Sarah/SGS, VP of Programming joined the Arts Commons team in 2023. Prior to her move to Calgary, she was the Artistic Producer for the National Creation Fund (NAC). In her spare moments she continues to co-steward the historic Birchdale, direct and dramaturg for the theatre. SGS holds her Ph.D. in Cultural Studies from Queen’s University.

During her tenure in English Theatre at Canada’s National Arts Centre, she led The Cycle(s): a 7-year project dedicated to transformation in Canadian Theatre and The Collaborations: a curatorial adventure impacted national conversations about making great theatre. She is co-founder of SpiderWebShow: the first digital theatre company in Canada and FOLDA, an internationally recognized festival dedicated to live digital art. She also co-founded the Baby Grand Theatre, was the 1st female Artistic Director at Buddies in Bad Times and was the inaugural Artistic Associate for The Magnetic North Theatre Festival.

A frequent speaker and panelist, this award-winning artist was the recipient of the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas’ Elliot Hayes Award, Honorary Member for Canadian Association for Theatre Research, and was named a 2022 and 2023 Arne Bengt Johansson Fellow at The Banff Forum. SGS is on the board of the Canadian Theatre Museum, Theatre Alberta and is on the leadership advisory for Buddies in Bad Times Theatre and the National Advisory for the National Creation Fund. She is co-authoring Manifesto for Now with Owais Lightwala.