Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions

Selected Student Bios

Sara Simons

Sara Simons is a PhD student and adjunct faculty in NYU Steinhardt's Program in Educational Theatre.  Sara has a BA from Wellesley College in Theatre and Women’s Studies and an MA from Emerson College in Theatre Education with K-12 teaching certification.  She has taught as adjunct faculty at Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology in Boston and worked in the Boston and DC public schools.  Sara has a longstanding interest in sexuality education and worked for Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts designing sex education curricula for middle school and high school students before starting her doctoral studies at NYU.  She is interested in the intersections of educational theatre and sex education and has presented on this topic at the American Alliance for Theatre & Education, Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed, and other conferences.  Sara’s stage management credits include Steel Magnolias (Alithea Theatre Company), Sonia Flew (NYU Educational Theatre), and Headscarf and the Angry Bitch (NYC Fringe).

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