Sarah Elizabeth Grace

Sarah Elizabeth Grace is a Michigan-bred, New York City based performer and writer. Sarah’s plays have been workshopped across the country with companies such as Ghostlight Theater and Flux Theater Ensemble, and have been finalists at festivals such as Newport NewWorks, Urbanite Theater’s Modern Works Festival, and the Lanford Wilson New American Play Festival. 

Her produced plays include "The Regime is Female" (The Tank), "More" (Secret Theater’s Un-Fringed Festival), "Implied Consent" (Access Theater), and "Mental Nudity" (PITUnderground). Productions for Young Audiences include "Alice in Wonderland" and "The Odyssey: A Girl’s Journey Home" (Brooklyn Music School). 

Sarah’s short films have been featured at BizaroLand film festival and Bridgeport Film Festival, and her work has been...

Sarah Elizabeth Grace is a Michigan-bred, New York City based performer and writer. Sarah’s plays have been workshopped across the country with companies such as Ghostlight Theater and Flux Theater Ensemble, and have been finalists at festivals such as Newport NewWorks, Urbanite Theater’s Modern Works Festival, and the Lanford Wilson New American Play Festival. 

Her produced plays include "The Regime is Female" (The Tank), "More" (Secret Theater’s Un-Fringed Festival), "Implied Consent" (Access Theater), and "Mental Nudity" (PITUnderground). Productions for Young Audiences include "Alice in Wonderland" and "The Odyssey: A Girl’s Journey Home" (Brooklyn Music School). 

Sarah’s short films have been featured at BizaroLand film festival and Bridgeport Film Festival, and her work has been published in Chaotic Merge Magazine.

Her work can be found online via the podcast "Nora’s Dragon" and her substack Grace and Storms, where she examines the intersections of human need, gender, sexuality, and emotional intelligence. 

Sarah is also a teaching artist who has taught, devised, and written original plays for dozens of educational institutions across NYC. She is currently the resident theater instructor at Professional Children’s School and the theater chair at Brooklyn Music School. She holds a BFA in Drama with honors from NYU Tisch and is a member of the Dramatist Guild and SAG-AFTRA.

Scripts

The Odyssey: A Girl's Journey Home

by Sarah Elizabeth Grace

Synopsis

Twelve-year-old Olivia is trying to get home from sleep-away camp, so that she and her best friend Penelope can start having the best summer ever. However, the famous monsters of Greek mythology make Olivia’s journey a coming of age challenge she will never forget. Based in part on the timeless legend as told by Homer, this Odyssey is for modern audiences and all ages.

Twelve-year-old Olivia is trying to get home from sleep-away camp, so that she and her best friend Penelope can start having the best summer ever. However, the famous monsters of Greek mythology make Olivia’s journey a coming of age challenge she will never forget. Based in part on the timeless legend as told by Homer, this Odyssey is for modern audiences and all ages.

High School Sucks

by Sarah Elizabeth Grace

Synopsis

In the winter of 2006, five teenage girls who work at a failing video rental store — thanks Blockbuster! — struggle to navigate the typical demons of adolescence: bad relationships, sexuality, and insecurity. The solution presents itself in the form of a different kind of demon: the vampire Karmilla, who promises power and confidence in one swift bite. Vampirism becomes a game of tag in this Midwest suburb, as...

In the winter of 2006, five teenage girls who work at a failing video rental store — thanks Blockbuster! — struggle to navigate the typical demons of adolescence: bad relationships, sexuality, and insecurity. The solution presents itself in the form of a different kind of demon: the vampire Karmilla, who promises power and confidence in one swift bite. Vampirism becomes a game of tag in this Midwest suburb, as one by one the girls surrender their humanity for monstrous confidence to combat their problems. However, the one girl left out chooses to fight against this trend, using all of her horror film knowledge to end it all.

High School Sucks is funny, fearless, bloody play about how far teenage girls would go to slay their insecurities.

I'm Saving You a Seat

by Sarah Elizabeth Grace

Synopsis

What happens next after someone gets sober? "I’m Saving You a Seat" is a heartfelt, slice of life play that explores the gender, generational politics of navigating sobriety with searing vulnerability and many David Bowie references.

Sam, years into her sobriety, restarts her life by moving to the Hudson Valley and serendipitously reconnects with Mark, her ex-stepfather whom she hasn’t seen since she was a...

What happens next after someone gets sober? "I’m Saving You a Seat" is a heartfelt, slice of life play that explores the gender, generational politics of navigating sobriety with searing vulnerability and many David Bowie references.

Sam, years into her sobriety, restarts her life by moving to the Hudson Valley and serendipitously reconnects with Mark, her ex-stepfather whom she hasn’t seen since she was a child and he was an active addict. Mark introduces Sam to Jamie, his newly-sober, much-younger girlfriend who asks Sam to be her AA sponsor. As everyone grows closer, complications arise at the intersection of “found family” and discovering their personal authenticity.

Dead Girls Club

by Sarah Elizabeth Grace

Synopsis

Dead Girls Club is a riveting and challenging play that gives voice to six young women taken far too soon. It is a play that gave these real girls the dignity of their humanity and then empowers them to make the kind of change for one of them should have been made for them all.

While waiting to discover their souls’ destination in a purgatory recreation room, six teenage girls from metro-Detroit play Dungeons...

Dead Girls Club is a riveting and challenging play that gives voice to six young women taken far too soon. It is a play that gave these real girls the dignity of their humanity and then empowers them to make the kind of change for one of them should have been made for them all.

While waiting to discover their souls’ destination in a purgatory recreation room, six teenage girls from metro-Detroit play Dungeons and Dragons while intermittently using one another to tell stories about their messy, beautiful, and imperfect adolescence.

The play utilizes theatrical play to dissect rape culture in the backdrop of girlhood, while never ignoring the joy and kinship that happens among young girls in the face of pain and uncertainty. It is a direct reaction to the intersection between sexual violence and female adolescence, as well as a meta-commentary on how rape culture has been historically depicted in storytelling.

Alice in Wonderland

by Sarah Elizabeth Grace

Synopsis

This adaptation of "Alice in Wonderland" is faithful to the beloved source material while having a modern day Alice. Alice is an overeager, curious, neurodivergent kid who struggles to connect with others. When she falls down the rabbit hole and into an exciting and sometimes frightening wonder-world, she discovers not only a new world, but a new way to be in it! This modern adaptation has it all: a mad tea...

This adaptation of "Alice in Wonderland" is faithful to the beloved source material while having a modern day Alice. Alice is an overeager, curious, neurodivergent kid who struggles to connect with others. When she falls down the rabbit hole and into an exciting and sometimes frightening wonder-world, she discovers not only a new world, but a new way to be in it! This modern adaptation has it all: a mad tea party, a furious Queen of Hearts, and a running joke of being the only one to have ever seen the movie "Airplane". Come for the flamingo croquet, stay for the beach hootenanny!

Welcome to Wonderland!

The Regime is Female

by Sarah Elizabeth Grace

Synopsis

It's an alternate universe in the year 2028, at an undisclosed location. River Flynn is an executioner for any person caught performing a white supremacist or patriarchal act. She fills her free time indoctrinating her ex-Congressman father, training her assistant in the art of death combat, and zoning out to old anti-establishment music. When a cis man is introduced as her assistant's replacement, River starts...

It's an alternate universe in the year 2028, at an undisclosed location. River Flynn is an executioner for any person caught performing a white supremacist or patriarchal act. She fills her free time indoctrinating her ex-Congressman father, training her assistant in the art of death combat, and zoning out to old anti-establishment music. When a cis man is introduced as her assistant's replacement, River starts to question her role, her country, and her humanity.

"The Regime is Female" contains several fight scenes that require fight choreography or stunt work. The play runs at roughly 85 minutes with no intermission.

Implied Consent

by Sarah Elizabeth Grace

Synopsis

Who holds power over you? Did you freely give it? Did you even notice it was gone?

Young Adult novelist Tara Rose returns to her Michigan hometown, seeking to reclaim the feminist glory of an ancestor's lost narrative. But when she reconnects with childhood mentor Nick Genovese, both her subject matter, Esther, and her personal life start to slip out of her control. The action jumps between mid-nineteenth...

Who holds power over you? Did you freely give it? Did you even notice it was gone?

Young Adult novelist Tara Rose returns to her Michigan hometown, seeking to reclaim the feminist glory of an ancestor's lost narrative. But when she reconnects with childhood mentor Nick Genovese, both her subject matter, Esther, and her personal life start to slip out of her control. The action jumps between mid-nineteenth-century Saginaw, early 2000's suburban Detroit, and the present.

"Implied Consent" is two acts and runs approximately 2 hours (including a 15 minute intermission).

More

by Sarah Elizabeth Grace

Synopsis

A witty and unflinching contemporary story that explores how addictions manifest themselves outside of drugs and alcohol.

Laura Wells, an actress and recovering alcoholic, has been living responsibly with her stable college sweetheart Gabe. Doubting her worth and craving excitement, she embarks on an affair with her free-thinking co-star, Myles. As she tries to balance these separate lives, Laura falls further...

A witty and unflinching contemporary story that explores how addictions manifest themselves outside of drugs and alcohol.

Laura Wells, an actress and recovering alcoholic, has been living responsibly with her stable college sweetheart Gabe. Doubting her worth and craving excitement, she embarks on an affair with her free-thinking co-star, Myles. As she tries to balance these separate lives, Laura falls further and further into her addictive behavior.

Runs 85 minutes with no intermission.

GDSM: Grandma Does Some Manifestation

by Sarah Elizabeth Grace

Synopsis

The night after her grandmother's death, a woman embarks on a kinky hook-up with an old, hometown flame. However, mid-bondage, the ghost of her grandma appears, making things...awkward. A slightly edgy but heartwarming short play about unconditional love and saying goodbye, "GDSM" will make you laugh and feel your feels.

The night after her grandmother's death, a woman embarks on a kinky hook-up with an old, hometown flame. However, mid-bondage, the ghost of her grandma appears, making things...awkward. A slightly edgy but heartwarming short play about unconditional love and saying goodbye, "GDSM" will make you laugh and feel your feels.

I Won't Be That Person

by Sarah Elizabeth Grace

Synopsis

This ten minute play is a tragic and passionate queer time travel love story, with the pandemic as its backdrop.

Having gained access to time travel, Sam, a polyamorous lesbian, goes back to October of 2020, before her relationship with Annie, a monogamous closeted queer woman, became deeply complicated. Hoping to recapture a simpler time, Sam's romantic objective is thwarted when Annie realizes this isn't the...

This ten minute play is a tragic and passionate queer time travel love story, with the pandemic as its backdrop.

Having gained access to time travel, Sam, a polyamorous lesbian, goes back to October of 2020, before her relationship with Annie, a monogamous closeted queer woman, became deeply complicated. Hoping to recapture a simpler time, Sam's romantic objective is thwarted when Annie realizes this isn't the Sam she knows. An unfolding of future-telling leads to a desperation for the women to hold onto love, and thus begins a battle between love and fate.

Content warning: there are depictions of sexuality.

The Process

by Sarah Elizabeth Grace

Synopsis

A comedic beginning with a devastating twist, "The Process" shows that there is life after death: infinite afterlives, all designed on a person's wants and needs, in addition to what they deserve. As a man gets taken through his after-life intake interview by an afterlife professional, the truth of his life and the relationship between the two characters unfolds.

"The Process" was specifically written for a...

A comedic beginning with a devastating twist, "The Process" shows that there is life after death: infinite afterlives, all designed on a person's wants and needs, in addition to what they deserve. As a man gets taken through his after-life intake interview by an afterlife professional, the truth of his life and the relationship between the two characters unfolds.

"The Process" was specifically written for a zoom or FaceTime format. It runs approximately 10 - 15 minutes.

Monster Boy (or The End of the World)

by Sarah Elizabeth Grace

Synopsis

What’s worse than relationship problems? Having a Godzilla-like monster appear in your city while you’re trying to work them out. A take on communication issues and needs, “Monster Boy (or the End of the World)" humorously and pointedly blends horror and rom-com for a contemporary audience.

Note that the dogs and other bar patrons can be implied through sound or projection, and the third character’s line could...

What’s worse than relationship problems? Having a Godzilla-like monster appear in your city while you’re trying to work them out. A take on communication issues and needs, “Monster Boy (or the End of the World)" humorously and pointedly blends horror and rom-com for a contemporary audience.

Note that the dogs and other bar patrons can be implied through sound or projection, and the third character’s line could be said off-stage.

Every Time I See You

by Sarah Elizabeth Grace

Synopsis

Two sort-of-ex's FaceTime one another, trying to connect while living on two separate coasts with two very different lives. An attempt at sexting goes awry, causing the not-a-couple to discuss the futility of long distance love and possibilities of a more connected future.

Two sort-of-ex's FaceTime one another, trying to connect while living on two separate coasts with two very different lives. An attempt at sexting goes awry, causing the not-a-couple to discuss the futility of long distance love and possibilities of a more connected future.