Sarah Blush

Sarah Blush

Guest Director
Department of Music & Theatre
Sarah Blush
About

Sarah Blush directs, writes and develops original projects for theatre, TV, and more. She has developed and presented new plays and devised work with: Clubbed Thumb, New Georges, The O'Neill Theater Center, Ars Nova, The Playwrights’ Center, JACK, The Bushwick Starr, The Brick, The Hearth, Lightning Rod Special, Williamstown Theatre Festival, HERE, and more. Directing/ teaching: NYU Graduate Acting; the American Academy of Dramatic Arts; and NYU Meisner, Playwrights Horizons, and Atlantic studios. Awards/fellowships Clubbed Thumb Directing Fellowship, New Georges Audrey Residency, Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab, Colt Coeur Artist Residency, Barn Arts Residency, and New York Society Library’s Emerging Female Artist Grant. In addition to theatre, Sarah has directed virtual reality, interactive experiments in Google Sheets, experimental audio, and podcasts. Currently, Sarah has an original TV series (co-created with Sofya Levitsky-Weitz) in development with Lionsgate and Peacock. In fall 2024 she is directing Machinal by Sophie Treadwell in UAlbany’s Arena Theatre.