Emily K. Harrison is the Producing Artistic Director of square product theatre, a Boulder, Colorado-based ensemble theatre company (Traditional territories of the Hinóno'éí (Arapaho), Cheyenne, and Ute Nations) and an Assistant Professor of Theatre at Hamilton College in Clinton, NY (Traditional territories of the Onyota’a:ka, the People of the Standing Stone, recognized in New York as the Oneida Indian Nation). Originally from East Texas, Harrison earned an MFA in Performance from the Savannah College of Art & Design, a PhD in Theatre and Performance Studies from the University of Colorado Boulder, and a Bachelor's in Acting and Writing from Emerson College.

Harrison’s work focuses primarily on the creation and development of new and innovative works of American theatre and an exploration of American mythology, violence, and disaster in performance. In addition to her work with square product, Harrison has collaborated on projects with Buntport Theater, Hoarded Stuff Performance, Screw Tooth, Joanna & the Agitators, OffCenter @ The Denver Center for the Performing Arts, the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, the Texas Shakespeare Festival, and the Boulder International Fringe Festival. Previous academic appointments include visiting, lecturer, and guest artist engagements at Sewanee: The University of the South, Whitman College, Brunel University London (UK), the University of Colorado Boulder, Naropa University, and the University of Northern Colorado.

She was honored with a True West Award in 2016, was featured as part of Westword’s "100 Colorado Creatives" series as well as a Colorado Creatives Redux, and was recognized by The Denver Post as a 2011 Pathmaker, one of only seven individuals working in an arts field to receive the honor.