A graduate of DePaul's School of Music, Sasha Gerritson was honored in 2005 as the Distinguished Alumna of the Year. She holds degrees in opera performance, French, and vocal pedagogy from Northeastern Illinois University and DePaul University and studied choral conducting at Westminster College in New Jersey.

 

She is a highly sought after opera and musical theater stage director who directs shows for many local and regional companies, specializing in traditional productions of beloved repertoire. For Music Theater Works she recently directed Lerner & Loewe's Brigadoon (2023) and Irving Berlin's White Christmas (2022) both to great critical acclaim. She also directs regularly for the Opera Festival of Chicago, receiving praise for her productions of Assassinio nella Cathedrale (2023) and Puccini's Manon Lescaut (2024). 

Sasha served as the Opera and Music Theatre director of Northeastern Illinois University from 2010-2022, has directed for Musica Nelle Marche (Urbino, Italy), Opera Piccola, DePaul University, the Cherub Music Theatre program for Northwestern University, in addition to various other summer programs in the area. She has also worked for many of Chicago's highest-level arts organizations, including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Children's Choir and MERIT School of Music.

In addition to her stage direction work, Sasha is a choral conductor and singer, serving as the Director of Music Ministries for the Park Ridge Community Church. She also proudly serves on a number of boards city wide, including The Brookfield Zoo, the Navy Pier Foundation, and the Goodman Theatre. 

Sasha lives in Glenview with her husband Eugene Jarvis and their two sons.