Drew Sachs
Drew Sachs (American Sign Language Interpreter) is a certified sign language interpreter and a playwright. As a playwright, productions of Drew’s works include, Chris Squared produced by Boston Theater Marathon; Anya, a Borough Park Antigone and The Knock produced by The Drilling CompaNY; Stabbing O.J., a play focusing on the Anita Bryant scandal of the 70’s produced at Queens College as part of The College Plays that later went on to the Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Festival. His play, Who Are You Dancing With Now?, received honorable mention at the Kennedy Center Region II Playwriting Competition. The Three Rings of Carmen, a re-telling of Bizet’s opera Carmen, was commissioned and produced by the Lexington School for the Deaf in NY. His latest work, I Am Not Breakfast, tells of the experiences of a para-professional at an elementary school for the Deaf during the 1980’s, was workshopped in Saratoga, NY by the Epiphany Theater Co. He is currently working on A.K.A. Al Parker, based on the life of adult film star Al Parker. Drew received his M.F.A in playwriting from Carnegie Mellon University, his interpreting training at Gallaudet University and is a member of the Dramatist Guild.