- Sarah Benson
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Sarah Benson (born 1978) is a British theater director based in New York City. She became Artistic Director of Soho Repertory Theater, Inc in 2006. [1] She is the fourth artistic director at Soho Rep. [2]
A graduate of King's College in London, she first came to the U.S. on a Fulbright award for theater direction to study at Brooklyn College, where she earned her MFA. At Soho Rep she directed the critically acclaimed production of Sarah Kane’s Blasted in fall 2008. [3] [4]
She produced No Dice by Nature Theater of Oklahoma which won an Obie Award in 2008, [5] the New York premiere of John Jesurun’s Philoktetes written for Ron Vawter and is producing Young Jean Lee’s Lear in 2010.
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Categories:- British theatre directors
- 1978 births
- Living people
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