CREATIVE TEAM

Sarah Hankins – she/her/hers - (Artistic Director/Director for The Revolutionists) Sarah Hankins is honored to usher in our 20th Season, celebrating our renewed vision and commitment to amplifying diverse voices. Sarah joined the Triad Stage staff as Associate Artistic Director in 2017 and added Learning Director to her duties in August 2020. At Triad Stage she has directed White Lightning, Pride and Prejudice, and four seasons of A Christmas Carol, as well as appeared in The Passion of Teresa Rae King. Sarah worked in NYC for eight years as a freelance actor, director, and teaching artist with a thriving downtown career. Sarah is the former Artistic Director of the NYC eco-theatre Green Theatre Collective. Sarah was an Associate Artist at Orlando Shakespeare Theatre, where she performed, directed, and taught for six years. Regional credits include: Virginia Shakespeare, Georgia Shakespeare, Shakespeare & Company, Bristol Riverside, Virginia Shakespeare, Depot Theatre, and Burning Coal. Sarah has taught or directed at The College of St. Elizabeth in NJ, UNCSA, Greensboro College, GTCC, UNCG, Elon University, and Guilford College. She is a proud Appalachian, the daughter of a newspaper editor and a quilter, and graduate of Davidson College and the UNCG MFA Directing Program. When not at the theater, you can find Sarah keeping bees in Montgomery County, creating cocktail infusions, and hanging with her ginger cat Toby. www.sarahhankins.com

Kate Holland – she/her/hers - (Executive Director) Kate Holland is a Multi-hyphenate theatre professional. Her specialties include General and Production Management, Stage Management, Directing, and Acting. Credits span on and off Broadway, tours, and significant work in educational theatre at schools such as Juilliard, NYU, and the University of Maryland. A current Ph.D. student in the University of Kentucky’s Arts Administration program, Kate’s research area is sustainable work practices in the theatre, with a particular focus around union labor and holistic approaches to worklife balance in the notoriously abusive entertainment industry.

Actors’ Equity Association (“Equity”), founded in 1913, is the U.S. labor union that represents more than 51,000 professional Actors and Stage Managers. Equity fosters the art of live theatre as an essential component of society and advances the careers of its members by negotiating wages, improving working conditions and providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. Actors’ Equity is a member of the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. #EquityWorks