C R E A T I V E
Director | Dramaturg
[stage | screen]
Sanja Simić is an award-winning theatre director and dramaturg, currently based in Megandjin, on the unceded lands of the Turrbal and Jagera people.
Recent directorial credits include IRL (La Boite, 2023), Naked & Screaming (La Boite, 2021), CAESAR (La Boite, 2021), and Lysa & The Freeborn Dames (La Boite, 2018). With independent company Bodysnatchers, which she co-founded with playwright Mark Rogers, she has directed Plastic (2017), Soothsayers (2012), and Blood Pressure (Sydney, 2012), as well as multiple seasons of Kirby Medway’s Encounter in Sydney, Adelaide, and Melbourne.
As La Boite’s Creative Producer (2017-21), she led the programming team in delivering the company’s suite of Artist Development Programs. She also programmed and delivered the company’s annual HWY festival of new work for five consecutive years. She was Director in Residence at La Boite Theatre Company from 2021-22 and Creative Producer from 2017-2021. She was Development Executive for Unless Pictures from 2021-23.
AWARDS
Best Director, Naked & Screaming, Matilda Awards 2022 (Winner)
Best Director, CAESAR, Matilda Awards 2022 (Nominated)
Best Mainstage Production, Naked & Screaming, Matilda Awards 2022 (Winner)
Best Female Actor in a Leading Role, Naked & Screaming, Matilda Awards 2022 (Winner)
Best Male Actor in a Leading Role, Naked & Screaming, Matilda Awards 2022 (Nominated)
Best Sound Design, Naked & Screaming, Matilda Awards 2022 (Nominated)
Best Set & Costume Design,Naked & Screaming, Matilda Awards 2022 (Nominated)