Aaron Emke

Playwright · Composer · Lyricist

Contact: aaron@aaronemke.com


“Rigatoni” is an adult comedy, my first non-children’s, non-musical play. It was produced in 2011 by The Pawling Players.


When the owners of an Italian restaurant in Brooklyn find out that their daughter, an up-and-coming Broadway actress, is nominated for a Tony award, they will stop at nothing to ensure that she wins the prize.


But it won’t be easy: also competing for the award is a famous ’80s TV star making her big comeback.


How can a humble family of pasta-slingers possibly “rig a Tony?”