emma goidel has a relentless creative energy in constant search of an outlet.
In the last decade, she has focused on writing, producing, creating a family, and contributing to the public good.
As a TV writer, Emma recently developed an original dark comedy for FX, produced by Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg.
As a playwright, Emma worked off-Broadway at Page 73 (2020 Playwriting Fellow), Ars Nova, the Playwrights Realm, Clubbed Thumb, Ensemble Studio Theatre, the Orchard Project, Colt Coeur, and SPACE on Ryder Farm. Her plays include WOMEN AND CHILDREN (O’Neill NPC Finalist), TWO MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT (dev. Page 73 and Clubbed Thumb), THE GAP (Barrymore Award, Kilroys List, ATCA/Steinberg Nominee), LOCAL GIRLS (Princess Grace Award Finalist), and A KNEE THAT CAN BEND (ATCA/Steinberg Nominee, Barrymore Award Finalist, Lanford Wilson Award Nominee).
As a producer, Emma co-founded the critically-acclaimed and Barrymore Award-winning new play production company Orbiter 3 in Philadelphia, with James Ijames, Maura Krause, MK Tuomanen, Emily Acker, and Douglas Williams. She wrote and produced for the beloved Philly dinner theater series A Play, A Pie and A Pint.
As an advocate, Emma was the named plaintiff in GOIDEL V. AETNA, which resulted in a history-making settlement for queer people seeking medical care to have kids, and helped establish a queer-inclusive definition of infertility by the ASRM.
She also served in the second class of the Kilroys, a collective of theater artists dedicated to improving the professional ecosystem for women, NB, and trans playwrights.
Emma also created three children with her body. She lives with them and her partner Ilana in Los Angeles, where she cooks vegan dog food in her spare time.