Kat Sandler | |
|---|---|
 Portrait of Kat Sandler | |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | playwright |
| Years active | 2000s-present |
Notable work | Mustard |
| Awards | Dora Mavor Moore Award |
Kat Sandler is a Canadian actress, playwright, and theatre director. [1]
Sandler is perhaps best known for her play Mustard, for which she was awarded the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play in 2016. [2] She currently serves as Artistic Director of Theatre Brouhaha [3] in Toronto.
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