America, Who Hurt You?

Sarah Jones is a Tony and Obie Award–winning writer and performer. Hailed by The New York Times as “a master of the genre,” Jones is renowned for her chameleon-like solo performances, which blend humor and empathy to channel a range of authentic voices. A four-time TED mainstage speaker, Jones is the founder of Foment Productions, an entertainment company focused on cultivating a culture of belonging. She first rose to national prominence with her Broadway hit Bridge & Tunnel (originally produced off-Broadway by Meryl Streep) and later created the award-winning play and film Sell/Buy/Date. Her screen work also includes a co-starring role in Netflix’s On the Verge.

Eric Ting is a two-time Obie Award-winning director whose internationally presented work spans theater, opera and dance. Theater credits include the world premieres of Anne Gridley’s Watch Me Walk (Soho Rep), Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ The Comeuppance (Signature Theatre), The 1491s’ Between Two Knees (PAC NYC, Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Lloyd Suh’s The Far Country (Atlantic Theater Co), Toshi and Bernice Johnson Reagon’s Parable of the Sower: The Opera (NYU Abu Dhabi, Lincoln Center), Alina Troyano and Jacobs-Jenkins’ Give Me Carmelita Tropicana and Jackie Sibblies Drury’s We are Proud to Present a Presentation… (Soho Rep.), Nora Chipaumire’s Miriam (BAM Next Wave), and Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig’s The World of Extreme Happiness (Manhattan Theatre Club, Goodman). Ting is one of three Co-Directors of Soho Repertory Theater in New York City and is a proud member of SDC.