Sarna Lapine

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Sarna Lapine is currently mounting the 2nd National Tour of South Pacific based on Bartlett Sher’s Lincoln Center Theater Production. Broadway Associate and Assistant Director credits include: Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Sondheim on Sondheim, South Pacific, Awake and Sing! and The Light in the Piazza. Regional and Off-Broadway credits include: resident director, 1st National Tour of South Pacific; director, The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion, Intiman Theatre; Community Programs Associate for Singing Forest by Craig Lucas and Love and Taxes by Josh Kornbluth, Intiman Theatre. Sarna has worked as a creative consultant on: new musicals in development, as well as cabaret shows for artists such as Paulo Szot and Emily Bergl. She has directed readings of new works at venues such as AracaWorks at Ars Nova, New York Theatre Workshop, Dixon Place and the Depot Theatre.

Feature film: Assistant to Writer/Director Nicole Holofcener, Please Give (2010). Short films: Producer, Sinkhole by Eric Scherbarth (2009); Writer/Director, Self-Defense produced by Kristen Konvitz (2008); Producer, Human Resources by Jonathan van Tulleken (2007); Director/Co-Producer, Lucía, written by Juan Raigada Fernandez (2007); Writer/Producer, Last Exit, directed by Jeff Sousa (2006); Director/Producer, My Saraab, a documentary (2005). Sarna received her M.F.A. from Columbia University, School of the Arts, Film Division (2009). She was honored with the IFP/Marcie Bloom Fellowship (2008-09) as well as the film division’s casting and producing fellowships.

Prior to working in the entertainment industry Sarna spent a decade climbing mountains and rock faces all over the world. She worked as a professional climbing guide and experiential educator for organizations such as Outward Bound and Passages Northwest. She also worked in arts education with youth in (and out of) the juvenile justice system. Sarna's passion for storytelling has been shaped by her adventures and her belief that the arts can influence social change.

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