Sarah, a white woman with curly hair, in a silk jacket sans pants, sits nonchalantly on the floor on pink backdrop.

Sarah Knittel

BSR Contributor Since August 24, 2023

Sarah Knittel (she/her) is a performer, event producer, festival co-founder, and award-winning clown.

Sarah Knittel is a performance artist, producer, and clown. She is the curator and founder of Dumb Hub Philly, an all-alt comedy/idiot venue within the Philly Fringe. Sarah won the inaugural Denver Sketch Festival with her show Sarah Knittel/Marina Abramovic. Her work has delighted sold-out audiences at Philly Fringe, Denver Fringe (Ben Franklin Sex Party), Cincinnati Fringe (NIGHTMARE FUEL, “Spirit of the Fringe” award), Edinburgh Fringe (★★★★ from The Wee Review), and the city of LA in general. In 2025, she won the LA Drag King Clown award hosted by King of Drag's Big D. Sarah. Onstage, her work has been described as “totally engaging” and “the work of a pro, fearlessly engaging the audience from start to finish, until we are all practically co-stars, or at least co-conspirators” (Broad Street Review). Hailed “Philly Actors Who Are Better Than You (at acting)…” (Phindie).

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Knittel, wearing neon green zebra leggings, tussles with laughing audience members while falling on her back during a show.

Dive into the 2023 Philly Fringe Festival with avant-garde necromancer Sarah Knittel

Philly Fringe 2023: How did we get here?
Sarah Knittel—not a Fringe queen, but certainly a mage or wicked-cool duke—gets us ready for the 2023 fest by sharing her Fringe journey as a self-producing artist.
Sarah Knittel

Sarah Knittel

Essays 8 minute read
Knittel, looking distraught with makeup smeared on her face, wears a leather jacket and appears to lean on a broomstick.

Dungeon Master Sarah Knittel’s clown realm guide to the 2025 Philly Fringe

Here’s thy map to the fauna of the Fest
Sarah Knittel has been lurking in the darkest corners of the Philly Fringe for years, and she brings light to your quest for the freshest, weirdest, most dangerous, and hilarious solo artists of this year’s fest.
Sarah Knittel

Sarah Knittel

Essays 5 minute read
Closeup on Knittel during the show, with curly blonde hair and a baggy red dress, in a red wash of light.

Dumb Hub gatekeeper Sarah Knittel's guide to the 2026 Philly Fringe

What to see with your mom, a date, two drinks, or your own fear
Sarah Knittel (Fringe performer, curator, and producer extraordinaire) is back in the pages of BSR with her guide to the 2026 Philadelphia Fringe Festival. Strap in.
Sarah Knittel

Sarah Knittel

Previews 7 minute read