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Sarah Tuft is working on “Marvel-ous Monica; In Which Monica Lewinsky Is a Superhero Hell-Bent on Revenge,” a docudrama/satire featuring a modern historical figure who takes on larger-than-life characteristics as she decides to rescue a coed from a lecherous professor. READ MORE
Age is just a number, right? Maybe not when it comes to the entertainment industry. Playwright Sarah Tuft (MARVEL-OUS MONICA; IN WHICH MONICA LEWINSKY IS A SUPERHERO HELL-BENT ON REVENGE, 110 Stories) and actor Caroline Aaron (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Edward Scissorhands) tell personal stories about their careers and how age has played a factor. LISTEN HERE…
Playwright Sarah Tuft is the author of “110 STORIES”, a moment-by-moment journey through 9/11 as told by eyewitnesses, survivors, and recovery workers. Sarah shares heartbreaking and inspiring accounts from her play and explains why the show’s message of compassion still resonates 20 years later… LISTEN HERE
In my final dispatch as your Southern California Regional Rep, the topic is ageism, or, more specifically, sageism, as L.A. playwright SARAH TUFT calls it, “the intersection between sexism and ageism.” It’s real. And it keeps legions of good writers from being produced. READ MORE…
“Marvel-ous Monica; In Which Monica Lewinsky is a Superhero Hell-Bent on Revenge,” Sarah Tuft’s comedy about the superhero fantasy that distracts Monica Lewinsky as she prepares for her TED talk. The playwrights conference is one of several development programs hosted every summer at the O’Neill… READ MORE…
Tuft, while looking to avoid any hint of the political... intentionally culled her monologues from ground-zero volunteers, firefighters, medical professionals, and office workers with more complicated, less "camera-ready" accounts of their experiences on the Day and, later, on the Pile. READ MORE…
…on what became known as “the pile,” playwright Sarah Tuft wants to focus on the goodwill the attacks engendered, not just the grief. Her “110 Stories,” playing benefit performances tonight and tomorrow at NYU’s Skirball Center, is a dramatic retelling of the attacks based on true stories, as related by stars — Turner, Katie Holmes, Jeremy Piven, Ralph Macchio and dozens of others. READ MORE…
The stories are cleverly interwoven with overlapping dialogue, providing for interesting interaction between the actors. The enormity of the situation is completely presented. Nothing is trivialized here. It is to Tuft's credit that the immediacy of the situation is realistically shown and your heart breaks all over again in the process. READ MORE…
When the Towers fell, we all wanted to help. We spilled out onto the streets to mourn in unison, flooded the relief centers to volunteer and lined up at hospitals to give blood - all hoping for a chance to make a difference. The impulse to alleviate suffering seems inherent in our natures - a primal force. So why does it take a disaster for us to be galvanized into service? READ MORE…
The title for Sarah Tuft’s new play is straightforward and yet amazingly eye-catching: “Marvel-ous Monica; In Which Monica Lewinsky Is a Superhero Hell-Bent On Revenge.” The story behind the play itself is even more complex and compelling. READ MORE…