Emma Tattenbaum-Fine is a comedy-leaning writer, performer, and producer. She can be seen in Netflix’s “Explained: The Female Orgasm” where she was interviewed as an expert. She still has no idea how that opportunity came about or what her credentials were, but what an honor!
As a storyteller, Emma’s work has been showcased in Time Out NY, at Joe’s Pub, and in the 2024 New York Comedy Festival. You can read her latest stories & essays at EmmaTattenbaumFine.Substack.com, named a “Featured Substack of 2022.” She is the author of Trash Mermaid, an illustrated book of poems & short stories and the solo play Before I Leave for Lunastrasse, an audio drama available on Substack. She is a frequent storyteller at the Museum of Arts & Design in Manhattan with GatherNYC.
She has written for Comedy Central (both sketch comedy for live events and her own stand-up, which she performed as a “Comic to Watch” at Carolines) and for New York Theatre Workshop (writing jokes performed by Heidi Schreck, Tituss Burgess, Rachel Dratch, Lea DeLaria, Jeff Hiller and Jeremy O. Harris). She’s written for truTV, Refinery29, and various creative agencies, where she wrote content for Amy Poehler and Brené Brown.
In its 2018 heyday, Emma appeared 11 times as host of HQ Trivia, improvising live in front of millions of viewers internationally while the teleprompter glitched out.
As a musical theatre actor, she's appeared at A Contemporary Theatre of CT (nominated “Best Ensemble” by BroadwayWorld when she played “Schwarzy” in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee). Emma has performed her political sketch comedy and comedic musical compositions at Ars Nova, Joe's Pub, and Upright Citizens Brigade Theater.
Emma has written extensively about growing up raised by two moms, originally in outlets such as Huffpost’s “Queer Voices” and, later, in the books, The Kids and If These Ovaries Could Talk, as well as appearing on the podcast of the same name. You can hear her storytelling on Spotify, read her body of work on Substack, and watch her sketch comedy videos in the archives on this website.
Say hello on Instagram: @emmatattenbaumfine