Bio
A Seattle native, Emily Golden holds an MFA in Creative Writing and Environment from Iowa State University where she currently teaches. Emily has had plays produced all around the country, including short plays by Edmonds Driftwood Players, Fusion in New Mexico, Theatre Company of Lafayette in Colorado, and many others. Her full-length plays have seen similar success. Bethany Sees the Stars premiered in 2023 at Copious Love in Seattle. Her play for young audiences, Gale, was written as a commission for Shoreline Community College where it premiered, as well as being named a finalist for the Lanford Wilson New American Play Festival. Her newest play, Bear Hunt, has had readings with Iowa Stage Company and Bleecker St. Playhouse. It was also a semi-finalist for the O’Neill Theatre Center’s National Playwrights Conference. In addition to playwriting, Emily is also a screenwriter with an extensive list of TV movies under her belt. For more information, you can find her on the New Play Exchange (newplayexchange.org/users/36932/emily-golden) and IMDB (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6075913/?ref_=hm_rvi_i_1).
In addition to her writing pursuits, Emily serves as the faculty co-steward of the Everett Casey Nature Reserve, overseeing the care of the land and facilitating future projects. Most weekends you can find her out there with her german shepherd, Maggie. She’s also an avid DnD player, a voracious reader, and a lover of both watching and creating all types of theatre.
Courses
- ENGL 3150: Screenwriting
- ENGL 3160: Playwriting
- ENGL 3040: Fiction
- SpCm 2120: Public Speaking
- ENGL 3020: Business Communication
- 2025 Honors Seminar: Forbidden Broadway
- 2024 Honors Seminar: Not Broadway
- 2023 Honors Seminar: Building a Broadway Musical
- 2022 Honors Seminar: From Hollywood to Broadway
Research Areas of Interest
Speculative fiction, science fiction, climate fiction, horror, parasocial relationships, cults, space travel, medical mysteries, psychology, obsession, grief, the line between reality and fantasy, outdoor survival
Selected Publications
Selected Screenwriting Credits:
“I Am Your Biggest Fan”, Premiered May 2025 on Lifetime
“You Can’t Escape Me”, Premiered February 2023 on Lifetime
“I Won’t Let You Go”, Premiered June 2022 on Lifetime
“The Wedding Ring”, Premiered June 2021 on Lifetime
“Colors of Love”, Premiered 2021 on Paramount
Selected Full-Length Playwriting Credits:
“Gale”
- Production, Shoreline Community College, December 2024
- Finalist, Lanford Wilson New Play Festival, 2023
“Bear Hunt”
- Reading, Bleecker St. Playhouse, July 2025
- Reading, Iowa Stage Company, November 2024
- Semifinalist. National Playwrights Conference, 2024
“Bethany Sees the Stars”
- Production, Copious Love Productions, August 2023
- Finalist, Acadiana Repertory Theatre, August 2019
- Workshop, Theatre 33, July 2019
“Lobstermen in Love”
- Production, Susquehanna University, February 2021
- Production, Gadfly Theatre Productions, November 2019
Selected Short Playwriting Credits:
“My Friend Endo”
- Production, M.T. Pockets Theatre, August 2025
- Production, Stethoscope Stage, October 2024
“The Helpers”
- Reading, Fusion, June 2024
- Finalist, Theatre Du Mississippi, August 2025
“The Best We Can Do”
- Production, Redlands Theatre Festival, July 2025
- Production, Orange Players, September 2023
- Production, Edmonds Driftwood Players, June 2023
- Reading, Fusion, June 2023
“Unrequited Love”
- Production, First Run Theatre, March 2024
- Radio Production, Open Eye Theatre, November 2023
Recent Honors & Awards
2022 Research Excellence Award—Iowa State University
2022 Outstanding Service by a Graduate Student—Iowa State University
Current Research Projects
Emily is currently writing a science fiction novel chronicling a pair of adult siblings in their search for their brother. The three were separated when the government brough down their father’s cult due to claims of unethical medical experimentation as he attempted to cure their planet’s pervasive bleeding sickness.