Emmons graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1965 and then worked as an assistant to Jules Fisher."A Brief Outline of the History of Stage Lighting" northern.edu, accessed November 1, 2011 Her first credit as a lighting designer was with the Off-Broadway play Sensations in 1970. Emmons first Broadway work was A Letter for Queen Victoria in 1975. She has been the lighting designer for many Broadway plays and musicals since then, most recently the revival of Annie Get Your Gun in 1999Brantley, Ben."Theater Review: Everything The Traffic Will Allow" The New York Times, March 5, 1999 and Stick Fly in 2011.Hetrick, Adam."Rosie Benton Completes Cast of Broadway's 'Stick Fly'" playbill.com, September 14, 2011
