Sierra Rosetta

Sierra’s passion for theatre, playwriting, and research made her creatively inclined to dramaturgy and literary work. As both a new-play and production dramaturg, Sierra seeks to support a play through meticulous research, fostering curiosity, and being the play’s biggest cheerleader. In 2023, Sierra won the national LMDA/Kennedy Center dramaturgy award for her work on Anton Chekhov’s “The Cherry Orchard,” which landed her a literary fellowship at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in Waterford, Connecticut. There, she shadowed brilliant dramaturgs, playwrights, and directors. Sierra continues to hone her dramaturgy skills while working professionally and academically for Hedgepig Theatre Ensemble in New York City, Native Voices at the Autry Museum in Los Angeles, and at Northwestern University in Illinois. She is currently the resident literary assistant at Native Voices Theater.

Please send Sierra an email (linked below) to set up a dramaturgy consultation for your play.

As a playwright, Sierra believes that no work is non-autobiographical. We write what we know, and we observe the world and reflect things onto the page as a way to make sense of it. A brave storyteller, Sierra doesn’t shy away from any subject matter, writing about topics such as racism, infertility, generational trauma, and violence against Indigenous people and women. Her plays have been presented at Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program (From the Old Wood Forest), Northwestern College (The Things That We Know), and won first place at Marshalltown Playwriting Competition (The Things That We Know).

Sierra began acting at the age of 4, and has been a passionate learner and participant ever since. She has received extensive training in Linklater, Chekhov, Laban, Shakespeare, and Alexander. she has brought several complex characters to life onstage. Her most recent work has been seen at Northwestern University, Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, and Northwestern College.

Sierra has devised and directed work that has been performed around the country from Iowa to Texas. Her undergrad honors directing project, Larissa FastHorse’s “The Thanksgiving Play,” sent her to the Big Apple to review the Broadway production for HowlRound, a theatre journalism cite that publishes work advocating for minority voices in the arts.