BIO
Sarah Rasmussen is the Artistic Director at McCarter Theatre Center, where she is thrilled to carry on its long tradition of championing innovative art. Prior to McCarter, Rasmussen was Artistic Director of the Jungle Theater in Minneapolis, where in recognition of her directing work she was named Star Tribune’s Artist of the Year. Rasmussen also served as Resident Director for Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Black Swan Lab new work development program and Head of MFA Directing at the University of Texas at Austin. She has directed at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the Guthrie, Dallas Theater Center, Actors Theater of Louisville and La Jolla Playhouse, and is an alum of the SoHo Rep. and Lincoln Center Directing Labs. She was an inaugural recipient of the BOLD Leadership Circle grant and is also the recipient of a Princess Grace Award, an Ivey Award for Overall Excellence, and Drama League and Fulbright fellowships. Rasmussen holds a Master of Fine Arts from the University of California, San Diego.
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