C R E A T I V E
Director | Dramaturg
[stage | screen]
Sanja Simić is an award-winning theatre director and dramaturg, currently based in Magandjin on the unceded lands of the Turrbal and Jagera people.
Recent directorial credits include Superheroes (Queensland Theatre, Door 3, 2025) IRL (La Boite, 2023), Naked & Screaming (La Boite, 2021), CAESAR (La Boite, 2021), and Lysa & The Freeborn Dames (La Boite, 2018). With independent company Bodysnatchers, she has directed Plastic (2017), Soothsayers (2012), and Blood Pressure (Sydney, 2012), as well as multiple seasons of Kirby Medway’s Encounter in Sydney, Adelaide, and Melbourne.
As La Boite’s Creative Producer (2017-21), she led the programming team in delivering the company’s suite of Artist Development Programs. She also programmed and delivered the company’s annual HWY festival of new work for five consecutive years. She was Director in Residence at La Boite Theatre Company from 2021-22 and Creative Producer from 2017-2021. She was Development Executive for Unless Pictures from 2021-23.
AWARDS
Superheroes
NOMINATED Best Independent Production, Matilda Awards 2025
WINNER Best Performance in a Leading Role - Independent Production - Rachel Nutchey, Matilda Awards 2025
NOMINATED Billie Brown Award - Best Emerging Artist - Milena Barraclough-Nesic, Matilda Awards 2025
Naked & Screaming
WINNER Best Director, Matilda Awards 2022
WINNER Best Mainstage Production, Matilda Awards 2022
WINNER Best Female Actor in a Leading Role, Matilda Awards 2022
NOMINATED Best Male Actor in a Leading Role, Matilda Awards 2022
NOMINATED Best Sound Design, Matilda Awards 2022
NOMINATED Best Set & Costume Design,Naked & Screaming, Matilda Awards 2022
CAESAR
NOMINATED Best Director, Matilda Awards 2022