Sarah Gancher

Sarah Gancher is an Obie Award-winning playwright whose work has been seen at London’s National Theatre, Edinburgh’s Traverse Theatre, The Public Theatre, New York Theater Workshop, The Vineyard Theatre, Steppenwolf, Berkeley Rep, La Jolla Playhouse, Hartford Stage, RoundHouse (DC), Seattle Rep, and Ars Nova, among others. Recent work includes The Wind and The Rain (dir. Jared Mezzocchi, Red Hook Waterfront Museum, produced by En Garde Arts in association with The Vineyard, Vulture Best of 2024) and Russian Troll Farm: A Workplace Comedy (Vineyard Theatre & Geva Theatre, in association with Dori Berinstein, dir. Darko Tresnjak; online production for Theaterworks Hartford/Theatre Squared/The Civilians, dir. Jared Mezzocchi & Elizabeth Williamson; NY Times Top 10 Theater of 2020). She was the book writer for two musicals with The Bengsons, Anne Kauffman, and Sonya Tayeh: Hundred Days and The Lucky Ones, and the collaborating playwright for The TEAM’s Mission Drift, composed by Heather Christian and directed by Rachel Chavkin. Honors include the Richard Rodgers Award, the Edinburgh International Festival Fringe Award, New York Stage and Film Founders’ Award, The Edgerton Foundation New Play Award, the James Stevenson Prize for Comedy, several Lortel, Drama Desk, and Drama League nominations, and the A.R. Gurney Prize. An alumna of Ars Nova Play Group, WP Lab, P73 and The Playwrights Realm, she is a current resident at New Dramatists. She can often be found playing bluegrass fiddle at Sunny’s on Saturday nights.