At age 9, Adi Sara Kreindler penned the following ode to a schoolyard bully: 

I write so many epigrams to you that all the people laugh. I’m tired of writing epigrams.
I want to write your epitaph!

Since then, she has not mellowed very much. However, she has taken her wicked wit and passion for social justice beyond the schoolyard, exposing exploitation and sleaze wherever they are found.  

In her teens, Sara co-founded the political-comedy troupe Just Theatre, which delighted sold-out houses at the Winnipeg Fringe Festival ("sharp-edged . . . ««««" – Winnipeg Sun; "screamingly funny . . . ««««" – Winnipeg Free Press) and appeared on radio, TV, and at untold leftie events.  While at Oxford University, she produced her original musical, Charity (“had the audience in fits of laughter . . . you’ll be humming all the way home” – Daily Information) and took leading roles in several musicals (“a voice that is staggeringly beautiful” – Cherwell).  Sara’s thesis supervisor was not always happy that his student seemed intent on running away with the circus, but cheered up when she earned a doctorate in Social Psychology.   

Back at home since 2004, Sara is known for her signature blend of music and sophisticated, biting satire.  She returned to the Fringe Festival with her play Out of My Head, a send-up of (what else?) psychology (“Kreindler adds depth and beauty to the play with five songs . . . you’ll want to listen to over and over” – Jewish Post), and was one of three regional finalists in CBC’s 2005 Stand and Deliver comedy competition.  More recently, her solo show in the 2008 Mayworks festival (Song, Satire, & Solidarity) played to a sold-out house and standing ovation at Winnipeg's Folk Exchange.  At the 2009 Winnipeg Fringe Festival, her one-woman cabaret Fidel Castro's Guide to Internet Dating delighted those audiences who were up to the intellectual challenge of a facetious title ("I think it's impressive when a musician can make biofuels funny" - CBC).  She remains a welcome addition to any programme, and rather a bad person to piss off.

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