BIO

Sarah Carroll is an award-winning Pasifika, queer and neurodiverse producer, writer, performer and proud fangirl based on Dharug Land (Western Sydney). They recently worked as a Development Producer at Jessica Magro’s Purple Carrot Entertainment through the Screen Australia Enterprise program. Sarah has created two acclaimed solo shows, Cherry (Sydney Fringe Award Winner, Hollywood Fringe Nominee) and Unkissed (Shopfront – ArtsLab). Their debut play Fekei was longlisted for the Griffin Award 2024, commissioned by Midsumma Festival’s Queer Imaginings 2025 and premiered at Qtopia Sydney 2025 Loading Dock Season. Sarah has taken part in AFTRS Talent Camp, Midsumma Pathways, Brand X Ground Zero, Antipodes Theatre Winter Lab and Q Theatre Lab. In 2023, they joined Performing Lines NSW’s Producers Platform, mentored by Leila Enright. Their writing is published with ACON (Stories Out West) and The Writing Zone. Sarah is the 2025 Emerging Playwright Commission winner for their next work “Meet You At The Barricade.” Sarah strives to champion underrepresented voices with lots of sparkle and sass

INDUSTRY ACCOLADES


Out For Australia 30 under 30 Award Winner 2024

Screen Australia Enterprise People  - Purple Carrot Entertainment 

Fekei Play Development Supported by Creative Australia/Midsumma Festival 2024-25

Creatability/Create NSW Internship Recipient - Outloud Arts 2024

Wear It Purple - Queer Futures Fund Grant Recipient 2023

Screen Australia Access Coordinator Training 2023

Q Theatre Lab Residency Recipient (Fekei) 2023

Performing Lines NSW Producers Platform (Mentor - Leila Enright, Griffin Theatre) 2023

Bus Stop Films Inclusive Producer Attachment 2023

Accessible Arts NSW - Next Level Creative Mentorship 2023

Hollywood Fringe Festival - Best International Show (Nominee - Cherry) 2023

AFTRS Talent Camp Cohort 2022 

Sydney Fringe Award Winner (Most Outstanding Actor & Tour Ready Award - Anywhere Festival) 2022

Midsumma Pathways Recipient (Mentor - Victoria Falconer) 2021-22

Sport for Jove Directors Mentorship with Damien Ryan 2021

Mentorship, Chips and Gravy Films with Alex Keddie 2021

The Pack Theater (LA) Diversity Scholarship Recipient 2020

Nice Things People Are Saying…

  • Suzy Wrong

    “The artist’s presence is strong, with an effortless capacity to hold our attention.”

  • Theatre Travels (Cherry)

    “Sarah Carroll is a certified superstar, writing, producing and starring in the comedic coming-of-age cabaret Cherry.”

  • Nadia Townsend (Co-Writer on Cherry)

    “Sarah has great tenacity with her work as a writer and as an actress. She’s inventive, endlessly creative, humble, generous and very funny.”