Sarah Wharton

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Sarah is an award-winning writer, producer and actor who grew up moving around the world and is now based in New York City. Her feature That’s Not Us played at over 35 festivals and was released as a Netflix exclusive through Strand Releasing. She previously collaborated as an actor and associate producer on Percival’s Big Night and Jane Wants A Boyfriend, currently playing on Showtime. A life-long Third Culture Kid, Sarah has continued to travel and puts global art-making at the forefront of her artistry. She has produced work in New York, Oslo, London, New Orleans and served as associate producer for the Harare International Festival of The Arts in Zimbabwe. She is currently a producer with The Spangler Group - a film, television and theater production company currently developing Happy Trails, a Broadway-bound musical written by Oscar and Tony award winner Marshall Brickman and composed by Oscar winner T Bone Burnett. Sarah aslo stars in and produced The Ring Thing, a documentary-narrative hybrid about same-gender marriage has been acquired by Gravitas Ventures and is currently on the festival circuit. Most recently, she produced Bite Me, a subversive romantic comedy about a real-life vampire and the IRS agent who audits her. The film is currently in post-production. Sarah has written for Backstage Magazine, The Huffington Post, and is a contributing creator of Rocco, Chelsea, Adriana, Sean, Claudia, Gianna, Alex - a play about the polarization of America. Sarah is a member of The Private Theatre - a non-profit theatre company dedicated to creating new work in new ways.