Bio
Sarah Frasco is a writer, producer, and performer living in Los Angeles. Sarah recently received her MFA at Loyola Marymount University in Writing and Producing for Television. A New Jersey native, Sarah graduated from Georgetown University in 2015 before moving to Chicago in 2016 to attend the Comedy Studies program at The Second City. Her original musical Lucky, inspired by the American Girl book The Care & Keeping of You, was featured in the Chicago Musical Theatre Festival and awarded Most Promising Musical.
Sarah’s writing delves into the complex realities of family, adulthood, and anxiety, approaching each topic with a wicked sense of humor and a commitment to portraying messy women on screen.
Sarah is one of the inaugural winners of the LMU MFA Screenwriting Competition for her animated comedy pilot, True Chicago Dream Life.
In addition to writing for TV, Sarah’s greatest ambition is to open her own disco called “Panic! At the Frasco.”
Writing
Pilots
Children of Divorce (Half-Hour Comedy)
After selling a pilot based on her dysfunctional family, a guilt-ridden writer must choose between ambition and familial loyalty.
Mafia Princess (Half-Hour Animated Comedy)
After her Nonna’s passing, a yuppie publishing agent is made the unwilling boss of her family’s organized crime syndicate, forcing her to reconnect with her estranged and headstrong Mafioso father.
Teacher’s Pet (Hour Drama)
An uninspired and repressed teacher at the prestigious and patriarchal Mitchell Academy joins a manipulative student in her quest to take down the school.
True Chicago Dream Life* (Half-Hour Animated Comedy)
Emma, a normal human who dreams of having superhuman abilities like her roommates Pasta Girl and Cat Lady, struggles to adjust to adulthood while living her truest, dreamiest life.
*Winner of the LMU MFA Screenwriting Contest
Features
By The Wrath of God
Imprisoned by her husband, the temperamental King Henry II, Eleanor of Aquitaine seeks revenge when she is summoned to court for the Christmas season.
Theater / Musicals
Lucky: A Musical*
Hailing from a sheltered life in a small town, Lucky has only one thing to guide her: The Care and Keeping of You. However, throughout her first few days at college, Lucky is forced to face the reality that not every obstacle she faces will be covered by her beloved book and that maybe, her book is not as great as she once thought. Book by Sarah Frasco, Music by Gabriella Hirsch, Lyrics by Sarah Frasco & Gabriella Hirsch
*Part of The Chicago Musical Theater Festival 2019. Awarded Best Lyrics and Most Promising Musical
