Emma Joy Hill is a playwright, performer, dramaturg, and theatre artist. Her work as a playwright centers on human rights questions, often using Brechtian devices to examine theatre as a tool for change. Particularly focused on sexual violence activism, her plays draw from past training in devised theatre and physical theatre to explore violence onstage, delving into Artaudian examinations of the grotesque. She was accepted into Columbia's MFA Playwriting Program in 2022 and received a BA in Theatre Studies/Playwriting from the University of Connecticut, where she has had multiple workshops and staged readings of her plays, including Those Hollow Bodies, which was awarded a full production at the University. She was a Finalist for Rosemary's House (2026), Yale’s MFA Playwriting Program (2024), and Semi-Finalist for The O’Neill’s National Playwrights Conference (2023 + 2024). In the past, she has been commissioned by the Natural Resources Conservation Academy to develop work that addresses climate change in communities and by Studio 570 to write a piece chronicling the Women's Suffrage Movement. Additionally, she was a recipient of the Bushwick Starr's Pet Project Grant and the Foundation of the Arts Playwriting Grant in 2020. As a professional playwright, she has developed theatre throughout Connecticut, New York City, Philadelphia, and Chicago. She has experience working with companies such as Long Wharf Theatre, Concord Theatricals, The Samuel French Off-Off-Broadway Play Festival, The Brick, Women's Theatre Festival, 59E59 Theatre, Echo Theatre Dallas, Studio 570, Theatre L'Acadie, Cinnamon Summer Series, Bated Breath Theatre Company, Capital Classics, Connecticut Repertory Theatre, Jorgensen Theatre, and Out of Chaos Theatre in the UK. She served as a Research Assistant for Theatre and Human Rights: The Politics of Dramatic Form (2024). She is an Adjunct Professor of Playwriting at Southern Connecticut State University.