Emily Xu Hall is an actor and an award-winning composer, lyricist and playwright. Born in Tokyo, raised in London and now working in New York, Emily writes musicals and plays with music that centre feminist narratives. She is always interested in the impact of race, nationality, and culture in her writing. Her works always feature meaningful stories and roles for people of colour and people of all genders.

Emily was the inaugural recipient of the Lilly Award to“Go Write A Musical” in 2018 for her body of work. In 2019, she won the Jonathan Larson Award from the American Theatre Wing for Book, Music and Lyrics. 2021 winner of the Dramatists Guild Stephen Schwartz Composer Award for Musical Theatre.