Sarah Benson
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While Benson specializes in noncommercial work, in 2019 she directed an advertisement starring Michael C. Hall which aired in the 2019 Super Bowl entitled ''Skittles Commercial: The Broadway Musical'' to promote a brand of candy; ''Forbes'' described it as the "best Super Bowl ad of the year".
When developing a new project, Benson likes to collaborate intensively in the early stages of development with theatrical designers. With actors, she is interested in character and person co-existing in performance rather than character being used exclusively as a mask. Once in rehearsal she stages "really really fast" so she can start "seeing scenes on their feet".
During the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, when the theatre world was particularly hard hit, Benson and the other directors of Soho Rep, Cynthia Flowers and Meropi Peponides, noticed that many creative people were abandoning the city. They embarked on a plan in September 2020 to put artists on salary.
Benson has also worked with the O'Neill Playwrights Conference, the New York Stage and Film and the New Dramatists. She has mentored students in the theatre programs at New York University and Yale University. She lives in Brooklyn and is a member of the board of trustees of the Brooklyn College Foundation. Provided by Wikipedia
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11by Joris C. Verster, Andrew Scholey, Aurora J.A.E. van de Loo, Sarah Benson, Ann-Kathrin StockGet full text
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12by Joris C Verster, Aurora J.A.E. van de Loo, Sarah Benson, Andrew Scholey, Ann-Kathrin StockGet full text
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16by Pantea Kiani, Agnese Merlo, Hama M. Saeed, Sarah Benson, Gillian Bruce, Rosalie Hoorn, Aletta D. Kraneveld, Aurora J. A. E. van de Loo, Noortje R. Severeijns, Annabel S. M. Sips, Andrew Scholey, Johan Garssen, Joris C. VersterGet full text
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17by Emily O. C. Palmer, Lizanne Arnoldy, Elizabeth Ayre, Sarah Benson, Stephanie Balikji, Gillian Bruce, Fu Chen, Albertine E. van Lawick van Pabst, Aurora J. A. E. van de Loo, Charmaine J. I. van Rossum, Sean O’Neill, Andrew Scholey, Chantal Terpstra, Michelle van Wijk, Joris C. VersterGet full text
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18by Joris C. Verster, L. Darren Kruisselbrink, Karin A. Slot, Aikaterini Anogeianaki, Sally Adams, Chris Alford, Lizanne Arnoldy, Elisabeth Ayre, Stephanie Balikji, Sarah Benson, Gillian Bruce, Lydia E. Devenney, Michael R. Frone, Craig Gunn, Thomas Heffernan, Kai O. Hensel, Anna Hogewoning, Sean J. Johnson, Albertine E. van Lawick van Pabst, Aurora J.A.E. van de Loo, Marlou Mackus, Agnese Merlo, René J.L. Murphy, Lauren Owen, Emily O.C. Palmer, Charmaine J.I. van Rossum, Andrew Scholey, Chantal Terpstra, Vatsalya Vatsalya, Sterre A. Vermeulen, Michelle van Wijk, Ann-Kathrin StockGet full text
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