Sara is an artist, designer and teacher. Her work investigates boundaries and rules, transformation and surprise, and the shifting expectations of audience and performer. She is a member of wolf 359 in NY and Resident Designer at Wellfleet’s Harbor Stage Theatre on Cape Cod. With wolf359 she designed “Block Association” ( Actor’s Theatre of Louisville Humana Festival 2021) and Temping (most recently one of the Guardian’s top shows to see at the Edinburgh Fringe 2022). Her work has been presented in New York at Lincoln Center, St Ann’s Warehouse, PS122, the Ontological-Hysteria Theatre, The Kitchen, New York Live Arts, Women’s Project, and Classic Stage Company; as well as across the country including A.R.T., The Wexner Center, Geva, Northern Stage, The San Diego Museum of Art and the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston. She was Head of Design on the immersive nightclub experience Queen of the Night, "New York's hottest nightlife event" (New York Magazine). Sara’s designs have been presented in Germany, Ireland, Scotland and France, and she designed and co-directed the North American tour of Emily's D+Evolution for the Grammy Award winning musician Esperanza Spalding. She has worked with comedians Jerry Seinfeld, Colin Quinn, and Hasan Minaj, and was Associate Designer on a ballet with Basil Twist, "Dorothy and the Prince of Oz".

In 2019 Sara was asked by Stanford University to be their Mohr Visiting Artist, teaching a course on the Dramaturgy of Design and and designing their production of Everybody. In addition to her work as a designer she is a puppet maker and puppeteer, a painter, and a damn fine cook. She received a Bessie Award for Faye Driscoll's 837 Venice Blvd. Her designs have been presented at the Prague Quadrennial and she has designed books, bookstores, and zoo exhibits.

B.A. Loyola University Chicago. M.F.A. New York University. Assistant Professor at University of Washington.

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Info

saracwalsh@gmail.com