Sandy Rustin

Sandy Rustin is an actor and writer named one of the most produced playwrights in the country by American Theatre Magazine (’25-’26). Her adaptation of the film Clue has enjoyed over 5,000 productions worldwide (Clue/Cluedo) and is currently touring the U.S. and Australia.

Sandy made her Broadway debut with her feminist farce, The Cottage (named one of the best plays of the year by Entertainment Weekly). Her concert adaptation of Dear World for NY City Center Encores! was a NY Times Critic’s Pick, and her adaptation of Mystic Pizza premiered in ’25 and the cast album was recently released. Her play with music Almost Like a Dance is in development with Grammy winner Edie Brickell, and her play The Suffragette’s Murder, a winner of the Edgerton Foundation New Play Award and a Henry Award nominee, premiered at The Denver Center for Performing Arts in 2025. Her musical Always Something There premiered in Chicago at The Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre in 2025. Other Works: Loch Ness (upcoming world premiere), Jolly Holiday; Celebrating Disney’s Broadway Hits (Paper Mill Playhouse), I Married an Angel (NY City Center Encores!), American Girl Live (National Tour), Rated P… For Parenthood (off-Broadway, West Side Theatre), Elijah, Struck, and more.

A Northwestern University graduate, Sandy is a member of ASCAP, SAG, AEA and The Dramatists Guild, is a member of Florida Studio Theatre’s Playwright Collective, and is represented by UTA and Kaplan/Perrone. With her family, Sandy created the Jerry Kraut Memorial Fund. She serves on the Board of the NJ non-profit Project Write Now and on the Advisory Board of the new musical incubator The Bridge. She lives in Maplewood, NJ with her husband and two sons. www.sandyrustin.com