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Zabel in Exile is being produced by Boston Playwrights' Theatre in 2026 https://www.bostonplaywrights.org/our-25-26-season#zabel

Applachian Community Theatre Company (WV), No Strings Theatre Company (NM), and schools in Texas will produce Frankenstein in 2026

In Between was produced by the Palo Alto Theater in 2025 and will be produced by schools in Texas in 2026

Anne of Green Gables A Live Radio Play was commissioned and produced by the Open Eye Theater in 2025

Chenango River Theatre, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Pacific Lutheran University and schools in California, Colorado, Florida, Maine, Missouri, Nevada and Texas produced Frankenstein in 2025

Waco Civic Theatre produced Anne of Green Gables in 2025

Global Theatre Anthologies: Classical and Modern Plays from India co-edited by Sandberg and Nandi Bhatia was published in 2025

The album of the musical Mad Dreams by Sandberg and composer Vince Di Mura was released in 2024

Sandberg directed Flight of a Legless Bird by Ethan Luk at Princeton's Berlind Theater in 2024

Millenium Repertory Company produced Anne of Green Gables in 2024

Brisbane Arts Theatre and Lafayette Society for Performing Arts produced Frankenstein in 2024

Global Theatre Anthologies: Ancient, Indigenous and Modern Plays from Africa and the Diaspora co-edited by Sandberg and Simon Gikandi was published in 2024

Folsom Lake College produced The Odyssey in 2023

Porterville Barn Theater, CharACTers Children's Theatre, and St. Croix Art Barn produced Anne of Green Gables in 2023

Playhouse in the Park, Triton College, and Kentucky Wesleyan College produced Frankenstein in 2023

The Odyssey was produced by the Hippodrome Theater in 2022

Sandberg directed Shalom Bayit by Aleeza Schoenberg at Princeton University in 2022

American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind, and Arts in the Open produced Frankenstein in 2022

A Little Princess was produced by Agnew Acting Studio in 2021

North Coast Rep produced The Odyssey in 2021.

Frankenstein was produced by Cardinal Stritch University, 2021

Anne of Green Gables was produced by Corner Playhouse in 2021 and 2022

Orlando Repertory Theatre and Unicorn Theatre (UT) produced Anne of Green Gables in 2020

The Odyssey had productions at Pittsboro Youth Theater and Germantown Community Theatre in 2020

Sara Crewe was produced by Topeka Civic Theatre in 2020

Sandberg directed Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children, with music by Vince Di Mura, at Princeton's Berlind Theater in 2019.

Jarpteetza/The Firebird was produced by Bishop’s University (Canada) in 2019

Zabel in Exile had a public staged reading at the Armenian Museum of America in 2019.

Frankenstein was produced at
West Shore Community College and Shoestring Community Players, 2019

Sandberg directed Fun Home by Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori at Princeton University in 2019

Anne of Green Gables was produced by Cornerstone Performing Arts (KS) in 2019

Sandberg directed Sophie Treadwell's Machinal at Princeton University in 2019

Mad Dreams had a workshop production at Princeton University in 2019

Zabel in Exile, commissioned by AIWA and Merrimack Repertory Theater, had a workshop and public staged reading at Merrimack Rep in 2018

Frankenstein
was produced by Wayne State College (NE), Saints Dramatic Society (UK), Paradise Theatre, (WA), and Dog Star Theatre, (CO) in 2018

Sandberg directed Fornes' Fefu and Her Friends at Princeton University in 2018.

“Love is a Train/Amor es un Tren” was produced at NJ Rep and published in the Theatre Brut Festival Anthology (Smith & Kraus) in 2017.

Sandberg dramaturged Gurls by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, directed by Lileana Blain-Cruz at Princeton University, 2017

Anne of Green Gables was produced by Concordia University in 2017

Sandberg directed The Three Sisters at Princeton University, 2017

Frankenstein was produced at the University of Illinois in 2017

Sandberg directed A Streetcar Named Desire at Princeton University in 2017

Terra Incognita, commissioned by Story Works and George Street Playhouse, was produced at George Street Playhouse in 2016.

The Judgment of Bett
was published in New Visions/New Voices: 25 years/25 plays in February 2016. The volume is a selection of plays from the Kennedy Center's new play development program.

Frankenstein was produced by Murray State University, Fort Smith Little Theatre, and Edinburgh University Theatre Company (UK) in 2016

Knoxville Children’s Theatre produced Sara Crewe in 2016

Sandberg directed Caryl Churchill's Cloud Nine at Princeton University in 2015.

Lexx Productions (Australia), New Mexico State University,
Kentucky Shakespeare and Funeral Pyre Theatre (Canada) produced Frankenstein in 2015

Sandberg directed Pygmalion at Princeton Summer Theater, July 2015.

Sadly, Open Door Theater suspended operations in 2014. It toured Stop It Now and Talk About Stuff for 24 years.


George Street Playhouse completed its six year run touring IRL (in real life).

Sandberg directed Paula Vogel's How I Learned to Drive at Princeton University, March, 2015.

Sandberg directed Madman/Robertson, a solo recreation of Gogol's Diary of a Madman, in January 2015 at Princeton University.

Mad Dreams,
a musical re-imagining of A Midsummer Night's Dream set in Athens Georgia in 1961, was workshopped at Passage Theatre, November, 2014. Composer Vince Di Mura wrote the music.

Two monologues from ROUNDELAY were published in Best Contemporary Monologues for Men, 18-35, Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, 2014

Sandberg was given a President’s Award for Distinguished Teaching, Princeton University.

Theater of Northeastern Connecticut and Saint Ignatius College (Australia) produced Frankenstein.


A scene from Convivencia was published in Scenes and Monologues of Spiritual Experience from the Best Contemporary Plays, Applause Theatre Books.

Sandberg direct
ed Inside/Out, a new solo show by Tadesh Inagaki, in May 2014 at Princeton University.

Rochester College (MN) and Stephens College (MO) both produced Anne of Green Gables.

Sandberg directed staged readings of 22 Lewd Chinese Women by Dennis Chin at Princeton University and Beasts of Love by C. K. Williams at the Princeton Art Museum.

University of Central Arkansas produced The Odyssey.

Davidson College produced IRL (in real life).

Sandberg directed Uncle Vanya in October, 2013 at Princeton University.

Press Past (originally Breaking the Press) was optioned by Giving Back Films.

Convivencia was workshopped with Playwrights Theatre of NJ and The Growing Stage.

Roundelay
will be produced at Passage Theater in Trenton, NJ, March 21-April 7, 2013. 

Two monologues from Roundelay will be published in Smith & Kraus’ anthology: THE BEST MEN’S STAGE MONOLOGUES OF 2013.

Northeastern Illinois University produced The Odyssey.

What Can't Be Seen received a staged reading at Tides Theatre, San Francisco in Winter 2012.

Sandberg recently directed Gaslight for Princeton Summer Theatre, as well as A Steady Rain and a staged reading of Philip Kan Gotanda's The Life and Times of Chang and Eng at Princeton University.

Sandberg's plays have recently been produced in Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Canada!

What Can't Be Seen received a workshop and staged reading in June 2011 at the Passage Theatre.

Dallas Children's Theatre will produce Anne of Green Gables in spring 2012.  Anne is now available from Dramatic Publishing.

"The Shirt" was published by Dramatic Publishing in The Bully Plays in 2011. Click here for information.

Jarpteetza/The Firebird was produced at Pierce College and The Day-Old Theater (Mainz, Germany) in 2011.

Frankenstein will be produced at Savannah State University in fall 2011. It was also produced by Shawnee Summer Theatre and Theatre on Main in 2011 and Indiana State University and Dumbstruck Productions (in the UK) in 2010.

Frankenstein and Jarpteetza are now published by Playscripts.

In 2011, Sandberg directed A Broad Abroad by Olivia Stoker at Princeton University and dramaturged Another Girl by John Yearly at PlayPenn.

Banner images: Anne of Green Gables at Seattle Children's Theatre (photo: C. Bennion).

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