Sarah Jones is a Tony Award®-winning playwright, actor and poet.  Her multi-character solo shows include Bridge & Tunnel, which was originally produced Off-Broadway by Oscar-winner Meryl Streep.  Bridge & Tunnel, which Streep called “one of the best performances I’ve ever seen” also went on to become a critically acclaimed, long-running hit on Broadway.

Ms. Jones’ career has taken her from a sold-out run at The Kennedy Center to tours of India, Europe and South Africa to performances for such audiences as the United Nations, members of the U.S. Congress and the Supreme Court of Nepal.  Her multicultural cast of characters has always been a reflection of her diverse audiences.

Ms. Jones attended the United Nations International School and Bryn Mawr College, where she was the recipient of the Mellon Minority Fellowship, then returned to New York and began writing and competing in poetry slams at the Nuyorican Poets Café. There she developed her first show, Surface Transit, which was presented at The American Place Theatre and PS122. Her next piece, Women Can't Wait! was commissioned by Equality Now to address the human rights of women and girls.  A subsequent commission by the National Immigration Forum yielded Waking the American Dream, the inspiration for Bridge & Tunnel.  She was then commissioned by the WK Kellogg Foundation to write a piece entitled A Right to Care, which tackles themes of inequality in health.

Ms. Jones recently returned to her UN School roots by becoming the first ever official spokesperson for UNICEF on Violence Against Children. She performed an original piece on the subject as UNICEF’s representative before members of Parliament from more than 100 countries gathered in Bali, Indonesia, and will continue to travel internationally, performing the piece to highlight these issues worldwide.

Ms. Jones has received grants and commissions from The Ford Foundation, NYSCA and others, and theater honors including an Obie Award, a Helen Hayes Award, two Drama Desk nominations and HBO's US Comedy Arts Festival's Best One Person Show Award, as well as an NYCLU Calloway Award recognizing her as the first artist in history to sue the Federal Communications Commission for censorship. The lawsuit resulted in reversal of the censorship ruling, which had targeted her hip-hop poem recording, “Your Revolution.”  A regular uncensored guest on public radio, she has also made numerous TV appearances on programs including Charlie Rose, The Today Show, CBS Sunday Morning and Live with Regis and Kelly. Ms. Jones is currently at work on a commission for Lincoln Center Theater and is developing a feature based on her characters for HBO Films.