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Sara Holdren is a Brooklyn-based director originally from Charlottesville, Virginia and the Artistic Director/co-founder of the theater company Tiltyard. She specializes in Shakespeare, reimagined classics, and spectacular, outsized stories new and old. Recent projects include MIDSUMMER (which she co-adapted from the play by William Shakespeare) with Tiltyard, Deer and the Lovers by Emily Zemba, The Zero Scenario and A New Saint for a New World by Ryan Campbell, and The Master and Margarita, adapted by Edward Kemp from the novel by Mikhail Bulgakov, as well as serving as the Artistic Director of the 2015 Yale Summer Cabaret, where she directed the original production of MIDSUMMER and Sarah Ruhl's Orlando. She holds a BA in Theater from Yale University and an MFA in Directing from Yale School of Drama. She is also a Drama League Fellow and a graduate of the Acting Shakespeare program at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.



Other work includes: Measure for Measure, Tiny Boyfriend by Phillip Howze, The Tempest, and her own adaptations of Shakespeare's Henry IV plays and Leonid Andreyev's He Who Gets Slapped.

Sara is also a writer, a graphic designer, and a teacher with an abiding interest in making theater with students of all ages (recent teaching includes Primary Stages and the graduate acting program at the New School). In her work, she combines a lifelong love of Shakespeare and classical texts with an interest in contemporary ensemble training and devised theater, striving for a rigorous and dynamic use of language, fused with passionate, physical storytelling, vibrant visual worlds, and a spirit of joy, collaboration, and play.

News


Cape Cod Theatre Project Unveils 2025 Season Featuring New Play Development Presentations
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 22, 2025

The Cape Cod Theatre Project has revealed its 31st Season of New Plays, running weekend nights in July from July 3 through July 26 at Falmouth Academy's Simon Center for the Arts. See the lineup and learn more!
MAYBE HAPPY ENDING and PURPOSE Take Top Prizes At New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards
by A.A. Cristi - May 6, 2025

The New York Drama Critics' Circle has named Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s Purpose Best Play of the 2024-25 season. The award for Best Musical went to Maybe Happy Ending, book by Will Aronson and Hue Park, music by Will Aronson, lyrics by Hue Park.
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' PURPOSE Wins 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
by Nicole Rosky - May 5, 2025

The Pulitzer Prize Board has just announced that Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' Purpose has won the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Other finalists included: Oh, Mary!, by Cole Escola, and The Ally, by Itamar Moses.
New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards Will Be Announced Next Week
by Stephi Wild - Apr 30, 2025

The winners of the 2025 New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards will be announced next week. The awards include a cash prize of $2,500 for Best Play, made possible by a grant from the Lucille Lortel Foundation.
Review Roundup: REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES Opens on Broadway
by Nicole Rosky - Apr 28, 2025

Real Women Have Curves just opened on Broadway! It’s the summer of 1987, and Ana Garcia dreams of flying away from East Los Angeles. But when her family receives a make-or-break order for 200 dresses, Ana finds herself juggling her own ambitions, her mother’s expectations, and a community of women all trying to make it work against the odds. Let's see what the critics have to say...
Review Roundup: GRIEF CAMP at Atlantic Theatre Company
by Stephi Wild - Apr 23, 2025

Last night, April 11, Atlantic Theater Company opened the world premiere of Grief Camp, written by Eliya Smith and directed by Tony Award nominee Les Waters. Read the reviews here!
Review Roundup: STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW Opens On Broadway
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 23, 2025

Broadway gets turned upside down in the new high-tech, supernatural thriller STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW, opening tonight at Broadway’s Marquis Theatre! What did the critics think of their theatrical trip to Hawkins, IN? Read the reviews.
Review Roundup: FLOYD COLLINS Opens On Broadway Starring Jeremy Jordan, Lizzy McAlpine and More
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 22, 2025

A shocking and true tale of the American West comes to life on Broadway tonight as FLOYD COLLINS, opens at Lincoln Center Theater, in a new production starring Tony-nominee Jeremy Jordan. Read the reviews of the musical's Broadway debut!
Review Roundup: JOHN PROCTOR IS THE VILLAIN Opens On Broadway
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 15, 2025

The moral dilemma at the center of one of the greatest dramas of all-time comes to life on Broadway in John Proctor is the Villain, opening tonight! The new play stars Stranger Things breakout, Sadie Sink. Read the reviews!
Clubbed Thumb Announces Complete SUMMERWORKS Lineup
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 7, 2025

Tony Award-nominated and Obie Award-winning theater company Clubbed Thumb will present the complete line-up for the 28th SUMMERWORKS festival of new plays.
Review Roundup: THE LAST FIVE YEARS, Starring Nick Jonas and Adrienne Warren
by Nicole Rosky - Apr 7, 2025

The first ever Broadway production of Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown’s THE LAST FIVE YEARS, starring Grammy and Golden Globe Award nominee Nick Jonas and Tony Award winner Adrienne Warren. Check out what the critics are saying about the production...
Review Roundup: GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK Brings George Clooney To Broadway
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 4, 2025

Good Night, and Good Luck opens on Broadway starring Hollywood icon, George Clooney in his long-awaited Broadway debut in a new production directed by David Cromer. Read the reviews!
Review Roundup: Starry GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS Revival Opens On Broadway
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 1, 2025

The Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Glengarry Glen Ross returns in a starry new Broadway revival, opening tonight at the Palace Theatre! Read reviews for the show below!
Review Roundup: Sarah Snook Stars In THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY On Broadway
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 28, 2025

Oscar Wilde’s tale of beauty, excess, and a deal with the devil comes to Broadway in The Picture of Dorian Gray, starring Emmy Award-winner Sarah Snook. Check out what the critics had to say about the New York premiere of this acclaimed production!
Review Roundup: OTHELLO, Starring Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal
by Nicole Rosky - Mar 24, 2025

Tony Award winner and two-time Academy Award winner Denzel Washington and Tony Award nominee and Academy Award nominee Jake Gyllenhaal go toe-to-toe in Broadway's latest production of Othello, directed by Kenny Leon. Check out what the critics are saying here...
Review Roundup: OPERATION MINCEMEAT Opens On Broadway
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 21, 2025

Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical opens on Broadway tonight! The new musical smash tells the wildly improbable and hilarious true story of the covert operation that turned the tide of WWII. Read the reviews!
Review Roundup: Andrew Scott Stars In VANYA Off-Broadway
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 19, 2025

Olivier Award winner Andrew Scott stars in a radical new adaptation of Chekhov’s Vanya, opening tonight at the Lucille Lortel Theatre! Scott is reprising his wildly acclaimed performance, originated in London. Read the reviews!
Review Roundup: Paul Mescal-Led A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, Starring Paul Mescal
by Stephi Wild - Mar 12, 2025

Following sold-out runs in London’s West End, a revival of Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire stars Oscar nominee Paul Mescal alongside Patsy Ferran and Anjana Vasan is now playing at BAM. Read the reviews here!
Review Roundup: GHOSTS at Lincoln Center Theater
by Stephi Wild - Mar 11, 2025

Lincoln Center Theater celebrated the opening night of Ibsen’s Ghosts, featuring a new version by Mark O’Rowe and direction by Jack O’Brien, at the Mitzi E. Newhouse. Find out what the critics are saying!
Review Roundup: SUMO Opens At The Public Theater
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 6, 2025

Read reviews for The Public Theater and Ma-Yi Theater Company’s New York premiere of SUMO, a new play written by Lisa Sanaye Dring and directed by Obie Award winner Ralph B. Peña. 

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