Artist

Sarah is an applied theatre facilitator, autobiographical solo performer, director, and classically-trained lyric mezzo-soprano. She believes strongly in the power of the arts to make a difference and to change lives for the better. From its power as a lens into other cultures and experiences, to its therapeutic value, to its educational possibilities, and its value as an economic driver in communities, theatre is about so much more than a night on the town for Sarah.

She is most attracted to work with social resonances that hold the possibility to create real change. That often looks like applied theatre facilitation in which Sarah uses theatre methods to engage audiences to help them create their own solutions to improve their lives, and interactive theatre workshops designed to improve health equity by educating medical professionals about implicit bias, empathy, compassion fatigue, and other complex issues.

It also often looks like solo performance work that looks at trauma and resilience, power-based personal violence, and failures of intersectionality among white feminists. Her full-length original autobiographical solo work, Appalachian Mermaid Repairs explores what it means to fail and start again, what it means to lose, and what it means to heal.

It also looks like directing shows that provoke important conversations that keep audiences talking long after they leave the theatre.