An Ivy League Witch C.V.
Emily McGill is a multi-disciplinary artist; a recovering Broadway publicist turned Ivy League Witch.
At Columbia University’s Spirituality Mind Body Institute at Teachers College, Emily is earning a Master of Arts in Psychology with a focus on spirituality, researching tarot as an effective tool for self-reflection. SMB is the first Ivy League graduate curriculum dedicated to merging spirituality and evidence-based research within the context of clinical psychology.
Emily is a youth member of the American Psychological Association, the International Association of Applied Psychology, the Academy for the Advancement of Postmaterialist Sciences, and the Scientific & Medical Network.
She has been invited to read tarot for NY Fashion Week, AmEx staffers, weddings, corporate events, cannabis events, community celebrations, and sober clubs; in Broadway dressing rooms, private penthouses, The Museum of Broadway, and even the royal Consulate of Monaco (twice!). She has been featured by The Tamron Hall Show, Bustle, and Business Insider. Currently Emily is developing her first tarot deck, The Hirschfeld Broadway Tarot.
She’s also co-founder of S.N.O.B. (Sunday Night on Broadway), a popup Broadway industry dance party.
In a past life, Emily was a publicist and communications consultant who worked on 20 Broadway shows, representing the Tony Award-winning productions of A Raisin in the Sun starring Denzel Washington, Memphis, Billy Elliot, and Disney's The Lion King (basically a vacation swing in the Disney press office), plus shows with talents as diverse as Andrew Lloyd Webber, George Takei, Tavi Gevinson, and The Rascals. She’s also handled music, film, TV, and streaming clients at companies large and small (from HBO, and Amazon Studios, to internet startups, and non-profits. And male strippers. Yes, male strippers).
Broadway Highlights:
Discovering her work installed in The National Museum of African American History and Culture at the Smithsonian
Kenny Leon winning a Tony Award as Best Director of the 2014 revival of A Raisin in the Sun
The Obamas attending A Raisin in the Sun and having a literal ‘stop the presses’ moment with People Magazine for the exclusive photo
Throwing an afternoon tea for Tony nominee LaTanya Richardson Jackson hosted by Julianne Moore, including the reading of a congratulatory letter from First Lady Michelle Obama
Producing a concert of selections from Memphis for Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at the State Department
The fifth-anniversary press campaign for Disney’s Aladdin on Broadway
Producing Disney on Broadway’s first Broadway in Bryant Park takeover featuring the stars of Aladdin, Frozen, and The Lion King
Producing a concert to benefit Operation Smile celebrating the cast album release of First Date
Select Broadway Credits
