Sarah Benson

Sarah Benson is an Obie award-winning director based in New York City. Credits include Minor Music at the End of the World (International Theater Amsterdam, Teatro Goldoni, Venice), The Receptionist (Second Stage), Tartuffe (NYTW), Teeth (Playwrights Horizons & New World Stages), The Welkin (Atlantic), Fairview (Soho Rep, TFANA & Berkeley Rep), In The Blood (Signature). Other shows at Soho Rep: Samara, Futurity (also ART, Walker Arts Center), An Octoroon (also TFANA), …Walt Disney, Elective Affinities (site-specific), and Blasted. Recipient of Obie Award, Obie for Sustained Excellence, Vilcek Prize, SDC Callaway Award, Outer Critics’ Circle and multiple nominations from Drama Desk, Drama League, and Lortel Awards. Benson was a Director of Soho Rep from 2007 – 2023. Upcoming: César Alvarez’s The Potluck for Soho Rep & INTAR; Minor Music at the End of the World (BAM Harvey).