Gemma Irish is a Minneapolis-based playwright and sometime performer. Her plays have been seen in Minneapolis with BOOM! Theater, of which she is a co-founder (Engaged); The Minnesota Fringe Festival (Even Yours and Yvette); and the Bryant-Lake Bowl (Uncertainty Principles). Her work has been seen in New York at the Manhattan Theatre Source, Galapagos Art Space, and The New School. She holds a BA in playwriting from Eugene Lang College, New School University.

Articles by this author

A control freak's guide to collaboration

by Gemma Irish
May 17, 2014

Working with others doesn't always come easily for writers, but if you want to be in theater you'd better get over it.

Using my day job skills to be a better writer

by Gemma Irish
March 5, 2014

A dispatch from Dayjob Land reminds us how the corporate world can inform our artistic existence.

Finding strength in vulnerability

by Gemma Irish
January 1, 2013

Can embracing your own vulnerability unlock your creative strength? Playwright Gemma Irish explores the risks and rewards of opening up to your audience and to yourself.