SARAH MARKSTEINER

I'm an NYC-based performer and playwright, and developing new work is where my heart is.

I'm an improviser, sketch comedian, and Sagittarius you can find on stages around New York City, at at festivals across the country and internationally. I've trained at Second City NY, the Magnet Theater, and Washington Improv Theater. I'm a member of Second City-born sketch ensemble Scattergood and  Magnet house sketch team Ghost Girl - which has toured to festivals in Austin, Montreal, San Francisco, DC, and Philadelphia. Improv projects include Behemoth - which recently performed at Dublin Improv Fest, and The Lab - a science and improv mashup I coproduce (Caveat, Second City NY Blackbox, Magnet Theater). 

My writing can be matched in absurdity - sometimes. I like to draw inspiration from untold histories and embrace mythic scale - and to find the humor in darkness. Librettist in the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop.

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Banner photo by Marissa Moorhead