SARA BRIANS is a New York City based director, choreographer and educator. Most recently, Sara was the US Associate Choreographer for The Hills of California on Broadway directed by Sam Mendes, and choreographed the inaugural production of Anything Goes at Gulfshore Playhouse’s new Baker Theatre. With a varied career, she has worked on Broadway as a performer, resident and associate choreographer (42nd Street, Billy Elliot, Matilda, White Christmas, The Terms of My Surrender, and After the Night and the Music), across the globe, and with prestigious institutions including The Radio City Rockettes, The Kennedy Center, New York City Center, Goodspeed Opera House, The 5th Avenue Theatre, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Theatre Aspen and many more. She loves developing new musicals in addition to directing and choreographing revivals, and has also directed and choreographed numerous industrials, concerts, and entertainment events world-wide. Upcoming projects include Associate Directing Love Life at Encores, directed by Victoria Clark and starring Kate Baldwin and Nicholas Christopher, and directing and choreographing Waitress at ACT of Connecticut. Her other recent work includes choreographing regional productions of Rock of Ages, Guys and Dolls, Sunset Boulevard, and Mary Poppins. For more, visit SaraBrians.com and @brianssarak on instagram.

Karla began her training in a suburb of Maryland outside of DC under Fran Peters. She also performed Traditional Filipino Dancing with the Pilipino American Cultural Arts Society. Her first professional job was Debbie Allen’s BROTHERS OF THE KNIGHT at the Kennedy Center. She received her BFA in Dance and minor in journalism from NYU’s Tisch School, where she worked closely with Kyle Abraham, Bridget Moore, and Dwight Rhoden. She went on to perform in two National Tours, FOX’s So You Think You Can Dance, NBC’s Smash, several films, and four Broadway shows, including HAMILTON. IG @KarlaPunoGarcia