Sarah Jones
Tony Award-winning performer | Multi-character artist, UNICEF Ambassador
About
Sarah Jones is a Tony Award-winning performer and writer known for her one-woman shows that portray multiple characters across cultures, ages, and backgrounds. Her show 'Bridge & Tunnel' earned a Special Tony Award, and her TED talk demonstrating her characters has been viewed millions of times.
She combines theater with social commentary, bringing diverse voices and perspectives to stages from Broadway to the United Nations. A UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, she uses performance to build empathy across cultural divides.
With 3 talks at major events, she speaks on diversity, empathy, and the power of stepping into others' shoes.
What Sarah Talks About
Becoming other people: performance as empathy machine
The diverse voices that make up America
Using theater to bridge cultural divides
Why representation matters in storytelling
One performer, many perspectives: the art of transformation
Talks4
One woman, five characters, and a sex lesson from the future
In this performance, Sarah Jones brings you to the front row of a classroom in the future, as a teacher plugs in different personas from the year 2016 to show their varied perspectives on sex work. As she changes props, Jones embodies an elderly homemaker, a “sex work studies” major, an escort, a nun-turned-prostitute and a guy at a strip club for his bachelor party. It’s an intriguing look at a taboo topic, that flips cultural norms around sex inside out.
What does the future hold? 11 characters offer quirky answers
A one-woman global village
More Talks
Sarah Jones at Aspen Ideas Festival 2025
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