LOUIS
EMMITT-STERN

Louis won Soho Theatre's Tony Craze Award in 2021 for his debut play SLIPPERY, currently in development for full production.

His play I FUCKED YOU IN MY SPACESHIP received a sold-out premiere at VAULT Festival 2023, winning the Origins Award for Outstanding New Work. It subsequently transferred to Soho Theatre in June 2023. Louis was called "a rising-star playwright" by Time Out. The play is published by Nick Hern Books. In 2024, it received its North American premiere in New York.

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Louis' adaptation of MANSFIELD PARK, from the novel by Austen, premiered in a site-specific production at Jane Austen's House, Chawton. His latest original play, SNAKES AND LADDERS, commissioned by the Oxford School of Drama, premiered at Southwark Playhouse.

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Louis was on attachment to Oxford Playhouse as part of the Playmaker's scheme 2023/24. His other work has been performed at Watford Palace Theatre, The Pleasance Theatre Islington, LAMDA, and supported by Farnham Maltings. He is represented by Maddie O'Dwyer at Berlin Associates.