Works List
Film
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (2022)
Sony Pictures, dir. Will Speck & Josh Gordon
with songs by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, Mark Sonnenblick, Ari Afsar, Joriah Kwamé and Emily Xu Hall
Theatre
Solo-authored adaptations
Cherry Orchard
Musical with folk, jazz and musical theatre score
Book, music and lyrics by Emily Xu Hall
Inspired by the Chekhov play
2 hours
6F, 5M; or 4F + 2 gender non-conforming (inclusive of transmen, transwomen and genderqueer actors), 5M
Feminist Shakespeare Musical Adaptation
In development
book by Shakespeare, music and lyrics by Emily Xu Hall
90min
Solo-authored original musicals
Mei-Do
Musical with pop score
book, music and lyrics by Emily Xu Hall
90min
6F, 2M; or 4F + 2 gnc actors
Nascent Phase
book, music and lyrics by Emily Xu Hall
75min
1F, 1M, or double, or triple, or quadruple, but always even
Solo-authored compilation musicals
Letters To The President
Multi-composer musical conceived by Michael Bello and dramaturg Jessica Kahkoska, featuring the song “What Women Can Do”
Music and lyrics by Emily Xu Hall, based on a letter by Amelia Earhart.
Not Working
Multi-composer musical featuring the song “Hard To Say (U.S.P.S.)”
Music and lyrics by Emily Xu Hall, written in response to the pandemic in 2020.
Commissioned by New York Film Academy.
Collaborations: plays and musicals
Untitled Chongqing Musical
Musical with pop & musical theatre score
Book by Tom Donaghy, Music and lyrics by Emily Xu Hall
Commissioned by the Atlantic Theatre Company
Nomad Motel
Play by Carla Ching with Music and lyrics by Emily Xu Hall
Premiered Off-Broadway at Atlantic Theatre Company Stage 2
The Cardinal
Play by Cusi Cram, Music and lyrics by Emily Xu Hall
Commissioned by Cornerstone Theatre Company
Hunter and Hank
10-minute Musical
Music by Emily Xu Hall, Book and lyrics by Casey Kendall
2F, 1M; or 2F, 1gnc
Presented at Prospect Theatre Company Lab
Song Cycles
Ruth Bader Ginsberg Project
Music and lyrics by Emily Xu Hall
Supported by the Goodman Theater Playwrights’ Unit