# Sarah DeLappe

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{{short description|American playwright}}
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'''Sarah DeLappe''' is an American [playwright](/source/playwright). Her play ''[The Wolves](/source/The_Wolves_(play))'' premiered [Off-Broadway](/source/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](/source/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Drama). DeLappe wrote the screenplay for the 2022 film ''[Bodies Bodies Bodies](/source/Bodies_Bodies_Bodies)''.

==Career==

DeLappe grew up in [Reno, Nevada](/source/Reno%2C_Nevada). Her father is the visual artist [Joseph DeLappe](/source/Joseph_DeLappe),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Digital Montage |url=https://www.delappe.net/digital-montage |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=x |language=en-GB}}</ref> and her mother is a photographer and poet Laurie Macfee.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sarah DeLappe on having a play staged for the first time – The Creative Independent |url=https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/sarah-delappe-on-having-a-play-staged-for-the-first-time/ |access-date=2025-03-29 |website=thecreativeindependent.com |language=en}}</ref> She attended [Yale College](/source/Yale_College), where her mentors included [Paula Vogel](/source/Paula_Vogel).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Theater |first=Lincoln Center |title=Sarah DeLappe on Women Warriors {{!}} Lincoln Center Theater |url=https://www.lct.org/explore/blog/sarah-delappe-women-warriors/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250221185813/https://www.lct.org/explore/blog/sarah-delappe-women-warriors/ |archive-date=2025-02-21 |access-date=2025-03-29 |website=Lincoln Center Theater |language=en |url-status=live }}</ref> DeLappe's play ''[The Wolves](/source/The_Wolves_(play))'' was premiered by [The Playwrights Realm](/source/The_Playwrights_Realm) in September 2016 [Off-Broadway](/source/Off-Broadway) at [The Duke at 42nd Street](/source/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,<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/the-wolves-sarah-delappe-duke-theatre-football-soccer-debut-play-award-review-watch-a7457651.html "Review: ‘The Wolves’: A Pack of Female Warriors, Each Determined to Score"] ''The Independent'', 2016</ref><ref>Paulson, Michael. [http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/11/08/two-playwrights-will-share-prize-in-honor-of-philip-seymour-hoffman/?_r=1 "Two Playwrights Will Share Prize in Honor of Philip Seymour Hoffman"] ''The New York Times'', November 8, 2015</ref> and was a ''New York Times'' Critic's Pick.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/12/theater/the-wolves-review.html|title=Review: 'The Wolves': A Pack of Female Warriors, Each Determined to Score|last=Brantley|first=Ben|date=11 September 2016|work=The New York Times|accessdate=30 July 2018}}</ref> The play won the 2017 [Obie Award](/source/Obie_Award) for Ensemble work.<ref>[http://www.obieawards.com/events/year-2017/ 2017 Winners] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507234913/http://www.obieawards.com/events/year-2017/ |date=2019-05-07 }} obieawards.com</ref>

''The Economist'' reviewer wrote: "She has penned an absorbing portrait of female adolescence in ''The Wolves''".<ref>E. B. [https://www.economist.com/prospero/2016/12/13/sarah-delappe-is-a-playwright-to-watch "Sarah DeLappe is a playwright to watch"] ''[The Economist](/source/The_Economist)'', December 13, 2016</ref> The play was a finalist in 2015–16 for the [Susan Smith Blackburn Prize](/source/Susan_Smith_Blackburn_Prize),<ref name="black">{{cite web|url=http://www.blackburnprize.org/home/finalists-2015-2016/sarah-delappe/|title=Sarah DeLappe – The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize|website=www.blackburnprize.org|accessdate=30 July 2018}}</ref>  a runner-up for the [Yale Drama](/source/Yale_Drama_School) Series Prize,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-03-28 |title=Playwright Emily Schwend wins Yale Drama Series Prize |url=https://news.yale.edu/2016/03/28/playwright-emily-schwend-wins-yale-drama-series-prize |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=YaleNews |language=en}}</ref> and a finalist for the 2017 [Pulitzer Prize for Drama](/source/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."<ref>[https://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/sarah-delappe "Drama"] pulitzer.org, retrieved April 16, 2019</ref>

DeLappe served as a writer-in-residence alongside [J.T. Rogers](/source/J._T._Rogers) for the 2018 National Playwrights Conference at the [Eugene O'Neill Theater Center](/source/Eugene_O'Neill_Theater_Center).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cox |first=Gordon |date=2018-04-17 |title=Beth Henley, J.T. Rogers and Sarah DeLappe Set for 2018 O'Neill Playwrights Conference |url=https://variety.com/2018/legit/news/oneill-national-playwrights-conference-2018-plays-1202754068/ |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>

DeLappe wrote the screenplay for the 2022 black comedy slasher film ''[Bodies Bodies Bodies](/source/Bodies_Bodies_Bodies)'', based on a story and spec script by writer [Kristen Roupenian](/source/Kristen_Roupenian).<ref>{{cite web |title=Bodies Bodies Bodies |url=https://findawriter.wgaeast.org/project/1210473/bodies-bodies-bodies |website=Writers Guild of America East |access-date=15 August 2022 |archive-date=March 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317073332/https://findawriter.wgaeast.org/project/1210473/bodies-bodies-bodies |url-status=live }}</ref>

In March 2022, it was announced the DeLappe would adapt and executive produce the 1962 novel ''Cassandra at the Wedding'' by [Dorothy Baker](/source/Dorothy_Baker_(writer)) as a film for [Neon](/source/Neon_(company)).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ramachandran |first=Naman |date=2022-03-29 |title=Neon Swoops on Novel 'Cassandra at the Wedding,' Sarah DeLappe to Adapt |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/neon-cassandra-at-the-wedding-sarah-delappe-1235217661/ |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ritman |first=Alex |date=2022-03-29 |title=Neon Wins Rights to 'Cassandra at the Wedding,' Sarah DeLappe to Adapt 1964 Novel |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/cassandra-at-the-wedding-neon-sarah-delappe-1235121434/ |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> DeLappe co-wrote the episode "The Heroes' Banquet" for the 2024 [HBO](/source/HBO) miniseries [''The Regime''](/source/The_Regime_(miniseries)).<ref>{{Cite web |last=White |first=Peter |date=26 July 2022 |title=Kate Winslet To Star In Authoritarian Limited Series 'The Palace' For HBO From Will Tracy & Stephen Frears |url=https://deadline.com/2022/07/kate-winslet-authoritarian-limited-series-the-palace-hbo-1235077969/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008080533/https://deadline.com/2022/07/kate-winslet-authoritarian-limited-series-the-palace-hbo-1235077969/ |archive-date=8 October 2022 |access-date=19 April 2023 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>

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