page_title: Emily Skeggs
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Emily Skeggs / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: "When We Rise" miniseries actors Ivory Aquino and Emily Skeggs speak at Trans March San Francisco 2017.
context_page_description: Emily D. Skeggs is an American actress and singer. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical in 2015 for playing the role of Medium Alison in Fun Home.
context_section_description: Skeggs played Muriel in Take Me Along at the Off-Broadway Irish Rep in 2008, 
   which was nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival. She performed in the musical Ripcords at the New York International Fringe Festival in August 2008. Skeggs played Rebecca in the Huntington Theatre Company (Boston, Massachusetts) production of Our Town in December 2012. She returned to the Irish Rep in 2014 in the musical Transport, in which she played "Polly Cantwell". Also in 2014, she appeared in the Signature Theatre Company's production of And I and Silence as Young Dee.
  Skeggs was the understudy in the Off-Broadway production of Fun Home in 2013 for the roles of Joan and Medium Alison. She replaced Alexandra Socha (who departed the show early due to personal reasons) in the role of Medium Alison in November 2013, and reprised the role for the Broadway production in 2015, making her Broadway debut. Skeggs was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, and also received a Theatre World Award for her performance. She played the role of a young Roma Guy in When We Rise in 2017.
caption: Skeggs with fellow When We Rise actress Ivory Aquino at Trans March San Francisco, June 2017
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