Sarah Rasmussen

Sarah Rasmussen

Director, The Two Gentlemen of Verona

In three seasons at OSF: Resident Director, Black Swan Lab; Princess Grace Apprenticeship, Black Swan Lab; Phil Killian Directing Fellow, Assistant Director, Ruined, The Merchant of Venice

Other theatres: I & You (Marin Theatre Company); In the Next Room (Jungle Theater, ZACH Theatre); The Seven (Ten Thousand Things); We Play for the Gods (Women’s Project); Bureau of Missing Persons (Neighborhood Productions, New York City); Ballad of 222& 223, Hero Dad (Actors Theatre of Louisville Humana Festival); Chile Pod (La Jolla Playhouse); Crashing the Party, Red Ink, 1001 (Mixed Blood). Developed and/or directed new work at such theatres as New York Theater Workshop, Arena Stage, O’Neill Playwrights Conference, The Lark, PlayPenn, Chautauqua Theater Company and The Playwrights’ Center and has worked as an assistant director on Broadway.  Alumnus of the Soho Rep Writers and Directors Lab, Lincoln Center Directors Lab, The Drama League of New York and Women's Project Lab. 

Teaching: Associate Professor and head of MFA Directing, University of Texas, Austin. 

Awards and Honors: IVEY Award, Fulbright Scholar. 

Education: MFA, University of California, San Diego.