Sophie Sagan-Gutherz

“Sophie is so skilled at the quiet simple beauty moments that
take us home. Like after a big storm, picking a worm up off the
sidewalk and bringing it to the grass on the other side.”
- Mack Brown, Director

hello! My name is Sophie [they/them]. I'm a wannabe goth covered in cat hair who creates devastating projects that will make you laugh laugh laugh. My practice involves writing, producing, acting and singing across stage and screen.

I recently joined the New Georges Jam and was  commissioned to write for Breaking the Binary (Playwrights Horizons) in partnership with Broadway Play Licensing. My first screenplay and film POSSUM (actor/writer/producer) has played at 10+ festivals including Slamdance & Final Girls Berlin (Audience Award, queer horror). 

“Like if the guts of Clare Barron and the poeticism
of Annie Baker had an irreverent kid.”
- Han Van Sciver, Actor

+ IN THE ETHER

POSSUM
”darkly funny and deeply disturbing…committed performances and a biting script” (RueMorgue); ”shares the kind of disruptive spirit that other beloved queer horror media are credited for" (MovieJawn); “script flows seamlessly, punctuated by excellent performances from the cast" (FilmCastle); “wondrously demented…the ensemble cast is uniformly strong” (TheIndependentCritic); “hilarious black comedy…
puppets are back!” (Lil Shorties)

Initial Programming Revealed for Third Annual BREAKING THE BINARY THEATRE FESTIVAL
(BroadwayWorld)

NYU Tisch Drama Launches Gender-Expansive Mentorship Program
(Playbill)

Gender, Disability, Transmedia, and Balkan Folklore (HowlRound)

RespectAbility Expands Entertainment Lab From Six Weeks to Five Months (HollywoodReporter)

Theatre [Untitled] Kicks Off 2024 Reading Series With A New Work From M Sloth Levine (BroadwayWorld)

Fault Line Theatre Sets 2023 Season Featuring New Plays in Development (BroadwayWorld)

The OP selected 38 projects or artistic teams from a competitive group of 1,417 applicants
to participate in this year's programs (BroadwayWorld)

12 Theatremakers Celebrating Queer Joy- 3 New Plays Explore Queerness in Islamic, Jewish,
Black, and Italian Communities (Playbill)