Kat Sandler
Canadian playwright and theatre director
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Katherine Sandler is a Canadian actress, playwright, and theatre director.[1] She is the Artistic Director of Theatre Brouhaha in Toronto, which she co-founded with Tom McGee.[2][3]
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| Born | Katherine Sandler Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Alma mater | Queen's University at Kingston |
| Occupation | playwright |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Notable work | Mustard |
| Awards | Dora Mavor Moore Award |
Early life and education
Sandler was born and raised in Toronto,[4] and she attended secondary school at the University of Toronto Schools in the class of 2004.[5] She studied at the Dan School of Drama and Music at Queen's University, graduating in 2008.[2]
Career
As an actress, Sandler appeared in the Theatre Gargantua productions of Fibber (2008) and Imprints (2011).[6][7] She considers herself to be primarily a playwright and director, and she has directed most of her own plays.[8]
Sandler won the New Play Contest at the Toronto Fringe Festival with Help Yourself in 2012.[9] In 2016, she was awarded the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play for Mustard.[10] She adapted her play Yaga (2019), a reimagining of the myth of Baba Yaga, into a television series for the Canadian streaming service Crave, and she was also the showrunner for production in 2026.[11]
Plays
- Earth-Bound Angel (2009)[12]
- Lovesexmoney (2011)[13][14]
- Help Yourself (2012)[15]
- Delicacy (2012)[13][16]
- Rock (2013)[13]
- We Are the Bomb (2013)[17]
- Will (2013)[18]
- Sucker (2013)[13]
- Cockfight (2014)[19]
- Punch-Up (2014)[20]
- Retreat (2014)[21]
- Liver (2015)[22]
- Late Night (2016)[23]
- Mustard (2016)[10]
- Bright Lights (2016)[24]
- The End of the World Club (2017)[25]
- Bang Bang (2018)[3]
- Yaga (2019)[3]
- Wildwoman (2023)[3]
- Anne of Green Gables (2025)[26]
