Sarah O'Brecht

Sarah O’Brecht is a Toronto-based artist from Saint John, New Brunswick. On screen, she has appeared in Mother of Invention, Lady Darb, Adulting, Good Witch, and Warehouse 13. Sarah wrote, produced, and acted in Good With Her, a short directed by Sheila McCarthy. Her writer/director debut she her him appeared at the Reelworld Festival with YEAA Shorts. Her theatre credits include 1979 (TNB), Noises Off, Mamma Mia (Neptune), No Man is an Island (Atlantic Rep), Anne of Green Gables, Mamma Mia, Alice Through the Looking Glass (Charlottetown), Jersey Boys, Chicago (Stage West), Guys and Dolls (Segal Centre), Johnny Belinda (Smile). Sarah assistant directed Beauty and the Beast (Globe) and Lucy Maud & Anne (Smile), and was the dramaturge for the 2023 Banks Cabaret (MSC). She is the co-founder and Artistic Producer of Theatre Making Movement, a development symposium that featured inaugural keynote speaker Susan Stroman. Sarah has been a guest artist at the Watershed Festival at Queens University, Sheridan College, and The Musical Stage Company. She produced Race Cards (in Two Acts) for Prime Mover Theatre Co, completed the Innovators Program at Nightwood Theatre, and is a member of the Monster Collective. Sarah is currently the Apprentice Artistic Director of The Musical Stage Company. @sarahobrecht | www.sarahobrecht.com