Sarah DeLappe
Sarah DeLappe | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Playwright, screenwriter, writer |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Theatre, drama |
Sarah DeLappe is an American playwright. Her play The Wolves premiered Off-Broadway in 2016 to acclaim. It received the American Playwriting Foundation's Relentless Award in 2015 and was a finalist for the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. DeLappe wrote the screenplay for the 2022 film Bodies Bodies Bodies.
Career
[edit | edit source]DeLappe grew up in Reno, Nevada. Her father is the visual artist Joseph DeLappe,[1] and her mother is a photographer and poet Laurie Macfee.[2] She attended Yale College, where her mentors included Paula Vogel.[3] DeLappe's play The Wolves was premiered by The Playwrights Realm in September 2016 Off-Broadway at The Duke at 42nd Street and received acclaim and awards. The play centers on the experiences of high school girls through their weekly Saturday morning pre-game soccer warmups. It received the American Playwriting Foundation's inaugural Relentless Award in 2015,[4][5] and was a New York Times Critic's Pick.[6] The play won the 2017 Obie Award for Ensemble work.[7]
The Economist reviewer wrote: "She has penned an absorbing portrait of female adolescence in The Wolves".[8] The play was a finalist in 2015–16 for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize,[9] a runner-up for the Yale Drama Series Prize,[10] and a finalist for the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The Pulitzer Prize committee wrote: "For a timely play about a girls’ high school soccer team that illuminates with the unmistakable ping of reality the way young selves are formed when innate character clashes with external challenges."[11]
DeLappe served as a writer-in-residence alongside J.T. Rogers for the 2018 National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center.[12]
DeLappe wrote the screenplay for the 2022 black comedy slasher film Bodies Bodies Bodies, based on a story and spec script by writer Kristen Roupenian.[13]
In March 2022, it was announced the DeLappe would adapt and executive produce the 1962 novel Cassandra at the Wedding by Dorothy Baker as a film for Neon.[14][15] DeLappe co-wrote the episode "The Heroes' Banquet" for the 2024 HBO miniseries The Regime.[16]
References
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- ^ "Review: ‘The Wolves’: A Pack of Female Warriors, Each Determined to Score" The Independent, 2016
- ^ Paulson, Michael. "Two Playwrights Will Share Prize in Honor of Philip Seymour Hoffman" The New York Times, November 8, 2015
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- ^ 2017 Winners Archived 2019-05-07 at the Wayback Machine obieawards.com
- ^ E. B. "Sarah DeLappe is a playwright to watch" The Economist, December 13, 2016
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External links
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