theater maker • director • educator
A freelance director, Sara is known for her highly collaborative, inclusive and ensemble based approach to theater making. Emerging from a background in physical theater and devising, Sara is passionate about new play development, amplifying underrepresented voices and cultivating projects that push the boundaries of both form and content.
DEVISING/COLLABORATION + DIRECTION
RECLAIM*
Devised by the company
Created & Directed by Sara Katzoff and Amy Brentano Second Street, Second Chances/ BCC 2025
REPAIR*
Devised by the company
Created & Directed by Sara Katzoff and Amy Brentano Second Street, Second Chances/ BCC 2024
SHE KILLS MONSTERS
by Qui Nguyen Daniel Arts Center/ Bard College at Simon's Rock 2024
RELEASE*
Devised by the company
Created & Directed by Sara Katzoff and Amy Brentano Second Street, Second Chances/ BCC 2023
THE MOORS
by Jen Silverman Daniel Arts Center/ Bard College at Simon's Rock 2023
ONEIROLOGY 405* Daniel Arts Center/ Bard College at Simon's Rock 2023
Devised by the company
INTIMATE APPAREL Mass College of Liberal Arts (Guest Artist) 2022
by Lynn Nottage
JOSEPHINE * University at Albany (Guest Artist) 2021
by Yetunde Babalola
THERE WAS A DENT THERE * University at Albany (Guest Artist) 2021
by Claire Dell-Priscoli
PALIMPSEST2021 * Mass College of Liberal Arts (Guest Artist) 2021
Created & Devised by The Company
...AND JESUS MOONWALKS THE MISSISSIPPI Joan & Edgar Booth Theater, 2019
by Marcus Gardley
FRACTURED DREAMS * WAM Theatre (Intergenerational Ensemble) 2019
Created & Devised by The Company
PARTICULARLY IN THE HEARTLAND The Foundry/ Bazaar Productions, 2019
by The TEAM
THE LATHE OF HEAVEN * Joan & Edgar Booth Theater, 2019
By Ursula K. LeGuin, adapted by Natsu Onota Power
LAUGHS IN SPANISH * Boston Playwrights Theatre, 2019 (Workshop Premiere)
by Alexis Scheer
BEOWULF: A THOUSAND YEARS OF BAGGAGE Boston University, 2018
By Dave Malloy and Jason Craig
PARTICULARLY IN THE HEARTLAND Boston University, 2018
by The TEAM
THE CLEAN HOUSE Boston University, 2018
by Sarah Ruhl
RIOT * Mass College of Liberal Arts , Guest Director, 2017
Created & Devised by The Wardrobe Ensemble
A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS' DREAM Winthrop Theater, Berkshire Country Day School, 2017
by William Shakespeare
THE EXONERATED University at Albany Arena Theatre, Guest Artist, 2016
By Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen
FACING OUR TRUTH (Co- Producer/Co- Director) Kickwheel Ensemble Theater/Multicultural Bridge, Daniel Arts Center, 2016
Six Plays on Race and Privilege in America
by Quetzal Flores, Winter Miller, Marcus Gardley,
Domonique Morisseau, Tala Manassah, Dan O'Brian,
Mona Mansour, A . Rey Pamatmat
PASSAGE * Kickwheel Ensemble Theater, 2016
Created & Devised by The Company
NO MORE MONSTERS HERE WAM Theatre/Multicultural Bridge/Colonial Theater, 2016
by Marcus Gardley
NOISES OFF Mass College of Liberal Arts, Guest Artist 2016
By Michael Frayn
TWELFTH NIGHT Winthrop Theater, Berkshire Country Day School, 2016
by William Shakespeare
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST Winthrop Theater, Berkshire Country Day School, 2015
By Oscar Wilde
THE SECOND SIDE * Barrington Stage, Playwright Mentorship Program, 2015
Created & Devised by The Company
DOG SEES GOD Mass College of Liberal Arts, Guest Artist 2015
by Burt C. Royal
OFFMAP * Winthrop Theater, Berkshire Country Day School, 2015
Created & Devised by The Company
THE MOTHERF**KER WITH THE HAT Mass College of Liberal Arts, Guest Artist 2014
By Stephen Adley Guirgis
THE TEMPEST Winthrop Theater, Berkshire Country Day School, 2014
by William Shakespeare
EVERYWOMAN * WAM Theatre/University at Albany, 2014
by Caroline Yalkut
THE STALK * Winthrop Theater, Berkshire Country Day School, 2014
by Sara Katzoff
THIS GENERATION , MY GENERATION * Barrington Stage, Playwright Mentorship Program, 2014
Created & Devised by The Company, written by Sara Katzoff
DARK : AN END OF THE WORLD PLAY * Kickwheel Ensemble Theater/Mixed Company, 2014
by Timothy Ryan Olson
MISS VALENTINE * Ivy Austin Productions, New York, NY, 2013
by Nadine Bernard
BAD INFLUENCE STEVEN * Kickwheel Ensemble Theater, 2013
Created & Devised by The Company
A VISIT HOME * WAM Theater, 24Hour Theater Project, 2013
by Richard Sweet
THE DECADE PROJECT * WAM Theatre, 10X10 Upstreet Arts Festival, 2013
Created & Devised by The Company
GROUNDED * Shakespeare & Company, 24Hour Theater Project, 2012
by Keli Newby
MEMORY IN BONES * Berkshire Theater Festival, Made In The Berkshires Festival, 2011
by Sanjiban Selew
CRIMES OF THE HEART Daniel Arts Center, Bard College at Simon’s Rock, 2010
by Beth Henley
THE WAYPOINT * Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, 2010
by Iris Daughterman
LONG WAY DOWN * Berkshire Fringe, 2009
Devised by the Company
MOONCHILDREN Daniel Arts Center, Assistant Director for Karen Allen, 2008
by Michael Weller
365 DAYS /365 PLAYS The Berkshire Fringe, 2007
by Suzan-Lori Parks
* indicates new work