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Sasha Eden

Teaches at Primary Stages ESPA

Sasha Eden is an actor, producer, and public speaker. Born and raised in Manhattan, Sasha began acting professionally at the age of ten, while studying at The Neighborhood Playhouse. An accomplished actor, her work has been featured on stage, television, and film. Selected Credits include: Film: The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Hers & Them (dir. Ned Benson), Uggs for Gaza (dir. Brooke Berman), Tonight at Noon (dir. Michael Almeryada), Fall to Rise (dir. Jayce Bartok), Sunburn, Canvas; TV/Web: "Law and Order", "Guiding Light", Kc and JoJo’s “All My Life” (MTV video nominee), and the comedy webseries "Changing Gears" (by Christian Finnegan); Theater: off-Broadway: Bold Girls (by Rona Munro, directed by Hayley Finn), Scab (by Sheila Callaghan), BFF (by Anna Ziegler, directed by Josh Hecht), I Stand Before You Naked 2 (by Joyce Carol Oates); A Midsummer Night’s Dream(Moonworks); Bus Riley’s Back in Town (dir. Chris Messina/Ross Stoner), Waitress (written and directed by Adrienne Shelly), The Morgan Stories (written and directed by Adrienne Shelly), Bottom of the World (by Lucy Thurber, directed by Ian Morgan), LOVE: A Selection of Short Plays on Love by Women Writers hosted by Diane Von Furstenberg (written by Brooke Berman, directed by Abby Epstein); Regional Theater: The Women’s Project & Magic Theater’s world premiere of A Very Common Procedure (by Courtney Baron, directed by Loretta Greco). Sasha has appeared in workshops of new plays at The Public Theater, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, New Dramatists, The Lark, Urban Stages, WET Productions, and was an original member of the NYU Graduate Writing Program’s acting company.
 
Sasha has trained at The Neighborhood Playhouse, NYSSA with Circle Rep, British American Drama Academy, Circle in the Square Theater School, Upright Citizens Brigade, and at The Actor’s Center with Earle Geister and Ron Van Lieu. Currently, she studies with Harold Guskin.
 
Sasha is the co-founder and artistic director of the acclaimed non-profit WET Productions, and serves on the advisory board of The Adrienne Shelly Foundation. She is the recipient of The Harlequin More Than Words Award for being a “real life heroine” and was selected by The UTNE Reader as one of the “25 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World”. Sasha began her producing career working for advertising giant BBDO, producing national commercials for Pizza Hut, Snickers, and Duracell. In 1999, she co-founded the critically acclaimed 501c3 non-profit organization WET Productions, with a mission to challenge female stereotypes and advocate for equality. Throughout her fifteen year tenure as WET’s Artistic and Creative Director, Sasha created, developed, and produced all of WET’s productions, programs, and events, working with celebrated writers, directors, and actors including: Julia Jordan, Rosemarie DeWitt, Adrienne Shelly, Lucy Thurber, Leigh Silverman, Laura Cahill, Alysia Reiner, Brooke Berman, Sheila Callaghan, Chris Messina, Anna Deavere Smith, Paul Rudd, Abby Epstein, Debra Messing, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Lauren Ambrose, Carla Gugino, and others. Additionally, Sasha co-created and produced WET’s award winning educational program WET’s Risk Takers Series, a media literacy and leadership program serving hundreds of teenage girls from over 80 participating New York City schools annually. In 2004, Ms. Eden was featured in an article in The New York Times Arts and Leisure section about her work at WET. The Times has called Ms. Eden’s producing “polished, professional...the kind that bespeaks attention to detail and respect for craft”, and she has been credited for both launching the careers of numerous women writers and advancing the employment of women writers produced in the theater. Additional producing work includes celebrity performance benefits for the non-profit organizations Choices in Childbirth and The Adrienne Shelly Foundation, and co-producer of the recently released, independent feature Fall to Rise, written and directed by Jayce Bartok.
 
As a Public Speaker, Sasha served as the moderator for six years on WET’s Risk Takers Series, facilitating discussions with guest Risk Takers including Ally Sheedy, Alison Lohman, Keri Russell, Frances McDormand, Mary-Louise Parker, Kelly McGillis, Lily Taylor, Kerry Washington, and Audra McDonald. Sasha regularly appears on panels and leads seminars on the subject of women in the entertainment industry, media literacy, girls’ self-esteem, and producing your own work, and has been a guest speaker and teacher at HB Studios, UJA, The American Theater Wing, NYU, Big Vision Empty Wallet, NYMF, Wagner, and Berkley College. She has been featured in numerous books, including “The Seven Pearls of Financial Wisdom” by Camilla Webster, “No Place Like Home: A Memoir In 39 Apartments” by Brooke Berman, and the popular lampoon book “50 Jobs Worse Than Yours” by Justin Racz. Ms. Eden lives in Brooklyn with her husband and son.

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