Sarah Scarborough
(Sarah White)
Actor, Storyteller, Artist
Sarah Scarborough
(Sarah White)
Actor, Storyteller, Artist
Sarah Scarborough
(Sarah White)
Actor, Storyteller, Artist
ABOUT
A “storyteller of all mediums”, Sarah is a classically trained actor and diverse theatre maker, with a long career of exploring telling stories onstage and off – she is in her final semester of her MFA in Shakespeare & Performance with a concentration in Acting, as well as an MFA in Scenic Design. Sarah is a performer, designer, author, poet, visual artist, and professor, most recently dabbling in writing and running RPG campaigns for the best class she will ever teach, Imagination & Inclusion, which explores how storytelling teaches the art of empathy.
When not on a storytelling bent, Sarah is often found hiking and exploring with her dog and partner, or making any number of costumes for cosplays and Ren Faires. Her greatest life goal would be to attend the Edinburgh Fringe Festival every year for the rest of her life.
ABOUT
A “storyteller of all mediums”, Sarah has a long career of exploring telling stories onstage and off – she holds a BA in Theatre and English as well as an MFA in Scenic Design and is currently studying for her MFA in Shakespeare & Performance. She is a performer, designer, author, poet, visual artist, and professor, most recently dabbling in writing and running RPG campaigns for the best class she will ever teach, Imagination & Inclusion, which explores how storytelling teaches the art of empathy.
When not on a storytelling bent, Sarah is often found with her dog Gurgi hiking or making any number of costumes for cosplays and Ren Faires. Her greatest life goal would be to attend the Edinburgh Fringe Festival every year for the rest of her life.
News
March 2024
Thesis draft is in! My MFA thesis, tentatively titled “Who’s Going On First: The Case for Recording Our Work to Share with Swings and Understudies”, details my exploration of methods and frameworks to record the technical parts of my work as an actor in order to be able to share them; while so much of what actors do is personal and intrinsic to their own lived experiences and identities, in a post-pandemic theatre landscape, understudies and swings are going on with more and more frequency. In order to be able to facilitate a smooth transition between a principle cast member and someone replacing them, I advocate for more actors taking that part of their work seriously instead of simply relying on a stage manager to catch up someone else.
FEburary 2024
Touring season has been well underway! Meadowlark Shakespeare Players have taken both our Midsummer Night’s Dream, Winter’s Tale and Henry VIII to schools near and far to our home in the Shenandoah valley!
We are also about to open Francis Beaumont’s Knight of the Burning Pestle at the Blackfriars! Tech has been more rigorous than our other shows, but working with Constance Swain, our guest director, has been a dream. Coming up in March: The Witch and our MFA festival!
December 2023
A Midsummer Night’s Dream is off! We’ve toured twice this month already, and will continue to visit area schools in the spring semester.
We also performed Henry VIII this past term at the Blackfriars Playhouse, which was an awesome experience. I look forward to take this small scale show on tour as well!
Casting has also been finalized for our two shows in Spring of 2024: in Francis Beaumont’s Knight of the Burning Pestle, I will be playing Lady Pompiona, as well as other ensemble elements as needed. And Thomas Middleton’s The Witch, I will be playing the titular witch herself, Hecate!
TRaining
TRaining
M.F.A. (Expected 2024)
Shakespeare & Performance
Acting Concentration
Mary Baldwin University
M.F.A. (Expected 2024)
Shakespeare & Performance
Mary Baldwin University
Performance
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Language of Performance
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Shakespeare Acting Fundamentals
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Performance of Language
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The Body in Performance
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Directing for the Early Modern Stage
- Acting for the Early Modern Stage
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Voice
- Stage Combat Essentials
History/ Text/ Theory/ Rhetoric
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Shakespeare Acting Fundamentals
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Research Methods
Other
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Private Violin Lessons
M.F.A.
(Expected 2024)
Shakespeare & Performance
Mary Baldwin University
Performance
- Language of Performance
- Shakespeare Acting Fundamentals
- Performance of Language
- The Body in Performance
- Directing for the Early Modern Stage
- Directed Inquiry – Writing for Solo Performance
- Voice
- Stage Combat Essentials (2 semesters)
- Shakespeare & Music
- Topics in Directing: Viewpoints
- Directed Inquiry – Voice and Movement with Acting
- MFA Acting
- MFA Voice
- Physical Actor Training (Suzuki/ Viewpoints)
History/ Text/ Theory/ Rhetoric
- Shakespeare
- Research Methods
- Shakespeare Pedagogy
Other
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Private Violin Lessons
M.F.A. 2015
Scenic Design
University Of Missouri – Kansas City
Theatre: Design & Technology
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Text Analysis
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Theatre Collaboration (6 semesters)
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19th Century Continental (American) Theatre
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Acting II
M.F.A. 2015
Scenic Design
University Of Missouri – Kansas City
Theatre: Design & Technology
- Text Analysis
- Theatre Collaboration (6 semesters
- 19th Century Continental (American) Theatre
- Acting II
- Shakespeare
B.A. 2011
Theatre & English
Anderson University
B.A. 2011
Theatre & English
Anderson University
English
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Appreciation of Drama
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Modern Drama
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Shakespeare
Theatre: Dual Concentrations in Acting/Directing and Design
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Acting For Everyone (Spolin Improv)
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Acting Methods (Partner scene work and text work)
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Audition Workshop (monologue technique)
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Ensemble Acting
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Acting/ Production Practicum
- History, Theory, and Dramaturgy (I & II)
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Directing I
- Directing II (directing a realized Production)
Other:
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Musical Theatre Production
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Dance Ensemble
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Jazz Dance I
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Ballet I
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Private Voice Lessons
B.A. 2011
Theatre & English
Anderson University
English
- Appreciation of Drama
- Modern Drama
- Shakespeare
Theatre: Dual Concentrations in Acting/Directing and Design
- Acting For Everyone (Spolin Improv)
- Acting Methods (Partner scene work and text work)
-
Audition Workshop (monologue technique)
-
Ensemble Acting
-
Acting/ Production Practicum
- History, Theory, and Dramaturgy (I & II)
-
Directing I
- Directing II (directing a realized Production)
Other:
-
Musical Theatre Production
-
Dance Ensemble
-
Jazz Dance I
-
Ballet I
-
Private Voice Lessons