About Sarah
Sarah Jacklin is a director and performer working in Baltimore. Sarah takes on dense, absurd, ensemble pieces with dreamlike logic. Her themes are class struggle, environmental decay and and the schizophrenic experience of contemporary culture.
Ms. Jacklin graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2007 with a Sculpture BFA. Professionally she helps runs Bike Powered Events LLC, and developed and designed exhibits at Port Discovery from 2007-2015… more
Trial in the Woods
Working with a limited budget, I made a calculated choice to lean into the school play, childlike, and naive with my production design, using paper masks, primary colors, and broad symbolic costuming to indicate animals identities.
Written by Stephanie Barber, Trail in the Woods is one part crime procedural and one part fable. But it's really a comedy about ethics, compassion, and the failures of punitive justice. The script, is poignant and funny, it has since been published by Plays Inverse. You can buy it here http://www.playsinverse.com/catalog/trial-in-the-woods.html or they often have it at Normals.
About the script:
"If Eugène Ionesco were commissioned to write a posthumanist spoof of The Stranger and wellness culture while on acid, the result might look something like Stephanie Barber's rollicking and thoroughly enjoyable Trial in the Woods"
- Jackie Wang author of The Sunflower Cast A Spell To Save Us From The Void
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Murdered Pennstin holding her entrails.Isa Leal as Pennstin the Young Wolf and Emily Hall as Prosecutor Lynx photo credit: Dave Iden
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Show Poster (Artist Mika Nakano)
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Still from video for Trial in the Woods.VIdeos for Trial in the Woods were a collaboration with filmmaker Miles Engel-Hawbecker
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Trial Production credit: Dave Iden (2018)June 2018, I produced, costumed, and directed Trial in the Woods, a new play commissioned from the artist Stephanie Barber. Woods is a courtroom drama, in which a tight-knit community of animals put the very notion of punitive justice on trial after the murder of a young wolf disturbs their sense of fairness.
1-800-MICE
I co-wrote and directed this adaptation of Matthew Thurber's 1-800-MICE for The Annex Theater 2016 season.
This ensemble cast of nine to play a revolving cast of screwball characters, in punk-rock, slap stick adventure story about finding yourself just in time for the Apoclaypse.
Reviews:
"As with Anti-Klaus, Jacklin's dramaturgy cocktail is made of one part American wholesomeness, one part latent oblivion, and two parts holyfuckingshit... this play may be as close as some of us will ever come to seeing a Jack Smith performance in the flesh"
- Brett McCabe B-MORE ART
"It’s a risk to go all-in on bold, avant-garde projects on that Jacklin taking on the challenge of adapting and staging a bizarre comic with a cult following like 1-800-MICE (made) pay off beautifully. 1-800-MICE is a smart, absurd comedy that manages to be thought-provoking and topical while hurtling you through space at the speed of a meteor headed straight for Earth. Loosen your grip on narrative realism and go take this ride."
- DC Metro Arts
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1-800-MICEShow Poster and Production Stills, 1-800-MICE, 2016
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The Marriage of a Man and a TreeChlorie Kyxlab (Suzie Dougan) and Officer Nabb (Phillip Rodgers) being wed by Mayor Scorpion Opener, to bring peace between man and tree.
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Groomfiend StrugglesNina Kearin as Groomfiend in 1-800-MICE. (photo credit: Dave Iden)
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The L.A. Shogun (Alex Scalley)
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Groomfiend (In Need of Coffee)
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1-800 MICEWillie Winkie
The Lord of Flies
Festival Planning and Curating
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MONDO FESTO: Ten Minute Play FestivalIn 2015, I solicited scripts for a ten minute play festival, selecting the strongest and strangest six. I then invited six directors to cast and produce these new scripts for MONDO FESTO, held at EMP Collective on August 21st 2015. I promoted this event, assisted with technical rehearsals, and was master of ceremonies. Plays and artists included: Shark Boyd S2 E6: The One with the Twist By Trevor Wilhelms | Directed by Martin Kasey Ebon Kojo: The Last Tribe By Scott Patterson | Directed by Nehprii Amenii Seasonings: Musical Menu (filmed by Carly Bales) Written and Directed by Rjyan Kidwell and Connor Kizer Trouble in Old Man Maple By Brett Abelman | Directed by June Keating Cherry Tarts on Mars By Molly Marguelies | Directed by Jake Budenz Basic Animal By Sarah Lamar | Devised and Directed by Dionná Fletcher
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17799239_10101712426854803_6587005804975068102_n.jpgIn 2016 I curated a performances for a peep show booth at The Annex Theater's Metamfiesme Annual Gala.
Blood for Dracula
Starring:
Ishai Barnoy Mike Smith
Marian Keramati
and Danni Tsuboi