Sarah Saltzberg
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Sarah Saltzberg is an American
actress and singer. She most recently starred in and produced the improv and sketch comedy show Don't Quit Your Night Job at the Ha! Comedy Club in New York
. Also she recently appeared in the movie City Island as the Casting Director. Sarah is currently represented as a writer in the off-Broadway comedy "Miss Abigail's Guide to Dating, Mating, and Marriage."
She made her Broadway
debut starring as Logainne Schwartzandgrubenierre in William Finn
and Rachel Sheinkin's The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
, a role which she originated with improvisational comedy troupe The Farm
. She had previously worked as a weekend nanny for playwright Wendy Wasserstein
, whose influence helped bring William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin to the creative team of "Spelling Bee".
She has appeared off-Broadway as Helen in The Donkey Show
, Cherry in Sinfully Rich, as Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream
, in her one-woman show Dear Diary (Broadway Spotlight Series, Ars Nova
), as well as throughout NYC in long-form improv comedy with the Upright Citizen's Brigade.
For the past ten years, Saltzberg has been teaching improvisation to students in grades K-5 at P.S. 6 on the Upper East Side
.
She is a native of Needham
, Massachusetts
, and a graduate of Boston University
's theatre performance program. Her brother, Adam Saltzberg, is a reality television producer. She also works as a real estate broker in New York.
United States
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actress and singer. She most recently starred in and produced the improv and sketch comedy show Don't Quit Your Night Job at the Ha! Comedy Club in New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. Also she recently appeared in the movie City Island as the Casting Director. Sarah is currently represented as a writer in the off-Broadway comedy "Miss Abigail's Guide to Dating, Mating, and Marriage."
She made her Broadway
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
debut starring as Logainne Schwartzandgrubenierre in William Finn
William Finn
William Alan Finn is an American composer and lyricist of musicals. His musical Falsettos received the 1992 Tony Awards for Best Music and Lyrics and for Best Book.-Biography:...
and Rachel Sheinkin's The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a one act musical comedy conceived by Rebecca Feldman with music and lyrics by William Finn, a book by Rachel Sheinkin and additional material by Jay Reiss. The show centers on a fictional spelling bee set in a geographically ambiguous Putnam Valley...
, a role which she originated with improvisational comedy troupe The Farm
The Farm
The Farm may refer to:In places:* The Farm , a government residence in Canada and home to the Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons* The Farm , a community center in California, U.S....
. She had previously worked as a weekend nanny for playwright Wendy Wasserstein
Wendy Wasserstein
Wendy Wasserstein was an American playwright and an Andrew Dickson White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University...
, whose influence helped bring William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin to the creative team of "Spelling Bee".
She has appeared off-Broadway as Helen in The Donkey Show
The Donkey Show (musical)
The Donkey Show: A Midsummer Night's Disco is a theatrical adaptation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. The production, created in a disco-era style, was written by Diane Paulus and her husband Randy Weiner and first appeared Off-Broadway, opening August 18, 1999. The show subsequently...
, Cherry in Sinfully Rich, as Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a play that was written by William Shakespeare. It is believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta...
, in her one-woman show Dear Diary (Broadway Spotlight Series, Ars Nova
Ars nova
Ars nova refers to a musical style which flourished in France and the Burgundian Low Countries in the Late Middle Ages: more particularly, in the period between the preparation of the Roman de Fauvel and the death of the composer Guillaume de Machaut in 1377...
), as well as throughout NYC in long-form improv comedy with the Upright Citizen's Brigade.
For the past ten years, Saltzberg has been teaching improvisation to students in grades K-5 at P.S. 6 on the Upper East Side
Upper East Side
The Upper East Side is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, between Central Park and the East River. The Upper East Side lies within an area bounded by 59th Street to 96th Street, and the East River to Fifth Avenue-Central Park...
.
She is a native of Needham
Needham, Massachusetts
Needham is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. A suburb of Boston, its population was 28,886 at the 2010 census.- History :...
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
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, and a graduate of Boston University
Boston University
Boston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...
's theatre performance program. Her brother, Adam Saltzberg, is a reality television producer. She also works as a real estate broker in New York.