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. Current: PlayGround PlayGroup (Fresh Ground Pepper); The Jam (New Georges), Access Instigator (INDIEVisible). My first screenplay and film POSSUM (actor/writer/producer) will be on tour this Summer with Slamdance, has played at 10+ festivals and received a Final Girls Berlin (Audience Award queer horror). Peruse If You Dare!

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Slamdance Unstoppable: On the Road Launches Nationwide Tour Celebrating Filmmakers with Disabilities (IndieWire)

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)