Sarah Gancher

Adjunct Instructor

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 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, NYSCA and Venturous Foundation grants, several Lortel, Drama Desk, and Drama League nominations/wins, and the AR 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 is also a composer and jazz violin and bluegrass fiddle player.