REM is a playwright and screenwriter. You might know them from Twitter, even though they deleted their account.

left: portrait of REM by Jordan Ansberry.
 

They are a two-time Eugene O’Neill Theater Center semifinalist, a Saltonstall Residency finalist, a two-time SheNYCArts and Dramatists Guild Fellowship semifinalist, and a two-time Juilliard Playwriting finalist. Their work has been featured at 59E59, The Brick, The Tank, Yale School of Drama, New York University, and supported by residencies including Workshop Theater’s TGNB2S+ Intensive and Art House Productions’ INKubator. They were a resident playwright in the 2021 International World Pride Festival in Copenhagen. ​

 

Their work has been produced in theatres across the globe and all over the United States, and published versions of stage scripts from NextStage Press are available in bookstores all over the world. Their work has been shortlisted for OFFIE, OFF-Fest, and BroadwayWorld Awards. They've been seen off-Broadway and off-West in London, played an award-winning run at Edinburgh Fringe, and thrice produced in Copenhagen. 

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Riley is the interim social media + content manager for the award-winning off-Broadway theatre ARS NOVA, NYC's premier hub for new talent. They are an adjunct professor at the University of Texas, and an adjudicator for the Texas Thespians State Festival. 

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MFA: NYU '27

BFA: Marymount Manhattan '21​

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ARTIST PHILOSOPHY:

Listening is far more valuable than speaking.

We must consider what the work is trying to say beyond what we perceive it to be doing. 

Going to the movies alone because your date cancelled is still an opportunity to live in the moment.

Be kind.