Thalia Sablon
Creative Producing Director
“Born in Haiti, raised in Queens. I have my mother’s tongue and a New York accent.” Thalia Sablon is a Brooklyn-based playwright, producer, and artistic administrator with a love for collaborative and unconventional storytelling. She earned her MFA in Playwriting from Rutgers University in 2022 and holds a BA from SUNY Purchase. Her work explores themes of identity, anti-capitalism, Afro-surrealism, and intergenerational memory. Her work has been developed and presented with institutions such as The Tank, Conch Shell Productions, Third Culture Theatre, New Georges, and Rutgers University. Thalia’s recent plays include Dirty (I Am BOLD Women Festival), Racoon Princess (TrashFest), and How to Steal Time and Other Important Poor People Skills (Blue Light Series at Flushing Town Hall). Her short films Cry Wolf and Strung (co-writer/producer) expand her storytelling into screen media. As a producer and administrator, Thalia has supported early-career artists through festivals and readings, Prisoncore! (Exponential Festival) including Being Up In Here (Exponential Festival) and Crawl Space (The Flea). She served as an Artistic Administrative Fellow at New York Theatre Workshop (2022–23) and currently works as the Artistic Programs Assistant at Ensemble Studio Theatre, where she facilitates programming for Youngblood and the EST/Sloan Project. Thalia is a Co-Facilitator of New Georges Jam!