Sarah Jae Leiber is a Philly-born, New York-based playwright and critic writing about and through the lens of pop culture idolatry, Jewishness, and being a weird girl. Her debut play collection is available for purchase through 1319 Press. Sarah's plays have been developed by the Sewanee Writers' Conference, Jewish Plays Project, McCarter, Serials NYC, Muhlenberg College, the Firebird Project, and more. the old jew who begat scrooge, on his deathbed won the Jewish Plays Project's OOF! 10-Minute Play Contest in 2025; PLEASE LAUGH was an O'Neill semifinalist; i can fix him was a semifinalist for the Cherry Lane Playwrights Collective. Her plays have also appeared at the Queens Short Play Festival (semifinalist, first place in program), Theatre Row, Fucked-Up Play Fest (Caveat), the...
Sarah Jae Leiber is a Philly-born, New York-based playwright and critic writing about and through the lens of pop culture idolatry, Jewishness, and being a weird girl. Her debut play collection is available for purchase through 1319 Press. Sarah's plays have been developed by the Sewanee Writers' Conference, Jewish Plays Project, McCarter, Serials NYC, Muhlenberg College, the Firebird Project, and more. the old jew who begat scrooge, on his deathbed won the Jewish Plays Project's OOF! 10-Minute Play Contest in 2025; PLEASE LAUGH was an O'Neill semifinalist; i can fix him was a semifinalist for the Cherry Lane Playwrights Collective. Her plays have also appeared at the Queens Short Play Festival (semifinalist, first place in program), Theatre Row, Fucked-Up Play Fest (Caveat), the Dramatists Guild Foundation, Workshop Athens, Pete's Candy Store, and Astoria Food Pantry. Her 30-minute dramedy pilot, Hearts and Bones, was a semifinalist in ScreenCraft's 2021 TV Pilot competition. Criticism: NPR, Polygon, Bitch, Bright Wall/Dark Room, The Film Stage. B.A. in theatre and history from Muhlenberg College.