Actor & Playwright

Sara
Porkalob

(she/her/they)

Sara Porkalob is a theater maker, cultural worker, and creator of The Dragon Cycle, a trilogy of matrilineal musicals about her Filipina American gangster family; one play for each generation built around a central female protagonist. The first in the cycle, Dragon Lady, premiered at Intiman Theatre and was the recipient of three 2018 Gregory Awards (Outstanding Sound/Music Design, Outstanding Actress in a Musical, and Outstanding Musical Production). The second in the cycle, Dragon Mama, premiered at American Repertory Theatre (A.R.T.) and was the recipient of two 2019 Elliot Norton Awards (Outstanding New Script and Outstanding Solo Performance). Dragon Baby is currently in development. Awards and nominations include: 2021 Princess Grace Award Winner for Theater, 2020 nominee Seattle Mayor’s Arts Award, The Seattle Times “11 Movers and Shakers to Watch this Decade,” 2019 nominee for Americans for the Arts Johnson Fellowship for Artists Transforming Communities, and Seattle Magazine’s “2018’s Most Influential People.” Broadway: 1776. She’s a Creative Consultant with the City of Seattle and their Creative Strategies Initiative (CSI), a new city effort that uses arts- and culture-based approaches to build racial and gender equity in non-arts policy areas like the environment, housing, workforce, and community development. @sporkalob & www.saraporkalob.com

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