Sarah Treem
Sarah Treem | |
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Born |
Boston, Massachusetts United States |
Alma mater | Yale University |
Occupation |
Writer-Producer Playwright |
Years active | (2010-present) |
Known for |
In Treatment The Affair |
Spouse(s) | Jay Carson |
Children | 1 |
Sarah Treem is an American TV writer-producer and playwright. She is the co-creator and showrunner of the Golden Globe-winning Showtime drama The Affair, which won the award for Outstanding Drama Series, and was a writer and co-executive producer on the inaugural season of House of Cards, which was nominated for nine Golden Globes, including Outstanding Drama Series. She also wrote on all three seasons of the acclaimed HBO series In Treatment.
Early life
Treem was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to a mother who works as a consultant/angel investor and advisor to start-ups and to a father who is a pediatric gastroenterologist.[1][2] She grew up in New Hampshire, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Connecticut, and North Carolina with her parents and brother.[1] Treem considers New Haven to be her home town.[2]
Treem has been writing from a very young age, beginning with poetry when she was 8 years old. When she was 12, Treem's first play won a young playwright contest and was staged in Connecticut.[3][4] She continued to write throughout high school and college.[5]
Treem has a 2002 B.A. from Yale College, where she was in the residential college Branford College,[6] and a 2005 M.F.A. from Yale School of Drama. During college Treem interned at New Dramatists.[7]
Career
Having started her career in theater, Treem’s most recent stage production When We Were Young and Unafraid premiered in the summer of 2014, which starred Cherry Jones and was directed by Pam MacKinnon. A Feminine Ending premiered at Playwrights Horizons and went on to be produced at South Coast Repertory and Portland Center Stage, among others. The How and The Why premiered at the McCarter Theater in Princeton, NJ. It was directed by Emily Mann and starred Mercedes Ruehl. It also went on to productions at Interact Theatre and Trinity Repertory. Treem's other plays include Empty Sky (Bloomington Playwrights Project), Orphan Island (Sundance Theater Lab), Human Voices (New York Stage and Film) and Mirror Mirror.
Treem’s work in television began on the acclaimed HBO series In Treatment. She then moved on to writing and co-executive producing the political drama House of Cards. In 2014, Treem co-created the hit Showtime series The Affair. Set in Montauk, NY, the show examines the psychological effects of an affair between a married waitress and a teacher who spends his summer at his in-laws' estate in the small coastal town. The series tells the same story from multiple perspectives and won the Golden Globe for Outstanding Drama series in 2015. Treem said that "the concept is that two people can be in the same conversation and have radically different experiences." In addition to her Golden Globe win, Treem’s work has earned her nominations for the Humanitas Prize, Primetime Emmy Awards and four Writers Guild Awards, including two wins for New Series for House of Cards and In Treatment.
As of February 2014, Treem is adapting the memoir Until I Say Good-Bye: My Year of Living with Joy, by Susan Spencer-Wendel. The book deals with coping with the disease Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and will be a Universal Studios feature film.
Writing style
All of Treem's plays have a high percentage of female roles.[8] Treem has forged ongoing creative relationships with actresses like Zoe Kazan (who knew each other from Yale) and Allison Pill.[3][8]
Filmography
- 2008–10: In Treatment (HBO) – co-producer; supervising producer; writer
- 2010: How to Make It in America (HBO) – producer; writer
- 2013: House of Cards (Netflix) – co-executive producer; writer
- 2014: The Affair (Showtime) – creator; executive producer; writer
Awards
- 2008: Nominated for Humanitas Prize, 30 Minute Category, for In Treatment episode "Sophie Week 2."[9]
- 2009: Won Writers Guild of America Award, New Series, for In Treatment
- 2013: Nominated for Primetime Emmy, Outstanding Drama Series, for House of Cards
- 2014: Won Writers Guild of America Award, New Series, for House of Cards - with Kate Barnow, Rick Cleveland, Sam Forman, Gina Gionfriddo, Keith Huff, Beau Willimon[10]
- 2014: Won Golden Globe Award, Best TV Series, Drama, for The Affair[11]
Personal life
On June 21, 2014,[12] Treem married Jay Carson, a producer and former campaign spokesman for Howard Dean and Hillary Clinton.[13] They have a son[13] and live in Topanga, California.[14]
Works or publications
Plays
- Treem, Sarah. A Feminine Ending. New York, NY: Samuel French, 2008. ISBN 978-0-573-65235-6[15][16]
- Treem, Sarah. Against The Wall.
- Treem, Sarah. Empty Sky.
- Treem, Sarah. Human Voices.
- Treem, Sarah. Mirror, Mirror. New York, NY: Samuel French, 2010. ISBN 978-0-573-69826-2
- Treem, Sarah. Orphan Island.
- Treem, Sarah. The How and the Why. New York, NY: Dramatists Play Service, 2013. ISBN 978-0-822-22731-1[17][18]
- Treem, Sarah. When We Were Young and Unafraid.[19][20][21]
References
- 1 2 Citron, Cynthia (9 August 2011). "Sarah Treem Gets the Ojai Treatment". LA Stage Times. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- 1 2 Dunlap, LucyAnn (12 January 2011). "The Unexplored Terrain of Being a Woman". U.S. 1 Newspaper - PrincetonInfo. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
- 1 2 Sontag, Deborah (14 May 2009). "Young Talents Entwined 'In Treatment'". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- ↑ Peterman, Scott (20 October 2000). "Damn the Canon: Yalies take on the word". Yale Herald. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- ↑ Littlefield, Kinney (28 February 2014). "Sarah Treem: On a different path". The Writer. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
- ↑ Treem, Sarah (13 September 2001). "For the readers of 2101: my 9/11/01". Yale Daily News. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- ↑ "Sarah Treem". PDC (Philadelphia Dramatists Center). Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- 1 2 Rickwald, Bethany (17 June 2014). "Zoe Kazan Discusses Taking on Sarah Treem's Weighty New Play About Womyn". TheaterMania. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
- ↑ Longwell, Todd (16 September 2008). "Humanitas Prize luncheon". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- ↑ "Writers Guild Awards - 2014 Nominees & Winners". Writers Guild of America. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- ↑ "The Affair". Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
- ↑ Allen, Mike (23 June 2014). "Weekend Wedding -- Jay Carson and Sarah Treem". Politico. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- 1 2 Dowd, Maureen (18 October 2014). "An Affair to Remember, Differently". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- ↑ "The Affair - Season One (TCAs)" (PDF). CBS Press Express. Summer 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- ↑ Vittes, Laurence (14 January 2008). "Theater Reviews: A Feminine Ending". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- ↑ Stasio, Marilyn (17 October 2007). "Review: 'A Feminine Ending'". Variety. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- ↑ Sommers, Michael (25 January 2011). "Review: 'The How and the Why'". Variety. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- ↑ "A Conversation with Sarah Treem and Emily Mann". McCarter Theatre. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
- ↑ Rooney, David (17 June 2014). "'When We Were Young and Unafraid': Theater Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- ↑ Stasio, Marilyn (17 June 2014). "Off Broadway Review: 'When We Were Young and Unafraid' Starring Cherry Jones". Variety. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- ↑ Soloski, Alexis (12 June 2014). "Sex, Violence and Power, With a Feminist Slant". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
External links
- Sarah Treem at the Internet Movie Database
- Sarah Treem on Twitter