2025 Scholarship Recipient: Sasha Norman

Sasha has been working in the theatre industry for over a decade, collaborating with an independent performer and toured to 45 states at notable venues and companies such as the NASA Space Center, Disney World, the Tampa Bay Lightning, and the Miami Dolphins. She has served as Deck Crew Chief for numerous productions, including The Wizard of Oz, Beauty and the Beast, and most recently Macbeth. Sasha has also worked on flight crew for Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. She was also honored to have attended a 2-week extensive study abroad trip at the Antalya theatre festival and the Greek islands. 

Her experience extends into stage management and design, having assistant stage managed and Props designed for Prowess. She works in the prop shop at the Paramount theatre in Aurora and recently completed a filled in as Shop Head Props Supervisor at Northern Illinois University where she is currently a BFA Design and Technology Junior, while also prop designing and assistant scenic designing for For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf. She is now preparing for upcoming projects, including sound design for Comedy of Errors and prop design for Antígona Furiosa.

Sasha is deeply grateful to the Sarah Siddons Society for this fantastic award and extends her heartfelt thanks to her parents, sister, friends, and everyone who has supported her throughout her journey. She looks forward to the new doors this will open for her.