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SARAH SANDER
Nationality: USA
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Sarah has seen her work developed and/or produced by the Kennedy Center, Page 73 Productions, LARK New Play Development Center, DC Arts Center, Florida Studio Theatre, Inkwell Theatre, University of Iowa, the Hatchery Festival and Project Y in association with Middlebury College. She's been named a finalist for Juilliard's Lila Acheson Playwriting Fellowship, Playwrights' Center Jerome Fellowship, Clubbed Thumb's Biennial Commission, P73's Playwriting Fellowship, WordBridge Playwrights' Lab, Actors Theatre of Louisville's Heideman Award and Soho Rep's Writer/Director Lab. Honors also include nominations for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, National Theatre Conference's Stavis Award and Williamstown Theatre Festival's Weissberger Award. She is a current member of Page 73's writing group, Interstate 73, and for the 2009-2010 season she served as a National New Play Network Playwright in Residence (Florida Studio Theatre). MFA: University of Iowa Playwrights' Workshop.
Research: Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)
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In The Midwest Playgrounds WorkWeak"
In The Midwest
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The Jacobs live a seemingly average American life in suburbia: Celia is a cheerleader, Henry is a star student, Louise grows tomatoes and David teaches college. However, when John Keller and his mother Jocelyn move in across the street, the Jacobs' wholesome facade begins to crack. ""In the Midwest"" is a play about sex, sibling rivalry and the importance of neighbors.
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[staged reading] Sheen Center, The; 18 Bleecker St., New York, NY 10012 07 Apr 2015
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Playgrounds
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Hoping to leave a dark chapter behind, Justine moves to New York to work as a nanny for Cynthia, a distant cousin. Initially finding refuge with the small community of female caretakers at the local playground, Justine tries to ignore the tension in Cynthia's home that threatens her own healing. As the relationships between all the women begin to fray, it isn't long before Justine's past and the present converge in a violent nightmare.
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Developed at the 2012 NNPN/Kennedy Center MFA Playwrights Workshop. one of 25 full-length plays that have been selected as finalists for the 2013 Source Festival. Three full-length plays will be selected from the 25 finalists and will be produced at the Source Festival from June 7-30.
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North Dakota office park. People are being laid off and someone has killed the mascot.
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