Performer
As well as a nationally recognized playwright and director, Madeline Sayet is a critically acclaimed performer. Her performance in Where We Belong at The Goodman Theatre was nominated for the 2022 Jeff Award for Best Solo Performance and received 4 out of 4 stars from the Chicago Tribune. Her performance of Where We Belong at The Public Theater in NYC was nominated for the Audelco Award for Best Solo Performance.
She holds a BFA in Acting from Tisch School of the Arts, where she studied under the Atlantic Theater Company. She also has extensive training in Shakespearean performance.
“As wonderful as Sayet’s script is, it’s her performance that truly elevates her words. Moving around the stage, acting out key moments in her life and ruminating on her place in the world, Sayet is nothing short of captivating. There’s a closeness that comes from the openness in Sayet’s performance that feels entrancing, that pulls the audience in and invests them in her words.”
— BroadwayWorld
Performances
Theatre
Where We Belong - Solo Show - The Public Theater (NY)
Where We Belong - Solo Show - Seattle Rep
Where We Belong - Solo Show - Hudson Valley Shakespeare
Where We Belong - Solo Show - The Goodman Theatre
Where We Belong - Solo Show - Philadelphia Theatre Company
Where We Belong - Solo Show - Baltimore Center Stage
Where We Belong - Solo Show - Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Tlingit Christmas Carol - Christmas Future - Perseverance Theatre / Vera Starbard
The Adventures of Super Indian - Young Hubert Logan (Aka Super Indian)/ Amber Teeter - Native Voices at the Autry
Where We Belong - Solo Show - Shakespeare’s Globe
Where We Belong - Solo Show - RichMix London (Directed by Mei Ann Teo)
Up and Down the River - Mary Occom - Hartbeat Ensemble
Romeo and Juliet - Juliet - Shakespeare Institute, Stratford Upon Avon, UK
Alls Well That Ends Well - Parolles - Access Theater NY
The Tempest - Stephano - Brooklyn Lyceum / Sylvester Manor
Twelfth Night - Viola - The Gene Frankel Theatre NY
Cedars - Woman - The Mirage Theatre Company
Measure for Measure - Lucio /Barnardine - Kristin Horton
The Comedy of Errors - Dromio of E. and S - Flock Theatre
A Dream Play - Quarantine Master - Eugene O’Neill Theater Center
The House of Pelops - Pelops - Eugene O’Neill Theater Center
Panther and Crane - Crane - Puppets on the Sound / Heather Henson
Panther and Crane - Crane - Eugene O’Neill Theater Center
Fake It Till You Make It - Grace - Centre Theater Group / Larissa Fasthorse/Michael John Garces
Bootheel - Silah/Six - Arts Emerson / Andrew Saito / Marissa Wolf
Untitled Young Jean Lee Project
Workshop
Staged readings
Olivia - Olivia - Claude Jackson/Randy Reinholz
Native Pride (And Prejudice) - Lydia Bennet/Louisa - NNPN Showcase / Vera Starbard/ Megan Sandberg-Zakian
Midsummer Night’s Dream - Puck - Southwest Shakespeare / Ty Defoe
The Frybread Queen - Carlisle - American Indian Community House / Ty Defoe
Quantum - Tamara Little Feather/Ramona Starr - Tara Moses
Native Pride (And Prejudice) - Lydia Bennett/Louisa - Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program/Vera Starbard/ Jocelyn Clark
What Would Crazy Horse Do? - Journey Goodeagle - The Duke on 42nd St / Liesl Tommy
Hunka - Nicole - Nuyorican Poets Cafe / Larissa Fasthorse
Manahatta - Jane Snake - The United Nations / Kate Whoriskey
Manahatta - Jane Snake - The Public Theater / Kate Whoriskey
EWG Evening of Excerpts - Jane/Sarah - The Public Theater / Niegel Smith
Love in a Time of Blood Quantum - Woman - Poetic License Festival
Waaxe’s Law - Bright Eyes - The Newseum
Waaxe’s Law - Bright Eyes - The Eagle Project
Wood Bones - 121 - Playwrights Horizons
Wood Bones - Vera - William Yellowrobe Jr.