Discipline: Theatre – playwriting

Sarah Hammond

Discipline: Theatre – playwriting
Region: Brooklyn, NY
MacDowell Fellowships: 2007, 2009, 2012

Sarah Hammond worked on a musical about Mary Shelley with composer Katie Hathaway. She was a resident playwright at New Dramatists for seven years and has held an Uncharted residency at Ars Nova. She has also been in residency at the Royal National Theater. Her work has been commissioned by South Coast Rep and Broadway Across America.

Studios

Van Zorn (formerly Kirby)

Sarah Hammond worked in the Van Zorn (formerly Kirby) studio.

Constructed thanks to a bequest from Sarah L. Kirby, Kirby Studio was the last new building to be erected during Mrs. MacDowell’s leadership (1907-1951). The load-bearing masonry walls were laid by local mason Augustus Beaulieu atop a fieldstone foundation. A 1995 renovation preserved the brick fireplace with wooden mantel and…

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