Calling all creative youth! Come to the info session to meet the team and see what it's all about! To sign up, email me at sarahbplotkin@gmail.com, or reach out to Rahmel Mack at GIAC:  RMack@cityofithaca.org / (607) 342-3211

When his husband dies, Remy Washington, a Black man, finds himself both the owner of a drive-in movie theater and a caregiver to his late husband’s straight, white teenage son, Pup. Monsters of the American Cinema is a haunting and deeply honest tale about fathers and sons, ghosts and monsters.

It's been a joy to associate direct this production alongside director Rachel Lampert. I've also worked as the Outreach Coordinator; check out our fun engagement events!

Kitchen Table Talks: short pre-show dialogues between you - our audiences - and community leaders, subject experts, originating artists, or others.

• “Teens, Parents and Monsters in Horror Movies,” Thursday, September 28, 6:45 PM
• “Finding Community through Horror,” Saturday, September 30, 6:45 PM

Meet the Artists, Friday, September 29, 8:45 PM

• A post-show conversation with the artists.

Monster Movie: Creature from the Black Lagoon, Friday, September 29, 10:00 PM

• In Monsters of the American Cinema, the characters are obsessed with classic monster movies. We’re celebrating their favorite flick with a special screening!

Affinity Night, Saturday, September 30 at 6:45 PM

• For this performance, we will intentionally invite and engage with those communities whose identities are most central within the play. All are welcome.

Discounts are available for groups of 6 or more, students, and artists. We'll also have pay-what-you-can tickets available the hour before every performance while seats are available.

Story House Ithaca and OJI:SDA’ Sustainable Indigenous Futures are pleased to present Artist Gym, an innovative workshop that uses arts-based exercises to inspire creative connection. Led by theater artist Sarah Plotkin and photographer Tahila Mintz, we’ll move, create visual art, improvise, and write in a fun, supportive environment.

This session explores reflection and connection. How do we clear the mind and center ourselves as we move through transitions? What is the role of light, water, and other elements in our experience of self-reflection and community connection?

Civic Ensemble presents the world premiere of Fertile Grounds by Katie Ka Vang, directed by Carley Robinson.

Fertile Grounds is the powerful story of loss, grief, healing, and connection. This world premiere community-based play invites the audience onto a BIPOC farming cooperative to explore what it means to be well, and to heal.

I've had the joy of supporting production for this play and am constantly blown away by the thought, care and creativity Civic brings to its work. Tickets are pay-what-you-can!

• June 2nd-4th: The Soil Factory (142 Ithaca Beer Dr, Ithaca, NY 14850)
• ​June 9th-11th: Community School of Music and Arts (330 E State St, Ithaca, NY 14850)

Cirque du Soleil clown Daniel Passer and Cornell professor of performing and media arts Beth Milles are co-creating a clown play about memory to premiere at The Cherry Arts.  Inspired by a village designed for people faced with cognitive decline, and research emerging from the village, Heading into Night explores the unexpected humor and discoveries to be found in the loss of memory, deeply honoring the experience of people whose memories are fading.

“Looking through the lens of clown, and bringing a sense of joy and childlike innocence to the theme of memory, has been a rich landscape to explore. I love collaborating with Beth and dreaming up the impossible and striving to bring it to life.” – Daniel Passer

Performance Times
Fri Mar 17, 7:30 pm //Sat Mar 18, 7:30 pm // Sun Mar 19, 2:00 pm
​Fri Mar 24, 7:30 pm //Sat Mar 25, 7:30 pm // Sun Mar 26, 2:00 pm

WoW's NoW is a new program dedicated to discovering, exploring, and celebrating new works of musical theatre by New York State-based writers with Tompkins County artists and audiences. 

Our inaugural WoW's NoW festival will present staged readings of three musicals in development.
​I'll be directing Something Blue!

SOMETHING BLUE by Gordon Leary & Julia Meinwald
Directed by Sarah Plotin, Music Directed by Jeremy Pletter
Featuring Hannah Avery, Seamus Buxton, and Paul Morgan

Casey and Joelle fell in love when they moved back to their hometown as adults, and they’re getting married tomorrow. They’ve navigated the families, flowers, and fittings to have the simple, easy wedding they’ve always wanted. But when Casey’s ex-boyfriend Geoff shows up at the hotel, things can’t stay so simple. Geoff befriends Joelle and reconnects with Casey, and what has long stayed unspoken begins to surface. They must confront their expectations, hopes, and histories to find the limits and the possibilities of love and marriage. 

November 4-20, Fridays & Saturdays at 7:00pm and Sundays at 2:00pm

I'm thrilled to be teaching a class for teens and adults at CSMA in Ithaca starting November 3rd!

Movement can be expressive and freeing, but often we get stuck in the same ways of moving day in and day out. In this class we’ll explore and expand our movement vocabulary as a way to express ourselves and connect with others. We’ll explore storytelling through physical improvisation, dance, gesture work and more. This is a self-directed class and open to all levels, no previous movement experience needed.

November 3rd - December 15th (no class November 24th)
6:30-8:00pm
Location: Community School of Music and Art
Ages: Teen / Adult

Join me this fall at the Ithaca Youth Bureau!

Imagine That: 4-6 year olds
Children will learn and understand storytelling, art, movement and music concepts through guided creative drama. Children develop their imaginations while building confidence and group skills.

Sept 24 - Oct 29, Saturdays 9:30-10:30am​