Sara Gmitter

Sara Gmitter

Sara Gmitter is a professional writer and stage manager. She stage managed 42 productions and workshops for the Lookingglass Theatre Company (2011 Tony Award winner for Regional Theatre) including 20 world premiers. She has also served the company as a teaching artist, writer, and director for the Lookingglass Young Ensemble (Waging Peace, Mending the Peace). In 2014 she made her main stage debut as a...
Sara Gmitter is a professional writer and stage manager. She stage managed 42 productions and workshops for the Lookingglass Theatre Company (2011 Tony Award winner for Regional Theatre) including 20 world premiers. She has also served the company as a teaching artist, writer, and director for the Lookingglass Young Ensemble (Waging Peace, Mending the Peace). In 2014 she made her main stage debut as a playwright with In the Garden: a Darwinian love story (Jeff Award nominated for Best New Work). The Malvern Theatre in Melbourne, Australia subsequently produced In the Garden as part of their 2016 season. Other playwriting credits include Sizzle: A Global Warming Comedy (New Suit Theatre Company), co-written with Jason Burkett, adapted from the film by Dr. Randy Olson; and A Long Fatal Love Chase (Powerhouse Theatre Company) adapted from the novel by Louisa May Alcott. Her short story, “Harold” has been heard on WBEZ’s Stories on. She earned a BA in Theatre from the College of William and Mary and an MA in Peace Education from the UN mandated University for Peace in Costa Rica. She currently serves as Program Coordinator for Girls Inc. of Santa Fe.

Plays

  • Villette by Sara Gmitter
    Cast: 
    6
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    Genre: adaptation, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: love story, Charlotte Bronte + 4 more
    Genre: adaptation, drama, period
    Keyword: love story, Charlotte Bronte, Victorian, female relationships, Depression, Mental Health
    Adapted from the novel by Charlotte Bronte, Villette is the story of Lucy Snowe, a young woman determined to make her own way in the world. She matches wits with a devious head-mistress, befriends an irascible professor, confounds a frivolous school girl, and unravels the mystery of a ghostly nun. Her dry sense of humor and psychological complexity make her a heroine for the ages.
  • In the Garden: a Darwinian Love Story by Sara Gmitter
    Cast: 
    6–13
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    Genre: biography, docudrama/historic + 4 more
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    Keyword: science experiments, Charles Darwin + 4 more
    Genre: biography, docudrama/historic, drama, faith-based, period, young audiences
    Keyword: science experiments, Charles Darwin, Emma Darwin, evolution, 19th century, Victorian
    Charles Darwin, newly returned from his momentous voyage on The Beagle, is reunited with his clever, deeply devout cousin, Emma Wedgwood. They fall in love and after some initial concerns about the state of Charles' spiritual beliefs, they marry. The couple maintains a fragile equilibrium when it comes to their differences in faith until Charles' work on the book that will become the groundbreaking On...
    Charles Darwin, newly returned from his momentous voyage on The Beagle, is reunited with his clever, deeply devout cousin, Emma Wedgwood. They fall in love and after some initial concerns about the state of Charles' spiritual beliefs, they marry. The couple maintains a fragile equilibrium when it comes to their differences in faith until Charles' work on the book that will become the groundbreaking On the Origin of Species causes Emma to fear for his eternal salvation. As the growing controversy surrounding the book threatens their relationship, a family tragedy brings them to an anguished confrontation.
  • A Long Fatal Love Chase by Sara Gmitter
    Cast: 
    7
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    Genre: adaptation, comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: metatheatrical, Louisa May Alcott + 2 more
    Genre: adaptation, comedy, melodrama, period
    Keyword: metatheatrical, Louisa May Alcott, Victorian melodrama, female empowerment
    A traveling theatre company is beginning the final performance of their most popular melodrama, adapted from Louisa May Alcott's novel, A Long Fatal Love Chase. Anna, who plays Rosamund, the heroine, loves her character but hates how her story ends as penned by the company's arrogant manager, who also plays the melodrama's villain, Philip Tempest. As the evening's performance unfolds, Anna,...
    A traveling theatre company is beginning the final performance of their most popular melodrama, adapted from Louisa May Alcott's novel, A Long Fatal Love Chase. Anna, who plays Rosamund, the heroine, loves her character but hates how her story ends as penned by the company's arrogant manager, who also plays the melodrama's villain, Philip Tempest. As the evening's performance unfolds, Anna, determined to give her character the ending she deserves, goes more and more off script, bending theatrical rules and challenging her fellow actors. Everyone must chose sides in the struggle between convention and creativity.