Ember Biggs
515-441-9349
embbiggs@gmail.com
Performed Writing
Sketch Ado About Nothing! (Live Sketch Show, Summer 2025)
I produced, promoted, and directed a show featuring nine of my sketches. I designed and acquired all props, costumes, and tech elements. Over 200 people attended the show.. Find the whole show and individual sketches here:
https://youtu.be/I9eBkj_xjEY?si=0EFwsSvZW8wOiIhC
Zyzeauxhyzwellilaquilnin (Digital Sketch, Summer 2025)
I wrote, directed, and edited a digital sketch to familiarize myself with digital sketch creation. Find the video here:
https://youtu.be/WzNALDNKaPs?si=GCHNhS-nE_T0SyS1
Madrigal Plays: A Jester’s Guide To Murder and Insert Madrigal Play Title Here (Live Comedic Short Plays, Winter 2024 and 2023, respectively)
As a high-school student in 2023, I wrote and directed a short comedic play for Ames High School's (Iowa) annual Madrigal Dinner. As an alumni the following year, I again wrote a short comedic play for that year’s madrigal dinner..
Ten Minute Play: Cilantro is The Mark of Death (Ten Minute Comedy Play, Summer 2019)
I wrote a ten minute comedic play that was selected for performance at a local Iowa theater company’s ten minute play festival.
All-State Monologue: The Curious Case of Patient 39 (Comedic Monologue, Spring 2023)
I wrote and performed a comedy monologue for Iowa’s High School Speech Association. It was awarded all-state honors.
Classes
UCB Sketch 101 with Arik Cohen, Spring 2025
UCB Sketch 201 (Online) with Reva Grimball, Summer 2025
UCB Improv 101 with Matt Newell, Spring 2025
Groundlings Basic Improv with Harmony McElligot, Spring 2025
Groundlings Intro to Sketch Writing (online) with John Crane, Fall 2024
Story Theater Company Monologue Writing Class (Online), 2020