Dawn Sanders

{{Short description|New Zealand theatre scholar}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=June 2018}} thumb|right|Sanders in 2013 '''Dawn Jane Sanders''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|ONZM|QSM|size=85%}} is a New Zealand theatre scholar, and the founder and current CEO of the Shakespeare's Globe Centre New Zealand. She received the 2006 Sam Wanamaker Award for her foundation of this centre.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-06-13|title=Shakespeare's Globe celebrates founder Sam Wanamaker's centenary with 2019 Sam Wanamaker Award|url=https://www.theatre-news.com/news/UK/65374/Shakespeare-s-Globe-celebrates-founder-Sam-Wanamaker-s-centenary-with-2019-Sam-Wanamaker-Award|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603212436/https://www.theatre-news.com/news/UK/65374/Shakespeare-s-Globe-celebrates-founder-Sam-Wanamaker-s-centenary-with-2019-Sam-Wanamaker-Award|archive-date=2021-06-03|access-date=2021-06-03|website=Theatre-News.com|language=en-US}}</ref>

In the 1992 New Year Honours, Sanders was awarded the Queen's Service Medal for community service.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=52768 |date=31 December 1991 |page=31 |supp=2}}</ref> In the 2013 Queen's Birthday Honours, she was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to theatre.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/publications/queens-birthday-honours-list-2013 |title=Queen's Birthday honours list 2013 |date=3 June 2013 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |accessdate=18 June 2018}}</ref>

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==External links== *[https://www.sgcnz.org.nz/ Shakespeare's Globe Centre New Zealand]

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Category:New Zealand theatre people