#59 - PlayME - Interview with Kat Sandler




PlayME show

Summary: <h3>Interview with Kat Sandler</h3><br> <p>Laura Mullin talks with playwright Kat Sandler about her play, Bang Bang. Their in-depth conversation covers a wide range of topics including where Kat draws her inspiration, her process, and the challenge of writing about race and cultural appropriation. </p><br> <p> </p><br> <p>BIO:</p><br> <p>Kat Sandler - playwright / director</p><br> <p>Kat Sandler is a writer, director and the Artistic Director of Theatre Brouhaha. She has directed twelve of her original plays in the last six years, including Toronto Best of Fringe hits Bright Lights, Punch Up and Help Yourself (winner of the New Play Contest), Delicacy (Summerworks Spotlight Award), and Liver, Cockfight and Retreat (Storefront Theatre). Other directing credits include Big Plans, 27 Wagons Full of Cotton, Cabaret, and The Goat, or Who is Sylvia. She was a member of the Tarragon Playwrights Unit, where she developed Mustard (Dora Mavor Moore Award, Outstanding New Play), and is currently the Canada Council Playwright in Residence at Tarragon. She was the 2015 recipient of NOW Magazine’s Audience Choice Award for Best Director and Best Playwright. Kat is a graduate of the Queen’s University Drama Program.</p>