Sarah Nina Hayon is an actress, producer, creative leader, and the Artistic Director of Magic Theatre in San Francisco. As an actress, she has received three Drama Desk nominations for her work on stage, and her performances have been featured on annual Top 10 lists in New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. Most recently, she originated the role of Ronnie and performed alongside John Leguizamo in The Other Americans, written and starring Leguizamo, first at Arena Stage and most recently at The Public Theater in New York.

Hayon has performed and developed new work on and off Broadway with New York Stage and Film, Manhattan Theatre Club, The Vineyard Theatre, New York Theatre Workshop, Playwrights Horizons, and many others. Her screen credits include American Zoetrope’s Fairyland, produced by Sofia Coppola; FBI; For Life; 13 Reasons Why; Succession; Pose; Danny DeVito’s Curmudgeons; Heirloom; Unforgettable; Are We There Yet?; The Green (with fellow producer Molly Pearson); Law & Order; and Avatar.

A longtime champion of new work, Hayon has dedicated much of her career to the development of new plays and the cultivation of artists. She was a co-founder and Associate Artistic Producer of The 24Seven Lab, a New York-based developmental nonprofit created to support and nurture new plays. From 2004–2011, the Lab workshopped more than 30 new plays, many of which went on to major productions on and off Broadway. Among them were Sam Hunter’s award-winning

The Whale, later adapted into the acclaimed A24 film directed by Darren Aronofsky; Annie Baker’s critically acclaimed Circle Mirror Transformation; and Lucas Hnath’s Hillary and Clinton, which went on to Broadway starring Laurie Metcalf and John Lithgow. The Lab became an incubator for the early careers and work of many playwrights who have since become some of the most celebrated voices in American theatre.

Hayon’s passion for production and storytelling extends beyond the stage. She first discovered her love of producing and film during six years working as Sigourney Weaver’s executive assistant, an experience that became an early foundation for her career as a creative producer and collaborator.

She is also the co-founder and owner of DwellWell, a successful lifestyle management firm with offices in New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. She has been featured as a lifestyle expert by AOL and HuffPost and as an expert contributor in Real Simple, Redbook, and Martha Stewart.

Born and raised in San Francisco, Hayon graduated cum laude from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. She is deeply committed to creating spaces where artists can take risks, develop new work, and build meaningful connections with audiences and one another.

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