Sarah Kriegler is an award winning director, puppeteer, writer, and co director of Lemony S Puppet Theatre. She trained at the V.C.A, School of Drama (Animateuring), and Teatro San Martin Puppet School, B.A. Argentina. She wrote and directed Lemony S’ work PICASSO AND HIS DOG which toured nationally throughout 2019 and was remounted for the Melbourne Festival of Puppetry in July 2021. She was dramaturg and puppetry director on The Flying Fruit Fly Circus award-winning show JUNK and has created works with many other companies including The Malthouse, Chamber Made Opera (CMO), Red Stitch, A Blanck Canvas,Polyglot, Terrapin, Aphids, Arena and Theatreworks. She was an Artistic Associate at CMO for 7 years, where she wrote and directed CAPTIVES OF THE CITY commissioned by Arts Centre Melbourne, receiving two Green Room Awards. She was the co- chair of the Contemporary and Experimental Theatre Green Room Awards Panel and is an alumni of Melbourne Theatre Company Women Directors’ program as well as The Director Lab. Sarah was also Assistant Director/Puppetry Consultant on MTC’s VIVID WHITE. During 2015, 2017 & 2021, she collaborated with La Mama Theatre to present the Melbourne Festival of Puppetry which received a Green Room nomination for ‘Curatorial Contribution’. Are. During 2021, Sarah directed CHARLIE AND THE WAR AGAINST THE GRANNIES for Arts Centre Melbourne and Sydney Opera House and was Associate Director on THIS for the Rising Festival. During 2022 for Lemony S, she created CROW KID and is currently working on two new works for families - ADA, ASMIN AND THE ANALYTICAL ENGINE and LITTLE BLUE DOT.

Awards; Churchill Fellowship, Rotary Young Achievers Award, Gasworks Award (Melbourne Fringe Festival), Best Performance for Children (Helpman Award with the Flying Fruit Flies), Best Children’s Performance (Melbourne Fringe Festival with Alexandra Sangster & La Mama), MTV ‘Best Film Clip’ Music Award, Green Room Award (Best Puppetry) Green Room (Best Design and Realisation)

Television/film credits; Farscape; Horace and Tina; Downtown; Squeak and Boo; Where the Wild Things