McCandless in the Stephen King, John Mellencamp, T-Bone Burnett "Southern Gothic" musical Ghost Brothers of Darkland County at both the Alliance Theatre in 2012 and on a national 21-city tour, starting in Bloomington, Indiana in October 2013, which consisted of storytelling, music, and singing. In 2015, she played the roles of Charlotte in A Little Night Music at the American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco and Sandra in Big Fish at the Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma in July 2015. In November 2019, Skinner participated in The Sundance Institute's first all-woman developmental lab retreat for what would become Shaina Taub's Suffs (musical). Her Stepmother was lauded as a scene stealer in the COVID-delayed (originally scheduled for 2019) world premiere of the Broadway-bound Britney Spears musical, Once Upon a One More Time, in December 2021. She appeared as Matron Mama Morton in The Muny's 2022 production of Chicago (musical) and received accolades for her turn as Desiree Armfelt in Barrington Stage Company's A Little Night Music. Work (selected) 1994–95: A Christmas Carol as Emily, notable for: "A Place Called Home"; World Premiere 1997: Jekyll & Hyde as u/s Emma, u/s Lucy (performed) 1997–98: Side Show as Daisy Hilton, Tony Nomination (with Alice Ripley) 1999–2000: James Joyce's The Dead as Mary Jane Morkan, Off-Broadway and Transfer to Broadway 2000–2002: The Full Monty as Vicki Nichols, World Premiere and Transfer to Broadway 2004: Breakfast at Tiffany's (New Production) as Mag, The Muny, St. Louis, World Premiere 2004: On the Record, World Premiere / National Tour 2007: The Witches of Eastwick as Alexandra, Signature Theatre, Arlington, Virginia, United States Premiere 2010: Billy Elliot as Mrs. Wilkinson, Oriental Theatre Chicago, Illinois and Broadway 2010: Ten Stories Tall (film) as Claire 2012: Ghost Brothers of Darkland County as Monique, Alliance Theater, Atlanta, Georgia 2014: Mame as Mame, Virginia Repertory Theatre, Richmond, Virginia<ref>Wren, Celia. [http://www.richmond.com/entertainment/theater/article_593c5008-6037-532f-b849-4b630ca313a0.html?mode=story "Emily Skinner returns to Richmond theater in 'Mame"] Richmond-Times DispatchNovember 22, 2014</ref> 2015: A Little Night Music as Countess Charlotte Malcolm, American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco, California 2016: Follies as Phyllis, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 2016: Into the Woods as The Witch, Theatre_Under_The_Stars_(Houston) 2017: Picnic as Rosemary, The Transport Group, Off-Broadway 2017: Prince of Broadway, Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, Broadway 2018–2019: The Cher Show as Georgia Holt, Oriental Theatre, Chicago and Transfer to Broadway 2021: Once Upon a One More Time as Stepmother, Shakespeare Theatre Company, World Premiere (initially scheduled