BIO
Sheridan Merrick (she/her) is a theatre artist based out of New York whose works explores spiritual fanaticism, digital algorithms, and feminine labor. Her original play SNAP! CRACKLE! POP! was produced in the Sarah Lawrence New Works Festival. Her original episodic immersive theatre piece Project Sunshine was produced at The Perch Studio and was a recipient of the Leeway Foundation's Art & Change grant. Red & Black, the musical she co-created with Nick Hatcher and David Thomas, was produced in the Polyphone Festival of New Musicals and the Theatre On the Verge Festival of New Musicals, and had a reading produced by MusiCoLab (supported by the NAMT Frank Young Fund for New Musicals). Sheridan directed CLING in the Sarah Lawrence New Works Festival. Sheridan acted as Theatre Horizon's Education Manager, where she was also the dramaturg for Head Over Heels and acted as the 23/24 season Curator of Lobby Dramaturgy. She was a member of PlayPenn's Playwrights Cohort. She received her BFA in Musical Theatre from The University of the Arts and her MFA in Theatre from Sarah Lawrence College.
