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Script Services:
- Help clients get “out of their own way” and fully realize their work and writing potential
- Offer rewrite suggestions
- Punch up jokes and humor
- Improve confidence
- Fine-tune material to hook a reader’s interest
- Assist in networking, finding submission and publication opportunities as needed
Sarah Congress is a playwright and script doctor with West Coast representation. Her play "Last Sunrise" was produced by Nylon Fusion for their Gilded Age/Cage Festival at TADA Theatre (June, 2025). "Last Sunrise" was presented with writers John Patrick Shanley, Lyle Kessler, and Migdalia Cruz. Sarah’s play “Delulu” was a semifinalist for Centre Stage's 23rd Annual New Play Festival (1 of 40 plays from 800 submissions). "Delulu" received a reading at the Episcopal Actors' Guild this October and will be read at AWP Baltimore (published by Feels Blind Literary). She co-wrote the screenplay "I Can't Hear You!" which won BEST COMEDY in the 2024 Jersey Shore Film Festival. Her play “Overdose” won 2nd place for BEST SHORT in the 2023 Downtown Urban Arts Festival at Playwrights Horizons.
Teaching Experience
Sarah teaches writing classes for The Hudson Valley Writers Center, The Hoboken Historical Museum, The Knowledge Project, and Project Write Now.
"Writer's block is real! Sarah helped me get out of my own way. Through our relaxing conversations and visualization exercises, I was able to get out of my head. She's extremely positive and encouraging. We collaborated on my film script. She provided concise feedback and was able to punch up my script with her humor and poise, and bring it to the next level. As a result, my short film has been selected as a finalist in a film festival! I'm so grateful for Sarah's help. You can't go wrong trusting in Sarah!"
--- Caryn Whitman, CPA, CEO & President of Vasana Ventures
"I had a breakthrough in my playwriting after working with Sarah. Her coaching made me realize I had the bad habit of undermining the power of my words.. I saw that after she pointed out one line in my play BIG FAT BABY IN HIS MOTHER'S ARMS which I went on to rewrite immediately and submitted for a serious Playwrights Fellowship. Just yesterday I heard from the UCROSS Foundation that I am the Alternate Fellow in the event one of the winners cannot attend in Spring 2025. I am honored to be acknowledged for the Fellowship and thank Sarah for her important coaching. Sarah will have you grow as a playwright/screenwriter in front of her eyes."
---Tino Juarez, Playwright
---Gay Norton Edelman, Author/Editor