Sarah Sander

Sarah Sander

Sarah (she/her) is a Brooklyn-based playwright whose work has been developed and/or produced at Bay Area Playwrights Festival, Columbia University, |the claque|, DC Arts Center, Florida Studio Theatre, Inkwell Theatre, Kennedy Center, Lark, NYSF, Page 73 Productions, The Public Theater, Project Y, Raven Theater and Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Festival. She’s a Core Writer at the Playwrights Center, a Colt...
Sarah (she/her) is a Brooklyn-based playwright whose work has been developed and/or produced at Bay Area Playwrights Festival, Columbia University, |the claque|, DC Arts Center, Florida Studio Theatre, Inkwell Theatre, Kennedy Center, Lark, NYSF, Page 73 Productions, The Public Theater, Project Y, Raven Theater and Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Festival. She’s a Core Writer at the Playwrights Center, a Colt Coeur Resident Artist, a New Georges Affiliated Artist and alumnus of the Dramatist Guild Fellowship, Public Theater’s Emerging Writers Group, and P73’s Interstate 73. Residencies: MacDowell, Millay, SPACE at Ryder Farm, Stillwright (Erik Ehn’s Silent Retreat) and Yaddo. Finalist: ATL’s Heideman Award, Clubbed Thumb’s Biennial Commission, Ingram New Works Fellowship, Jerome Fellowship, Juilliard, Leah Ryan FEWW Prize, P73’s Fellowship, Playwrights Realm Fellowship, Premier Stages, Trustus Theatre Festival, Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab and Source Theater Festival. Nominations: Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, NTC’s Stavis Award and Williamstown's Weissberger Award. MFA: University of Iowa.

Plays

  • Sycamore by Sarah Sander
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: midwest, family + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: midwest, family, LGBTQ, neighbors
    Set in a world where all the rules have changed, Sycamore is a poignant and frequently funny examination of sibling rivalry, sexual and gender identity, and the importance of neighbors.
  • Playgrounds by Sarah Sander
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: nanny, caregiving + 5 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, tragedy
    Keyword: nanny, caregiving, domestic violence, neighbors, urban, gossip, playground
    Justine leaves a dark chapter behind and moves to Brooklyn to work as a nanny for her cousin Cynthia. Finding refuge in a small community of female care-givers, she tries to ignore the tension in Cynthia’s home that threatens her own healing. When Justine finally chooses to speak up, for the sake of a child, her past and present converge in a vicious nightmare.