ARTISTIC RESUME
Sauda Jackson has performed in many theater productions during her twenty plus years in New York City. The Chicago native has had the opportunity to perform in Now is the Time with Little Lord, Iona Flies Away with Tanisha Christie, Expense of Spirit & Limitless Joy with International Wow (Josh Fox), Sponsored by Nobody’s The Arts & Behind the Bullseye, and The Making of King Kong by Lisa Clair at Target Margin Theater.
Her own project I Digress: The Intimate Insights of a Childhood Weirdo, a four episode transmedia performance memoir, has been in transformation and development over the last five years. Starting as two stories and a song performed at Dixon Place’s Little Theater, it went on to have developmental workshop readings at Dixon Place (NYC), SFX Festival (NYC), and Wunder Bar (Syracuse, NY). Episode 1 of I DIGRESS was developed through a residency at Arts at the Palace, Hamilton, NY in May 2021. Sauda studied theater at Eastern Illinois University graduating with a B.A in Theater Arts and continued on in the MFA Acting program at Brooklyn College.
PERFORMANCE (*selected)
Love in the Time of Composting (Chima), Zoom Recording, October 28th, 2021 directed by Writer/Novelist Abeer Hoque
Teleporter (Parth, Xio), Voice Recording, November 9th, 2021 Directed by David Commander
I Digress: The Intimate Insights of a Childhood Weirdo (Only, Sauda, Mom), Arts at the Palace, Hamilton NY, September 8-26, 2021 directed by April Sweeney.
Animus/Anima (Zero), The Weasel Festival, The Public Theater, New York City, August 21- 23, 2019, directed by Eugene Ma.
The Making of King Kong (White Yoga Lady), Target Margin Theater, Brooklyn, November 29 - December 15, 2018, directed by Eugene Ma.
Now is the Time (Gnome), Little Lord, Henry St. Settlement, New York City, October 19 - November 5, 2016, directed by Michael Levinton. *Abrams Arts Artist in Residence, 2016.
Behind the Bullseye (Black Lady), Sponsored By Nobody, Ontological Theater, New York City, July 1-11, 2009, directed by Kevin Doyle.
Expense of Spirit (3.75 in Quarters), International Wow, The Ohio Theater, New York City, July 7-10, 2004, directed by Josh Fox
Limitless Joy (Ensemble member), International Wow, Flamboyan Theater, September 11-October 1, 2005, directed by Josh Fox.
New York Renaissance Faire (Singing Wench), Tuxedo New York, July- September, 2006 directed by Chris DeTroy.
NewYorkland (Woman), Temporary Distortion, Coil Festival, New York City, January 12-February 4, 2012, directed by Kenneth Collins.
FILM
I Am Here, Katra Film Series 2021, Barefoot Studio Pictures, directed by Frank Solorzano.
*Nominated for Best Short Screenplay.
Prayer to a Vengeful God (Police Detective #2), Royal Flush Film Festival, October 14, 2010, Insurgent Pictures, directed by Dan Eberle.
Memorial Day, 2008 CineVegas Film Festival, directed by Josh Fox.
READINGS & WORKSHOPS
“Behemoth”, by Sauda Jackson, Parkside Lounge, New York, NY, May, 2022.
I DIGRESS: The Intimate Insights of a Childhood Weirdo by Sauda Jackson, SFX Festival, Grey Spaces: Rally, Wild Project, New York, NY, January 19, 2020, directed by April Sweeney.
Iona Flies Away (The Furies), by Tanisha Christie, Brooklyn Arts Exchange (BAX), Artist in Residence, August, 2018.
I DIGRESS: The Intimate Insights of a Childhood Weirdo by Sauda Jackson, Wunder Bar, Syracuse, New York, April 27, 2019 directed by April Sweeney.
I DIGRESS: The Intimate Insights of a Childhood Weirdo by Sauda Jackson, Dixon Place, New York, NY, January 19, 2019, directed by April Sweeney.
RUBY + SAUDA, Little Theater, Dixon Place: New York, NY January 2018, directed by Tanisha Christie and April Sweeney.
GRANTS, RESIDENCIES, FESTIVALS & INVITED TALKS
2022 Hi-Arts Outdoor Film Festival, New York New York, Writer Performer Filmmaker, July 6-8 2022
2022 NYC Women's Fund for Media, Music, and Theater award by the City of New York Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) in association with the New York Foundation of the Arts (NYFA), I DIGRESS: The Intimate Insights of a Childhood Weirdo (Sauda Jackson, April Sweeney & Team I DIGRESS).
2022 New York Council on the Arts (NYSCA), I DIGRESS: The Intimate Insights of a Childhood Weirdo (Sauda Jackson, April Sweeney & Team I DIGRESS)
2021 Arts at the Palace, Hamilton, New York, Artist in Residence, Page to Stage, May 2021.
2017 Interview Sauda Jackson and Kevin Doyle on the process of making The ARTS, Story In the Public Square, PBS Rhode Island, April 8th 2017.
2010 The Watermill Center, Water Mill New York, Artist in Residence, Sponsored by Nobody, March, 2010.
ARTISTIC RESUME
Sauda Jackson has performed in many theater productions during her twenty plus years in New York City. The Chicago native has had the opportunity to perform in Now is the Time with Little Lord, Iona Flies Away with Tanisha Christie, Expense of Spirit & Limitless Joy with International Wow (Josh Fox), Sponsored by Nobody’s The Arts & Behind the Bullseye, and The Making of King Kong by Lisa Clair at Target Margin Theater.
Her own project I Digress: The Intimate Insights of a Childhood Weirdo, a four episode transmedia performance memoir, has been in transformation and development over the last five years. Starting as two stories and a song performed at Dixon Place’s Little Theater, it went on to have developmental workshop readings at Dixon Place (NYC), SFX Festival (NYC), and Wunder Bar (Syracuse, NY). Episode 1 of I DIGRESS was developed through a residency at Arts at the Palace, Hamilton, NY in May 2021. Sauda studied theater at Eastern Illinois University graduating with a B.A in Theater Arts and continued on in the MFA Acting program at Brooklyn College.
PERFORMANCE (*selected)
Love in the Time of Composting (Chima), Zoom Recording, October 28th, 2021 directed by Writer/Novelist Abeer Hoque
Teleporter (Parth, Xio), Voice Recording, November 9th, 2021 Directed by David Commander
I Digress: The Intimate Insights of a Childhood Weirdo (Only, Sauda, Mom), Arts at the Palace, Hamilton NY, September 8-26, 2021 directed by April Sweeney.
Animus/Anima (Zero), The Weasel Festival, The Public Theater, New York City, August 21- 23, 2019, directed by Eugene Ma.
The Making of King Kong (White Yoga Lady), Target Margin Theater, Brooklyn, November 29 - December 15, 2018, directed by Eugene Ma.
Now is the Time (Gnome), Little Lord, Henry St. Settlement, New York City, October 19 - November 5, 2016, directed by Michael Levinton. *Abrams Arts Artist in Residence, 2016.
Behind the Bullseye (Black Lady), Sponsored By Nobody, Ontological Theater, New York City, July 1-11, 2009, directed by Kevin Doyle.
Expense of Spirit (3.75 in Quarters), International Wow, The Ohio Theater, New York City, July 7-10, 2004, directed by Josh Fox
Limitless Joy (Ensemble member), International Wow, Flamboyan Theater, September 11-October 1, 2005, directed by Josh Fox.
New York Renaissance Faire (Singing Wench), Tuxedo New York, July- September, 2006 directed by Chris DeTroy.
NewYorkland (Woman), Temporary Distortion, Coil Festival, New York City, January 12-February 4, 2012, directed by Kenneth Collins.
FILM
I Am Here, Katra Film Series 2021, Barefoot Studio Pictures, directed by Frank Solorzano.
*Nominated for Best Short Screenplay.
Prayer to a Vengeful God (Police Detective #2), Royal Flush Film Festival, October 14, 2010, Insurgent Pictures, directed by Dan Eberle.
Memorial Day, 2008 CineVegas Film Festival, directed by Josh Fox.
READINGS & WORKSHOPS
“Behemoth”, by Sauda Jackson, Parkside Lounge, New York, NY, May, 2022.
I DIGRESS: The Intimate Insights of a Childhood Weirdo by Sauda Jackson, SFX Festival, Grey Spaces: Rally, Wild Project, New York, NY, January 19, 2020, directed by April Sweeney.
Iona Flies Away (The Furies), by Tanisha Christie, Brooklyn Arts Exchange (BAX), Artist in Residence, August, 2018.
I DIGRESS: The Intimate Insights of a Childhood Weirdo by Sauda Jackson, Wunder Bar, Syracuse, New York, April 27, 2019 directed by April Sweeney.
I DIGRESS: The Intimate Insights of a Childhood Weirdo by Sauda Jackson, Dixon Place, New York, NY, January 19, 2019, directed by April Sweeney.
RUBY + SAUDA, Little Theater, Dixon Place: New York, NY January 2018, directed by Tanisha Christie and April Sweeney.
GRANTS, RESIDENCIES, FESTIVALS & INVITED TALKS
2022 Hi-Arts Outdoor Film Festival, New York New York, Writer Performer Filmmaker, July 6-8 2022
2022 NYC Women's Fund for Media, Music, and Theater award by the City of New York Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) in association with the New York Foundation of the Arts (NYFA), I DIGRESS: The Intimate Insights of a Childhood Weirdo (Sauda Jackson, April Sweeney & Team I DIGRESS).
2022 New York Council on the Arts (NYSCA), I DIGRESS: The Intimate Insights of a Childhood Weirdo (Sauda Jackson, April Sweeney & Team I DIGRESS)
2021 Arts at the Palace, Hamilton, New York, Artist in Residence, Page to Stage, May 2021.
2017 Interview Sauda Jackson and Kevin Doyle on the process of making The ARTS, Story In the Public Square, PBS Rhode Island, April 8th 2017.
2010 The Watermill Center, Water Mill New York, Artist in Residence, Sponsored by Nobody, March, 2010.