Emily Elyse Everett is a writer and actor based in Brooklyn whose work explores narrative storytelling through theatre and performance. She returns to Catwalk following her 2024 residency, where she developed her play The Quakers. At Catwalk, she will collaborate with composer Yael Karoly on a new folk-rock musical adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. Karoly, a New York–based composer and performer and participant in the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop, has presented work at venues including 54 Below and Green Room 42. Together, their collaboration blends literary adaptation with contemporary musical language and performance-driven storytelling.

https://www.emilyelyseeverett.com

https://yaelkaroly.com

Affiliation: Columbia