Sabrina Mandell is the founder, Artistic Co-Director and Executive Director of Happenstance Theater. The ensemble often refers to her as “Visionary Tornado”. She has written, produced and performed prolifically since the company's founding in 2006. She was nominated for a Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Actress in 2017. She has won two Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Costume Design. Sabrina performed for 10 years with the Big Apple Circus’ Clown Care Program in DC and Baltimore and has taught Theatrical Clown and Physical Comedy at the Shakespeare Theatre DC, Everyman Theatre in Baltimore, Round House Theatre, Duke Ellington School of the Arts, and the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. She is also a poet, visual artist and graphic designer.
I am available to manage, direct, advise, teach, design, collaborate and create.