BE WELL PRODUCTIONS

Be Well Productions has a passion for healing through theater. Laughing. Crying. Learning. Feeling. Theater creates memorable, and sometimes life-changing experiences.

Founded by Emma Palzere-Rae, Be Well Productions' current offerings include: The Woodhull Project about 1872 Presidential candidate, Victoria Woodhull; Breaking Glass, inspired by the life of Victorian photographer Julia Margaret Cameron; and Aunt Hattie’s House: Reconstructed, about what compelled Harriet Beecher Stowe to pen Uncle Tom’s Cabin. These solo plays tour throughout the country (and beyond) to theaters, museums, historical societies, libraries and more.

Emma Palzere-Rae is a actor, playwright, director, and producer. Emma spent 15 years as part of the NYC theater community, where she began producing one-woman plays and founded the Womenkind Festival, an annual solo festival in honor of Women's History Month. She is currently developing two multi-character Finders Weepers and Carole’s Christmas. She is the Associate Director at Artreach, Inc. (Norwich, CT), and has also held the position of Artistic Director for Plays for Living (NYC), a touring company dedicated to social change, where she also wrote and developed plays for the repertoire. Emma serves on the steering committee of the League of Professional Theatre Women (CT Chapter), the board of Mystic Film Institute, and co-chairs the New London (CT) Arts Council. She is a member of Actors Equity Association, SAG-AFTRA and the Dramatists Guild, where she serves as the regional representative for New England. Emma holds a B.F.A in Acting with minors in Creative Writing and Speech from Emerson College, Boston. In 2021, Emma was awarded an Artist Fellowship from the CT Office of the Arts.