Sarah Cameron Sunde is an American theatrical director and translator based in New York City

New York City

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. She is a graduate of the UCLA School of Theater Film and Television

UCLA School of Theater Film and Television

The UCLA School of Theatre, Film, and Television , is one of the twelve schools within UCLA. It is located in Los Angeles, California, USA, and is unique in that it combines all three of these aspects into a single school. The graduate programs are usually ranking within the top 3 nationally,...

, and is a Lincoln Center Directors Lab alum. She has directed plays in New York City, California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

 and Great Britain

Great Britain

Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...

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Career

In 2004 she translated and directed Jon Fosse

Jon Fosse

Jon Fosse is a Norwegian author and dramatist.Fosse was born in Haugesund, Norway and currently lives in Bergen. He debuted in 1983 with the novel Raudt, svart . His first play, Og aldri skal vi skiljast, was performed and published in 1994. Jon Fosse has written novels, short stories, poetry,...

’s Night Sings Its Songs at the Culture Project in New York City, and the following year she directed The Asphalt Kiss by Nelson Rodrigues

Nélson Rodrigues

Nelson Falcão Rodrigues was a Brazilian playwright, journalist and novelist. In 1943, he helped usher in a new era in Brazilian theater with his play Vestido de Noiva , considered revolutionary for the complex exploration of its characters' psychology and its use of colloquial dialog...

 at the Off-Broadway

Off-Broadway

Off-Broadway theater is a term for a professional venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, and for a specific production of a play, musical or revue that appears in such a venue, and which adheres to related trade union and other contracts...

59E59 Theaters. She directed her translation of Fosse's deathvariations in 2006 and SaKaLa in 2008.

Sarah Cameron Sunde is a co-founder of both Oslo Elsewhere and the Translation Think Tank.

Awards

• Robert & Gloria Hausman Theater Award, Princess Grace Fellowship in Directing (2005)
• Artist Award, American Scandinavian Society (2005)