About Us
MISSION
Murmuration Theatre Company is an independent arts collaborative dedicated to discovering and investing in new theatrical talent — from emerging playwrights, to unrepresented actors, to early-stage and visionary directors, to early-career technical and production staff.
Theatre is an enormously impactful tool for change; Murmuration is dedicated to regularly producing work that unpacks issues of social and/or political relevance. We encourage our creative teams to expand the impact of productions beyond the stage.
VISION
Murmuration looks forward to a future where creative expression is more broadly accessible, and where arts organizations use performance as a tool for community education and community good.
By marrying accessibility, empathy, and education, Murmuration hopes to empower our artists and our audiences to go into the world and be better to each other.
Who We Are
Emma McGlashen
Creative Director
(she/they)
Emma is a co-founder of Murmuration and a long-time multidisciplinary creative based in Brooklyn. They have been lucky enough to learn, work, and perform in a range of spaces: from the University of Michigan (with RC Players, Rude Mechanicals, Shakespeare in the Arb) to the Edinburgh Fringe Fest, the NY Theater Festival, CPCP/Sojourn Theatre, and Stella Adler Studio, at Teatro Latea, 3 Dollar Bill BK, The Tank NYC, Under St. Marks, and more. Favorite new projects she's worked on in the past few years include Michael Quinn’s Fishtown, Jessica Moss’s The Do-Gooders, and Evan Rosen’s The Screen Tests of Roughly Tyler.
Insta at @emma_mcglashen
Salvador Rubio
Administrative Producer
(he/him)
Salvador is a playwright, dramaturg, and creative producer born and raised in Los Angeles and currently based in NYC. Plays include: tocayos, contigo siempre (New Plays Now Festival). Dramaturgy includes Perhaps The World Ends Here (NYU Tisch). 2024 Clubbed Thumb Summerworks Intern. A member of The Playwright’s Center’s New Plays on Campus. BA from SUNY Purchase, where he received the 2024 Presidential Medal of Excellence.
Insta at @sal.ray.rubio
Emily Spence
Producer, Marketing & Events Manager
(she/her)
Emily Spence is a multidisciplinary theater artist, event planner, and social media connoisseur. She is a proud graduate of Marymount Manhattan College’s Writing for the Stage program, where she developed a keen interest in exploring the close bonds people form. This is evident in her works The Concept of Women, which was staged at the Secret Theatre, and Sandbox Stories, which was showcased in the New York Theater Festival. Since joining Murmuration, she has been part of the directing team on numerous projects and has occasionally taken the stage to flex her acting muscles.
@em_tv
Colin Rankin
Producer, Lighting & Sound Designer
(he/him)
Colin Rankin is a comedian, musician, and co-founder of Murmuration Theatre Company based in Brooklyn, NY. He has been involved in the production and score/sound design composition for many of Murmuration's projects and recently made his Directorial debut with a staged workshop of Addison Janney's Yes, But I Have To. In addition to his work with Murmuration, Colin produces music under the name "Warrener." He also co-hosts "Lover Boyz Comedy", a monthly stand-up show in Williamsburg, and has performed at numerous comedy clubs and festivals around the US.
@colinmrankin
Bella Hathorne
Creative Producer
(she/her)
Bella is a writer originally hailing from Denver, CO and a recent graduate of NYU Tisch (New Studio on Broadway, Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute, Experimental Theatre Wing). Produced and workshopped plays include you are seen (Murmuration), Lockdown Girls (Broke People Play Festival), Happy Birthday Peggy Sue (Knife Dog Play Festival), and I SAW SOMETHING (Broke People Play Festival).
More at bellahathorne.com
Alysia Homminga
Administrative & Literary Associate
(she/her)
Alysia is a director, intimacy professional, and new work developer originally from Michigan, now based in Brooklyn. Her work is informed by her training at The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute, Theatrical Intimacy Education, and Kalamazoo College (B.A. Theatre Arts). As an artistic administrator, she has worked with institutions such as The Juilliard School, Peoples Improv Theatre, and The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute. Experience in new work includes Complications of a Binary System (Director, SOOP Theatre Company), The Memory Of (Director, All Out Arts’ Fresh Fruit Festival, the wild project), and Moon School (Director & Developer, The Tank). Alysia is an Associate Member of SDC and was a nominee for the 2024 Barbara Whitman Award through SDCF.
@alysiadirects or alysiahomminga.com
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