Sarah Plotkin
Artist-in-Residence | Summer 2022
Youth Artist Project: “Through Our Eyes: Reflections on Climate Justice”
Sarah Plotkin is a director, devisor, educator and cultural worker living in Boston, MA. She collaborates with community artists and professional artists of all ages to build original theater that celebrates stories of community, connection and creation. Her work sits at the intersection of theater, storytelling, and community organizing, and uses tools from those fields in service of liberatory, collaborative art-making. Sarah was the Founding Artistic Director of Electric Eye Ensemble, a collaborative theater company exploring American myths through a revisionist, feminist lens. She is also the founder and lead facilitator of Artist Gym, a creation and creativity workshop series for adults and teens. She works as a freelance director and teaching artist in the Greater Boston Area, including with ArtsEmerson, Wheelock Family Theatre, Open Door Arts, and Arlington Children’s Theater, among others. Sarah also facilitates anti-racism workshops with Jewish communities through Kavod. She holds an MA in Theater Education and Applied Theatre from Emerson College, and a BA with a focus on Directing from Sarah Lawrence College.
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