Sofya Levitsky-Weitz
Writing
Biography
Sofya Levitsky-Weitz is a playwright and TV/film writer. She has original TV projects in development with Hulu, Peacock, 20th Century Studios and Fifth Season. TV work includes FX’s THE BEAR (WGA Award for Outstanding New Comedy for S1 & 2), Hulu’s THE DROPOUT (WGA Nomination), GASLIT on Starz and as a writer/producer on Hulu’s THE TWISTED TALE OF AMANDA KNOX. In 2025, she and co-writer Isabelle Platt shot all 8 episodes of their independent short series SWITCH. She has an original film in development (which she will direct) with Marc Platt and has worked on multiple features with Michael Showalter including The Eyes of Tammy Faye. As a playwright, Sofya’s work has been developed in Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago. Her play flinching is currently being developed by the Hearth for an LA premiere. Her play this party sucks (2019 Kilroy’s List) is optioned for the stage/film & TV rights by Mark Gordon Pictures and will be commercially produced.. She was a 2018-2019 Jerome Fellow and 2019-2022 Core Writer at the Playwrights’ Center in Minneapolis and is an alum of the Obie Award winning collective EST/Youngblood. She is a MacDowell Fellow and has been in residence at Barn Arts, and TOFTE Lake. She got her MFA in Writing for the Screen & Stage from Northwestern University, where she now serves on the Advisory Board.
Known For
Carmy, a young fine-dining chef, comes home to Chicago to run his family sandwich shop. As he fights to transform the shop and himself, he works alongside a rough-around-the-edges crew that ultimately reveal themselves as his chosen family.
The Bear
The story of Elizabeth Holmes, the enigmatic Stanford dropout who founded medical testing start-up Theranos. Lauded as a Steve Jobs for the next tech generation and once worth billions of dollars, the myth crumbled when it was revealed that none of the tech actually worked, putting thousands of people's health in grave danger.
The Dropout
A modern take on the 1970s political Watergate scandal centering on untold stories and forgotten characters of the time.
Gaslit
Amanda Knox arrives in Italy for her study abroad only to be wrongfully imprisoned for murder weeks later. Follow Knox's relentless fight to prove her innocence and reclaim her freedom and examines why authorities and the world stood so firmly in judgment.
The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox
Follows two women who embark on a journey to find a man to have a threesome with, raising the question: Can a relationship survive our deepest desires?