Sarah has been nominated for the Blackburn Prize and Primus Prize and is a proud member of both the Playwrights Collective at Florida Studio Theater (FST) the Dorset Theatre Festival’s Women Artists Writing group (DTFWAW). She has received commissions from Center Stage (Baltimore), the Neo-Political Cowgirls, and FST for her play, Pandora and her Top Secret and Exceptionally Important Scientific Mission, which will have its world premiere in 2022. Pandora is also scheduled to receive a workshop production at the Theater at Monmouth and be a part of the Children’s Reading Series at The Boise Contemporary Theater in 2022.
Links:
Website: sarahbierstock.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sbierstock/
This is a link of me talking about writing Pandora: Sarah Bierstock on her play Pandora and her Top Secret and Exceptionally Important Scientific Mission
How did you begin writing?
I always loved to write. It came easily to me but I really never considered myself a writer. I still don’t wildly identify as one, but as my body of work continues to grow I suppose I might have to rethink that. I started seriously writing in 2014, when I was compelled to write in response to an honor killing in Pakistan that haunted me. I couldn’t shake the news story and began writing my first play in direct response to that story.
What do you feel is the most difficult part of the writing process, and how do you tackle it?
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