Sabryn Rock

Sabryn Rock is an actor, singer, and director originally from Regina, Saskatchewan. Most recently, she directed the world premiere of bahia watson’s powerful play shaniqua in abstraction for Crow's Theatre as well as Truth by Kanika Ambrose at Young People’s Theatre (Dora Award nomination, Outstanding Direction). Sabryn also directed the site specific production of Amiri Baraka’s Dutchman at The SummerWorks Festival that took place on a city bus, has directed youth in One Song Glory as well as the Banks Prize cabaret for Musical Stage Company. She also has assisted on several productions including Intimate Apparel (Obsidian), The Wizard of Oz (YPT) and Next to Normal (MSC/Mirvish). As Studio 180’s 2019/20 RBC Emerging Director, Sabryn was Assistant Director for Sweat and directed 180 READS events Eureka Day and Contractions – the inaugural Studio 180 AT HOME digital presentation. As an actor, she can be seen leading the cast in the first season of the hit CBC/BET+ show The Porter. Other credits include Station Eleven (HBO Max), Departure (BBC/Global), the action film Welcome to Sudden Death (Universal),The Expanse (Amazon), Black Mirror (Netflix), and The Girlfriend Experience (Starz). For Theatre as an actor: The Royale for which she won a Toronto Theatre Critics Award for her performance (Soulpepper), Rose (Soulpepper), Is God Is (Obsidian/Canadian Stage), Fun Home (The Musical Stage Company/Mirvish), Passing Strange (Dora Nomination; Acting Upstage), as well as Caroline, or Change (Dora nomination); and one season at the Stratford Festival.  She has numerous credits in voice and animation and has narrated several audiobooks. Sabryn can currently be heard as the beloved voice of Koki on PBS Kids’ beloved animated series Wild Kratts. She is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada, the Birmingham Conservatory at Stratford and the Canadian Film Centre’s Actors’ Conservatory.