’s Process Podcast, a monthly series about the crafting and creative process of the profession. She teaches playwriting at the Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne.

Her play, Monument, was described in an ArtsHub review as ‘a clever and highly entertaining comedy about class, power, societal and intergenerational inequalities, women, women’s relationships, truth and lies…’ during its 2023 premiere season at Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre.

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Celina Lei is ArtsHub's former Content Manager. She has previously worked across global art hubs in Beijing, Hong Kong and New York in both the commercial art sector and art criticism. She took part in drafting NAVA’s revised Code of Practice - Art Fairs, and was the project manager of ArtsHub’s diverse writers initiative, Amplify Collective. Celina is based in Naarm/Melbourne. Instagram: @lleizy_