Sarah Jae Leiber is a New York-based playwright, screenwriter, dramaturg, and critic writing about and through the lens of pop culture idolatry, Jewishness, and being a weird girl. She is, crucially, from Philadelphia. Her play, the old jew who begat scrooge, on his deathbed, recently won the Jewish Plays Project's On One Foot ten-minute play contest. Another play, PLEASE LAUGH, was a recent semifinalist for the Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference. It received a reading at Pete's Candy Store in the winter of 2023, and receives its first production in fall of 2025 at The Tank. Other playwriting credits include baby, it's you (SERIALS), i can fix him (Dramatists Guild), two of hearts (semifinalist, Queens Short Play Festival), Grand Theft Tea Leaves (Off-Broadway, Theatre Row)...
Sarah Jae Leiber is a New York-based playwright, screenwriter, dramaturg, and critic writing about and through the lens of pop culture idolatry, Jewishness, and being a weird girl. She is, crucially, from Philadelphia. Her play, the old jew who begat scrooge, on his deathbed, recently won the Jewish Plays Project's On One Foot ten-minute play contest. Another play, PLEASE LAUGH, was a recent semifinalist for the Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference. It received a reading at Pete's Candy Store in the winter of 2023, and receives its first production in fall of 2025 at The Tank. Other playwriting credits include baby, it's you (SERIALS), i can fix him (Dramatists Guild), two of hearts (semifinalist, Queens Short Play Festival), Grand Theft Tea Leaves (Off-Broadway, Theatre Row), the old jew who begat scrooge, on his deathbed (McCarter Theatre Center), river phoenix fugue (The Tank), The Repair Man (Muhlenberg College Mainstage), speaking strictly for me (Astoria Food Pantry), and Freudian Oops (an ill-fated, COVID-cancelled production at Jewish Theatre of Bloomington). Her 30-minute dramedy pilot, Hearts and Bones, was a semifinalist in ScreenCraft's 2021 TV Pilot competition. B.A. in theatre and history from Muhlenberg College.