Sarah Gancher

Teaches at Primary Stages ESPA

Sarah Gancher’s writing has been seen on stages across the US and internationally, including London’s National Theatre, Edinburgh’s Traverse Theatre, Budapest’s Quarter6Quarter7 Festival, The Public Theatre, Steppenwolf, Hartford Stage, Seattle Rep, PS122, Ars Nova, P73, The Flea Theatre, and NYC SummerStage. 

Honors include the New York Stage and Film Founders’ Award and the AR Gurney Prize. Co-writer of The TEAM’s Mission Drift, directed by Rachel Chavkin (Edinburgh International Festival Fringe Prize, Scotsman Fringe First, Herald Angel; London’s National Theatre, int’l tour). Time Warner Fellow at Women’s Project Lab, Playwrights’ Realm Writing Fellow, alumna of P73 and Ars Nova Play Group. She frequently partners with devising ensembles including NYC’s The TEAM, Colorado’s Telluride Theatre, Portland’s Hand2Mouth, and Blue Man Group. With The Bengsons and Anne Kauffman, she is also writing Hundred Days, playing at the Public’s Under The Radar festival this January. MFA: NYU.