Sarah Jae Leiber is a southpaw from Philadelphia with a soft spot for Milo Ventimiglia, just like Rocky Balboa. Sarah is the culture writer for Jewish Women’s Archive and a freelance critic with bylines at Polygon, Bitch Media, Bright Wall/Dark Room, and more. She is also a founding contributor to Broad Sound, a print journal you can purchase here to read her essay unpacking the theatre industry in the world of The Simpsons. Playwriting credits include PLEASE LAUGH (Play Date at Pete’s Candy Store), the old jew who begat scrooge, on his deathbed (McCarter), Grand Theft Tea Leaves (Theatre Row, 2017; Workshop Athens, 2023), The Repair Man (Muhlenberg College), and i can fix him. Her screenplay, Hearts and Bones, was a semifinalist in the 2021 ScreenCraft TV Pilot Competition. Sarah is based in Astoria.

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Sarah Jae Leiber is a Jewish writer (mostly plays, screenplays, and film/TV/music criticism), singer (mostly Carole King covers), and actor (mostly not anymore) based in New York City. She is, crucially, from Philadelphia.