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Aboot the Newfipino

Sarah is a Canadian actor, dancer and singer, eh, based in Toronto. She was born and raised on the East Coast of Canada in Saint John, New Brunswick, to a Newfie dad and Filipino mom. (Sarah is the palest half-Asian you will ever meet. Just ask her Lola.) She attended Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts, Broadway Dance Center, American Theater Dance and CAP21 in New York City before graduating a Dean's Scholar from the University of New Brunswick with a BA Honours in English and French and a BEd. in Secondary Education.

When she graduated, she realized that she wasn't done with performing and moved to Toronto to pursue a career in musical theatre. Since then, she has played Belinda in Johnny Belinda for Smile Theatre and appeared in Guys and Dolls at the Segal Centre in Montreal, Chicago at Stage West Calgary (Mona, Roxie cover), and in the Charlottetown Festival in the Canadian classic Anne of Green Gables (Sarah's childhood dream. Seriously.), Alice Through the Looking Glass and as Ali in Mamma Mia! In 2017, she made her small screen debut on Good Witch for the Hallmark Channel and also made her voiceover debut, as the voice of Bell's Back to School campaign. In 2018, she appeared in Neptune Theatre’s production of Mamma Mia, where she understudied Donna and ended up playing the role 4 1/2 times. In the past year, she appeared in Jersey Boys at Stage West Calgary, returned to Neptune Theatre to play Belinda Blair in the hilarious farce Noises Off, and played Margaret Harding in Atlantic Repertory Company’s inaugural production of No Man is an Island, written by Thomas Hodd and directed by Natasha MacLellan. She also made her debut on the other side of the table this year, as the Assistant Director of Beauty and the Beast at the Globe Theatre in Regina! Last summer, she continued her creative work and was the Assistant Director/Choreographer of Lucy Maud and Anne with Smile Theatre. She had the thrill of a lifetime playing Maureen McTeer, Flora MacDonald, Allen Lawrence, Brian Mulroney and Stephen Harper (!!!!) in Michael Healey’s political satire 1979 at Theatre New Brunswick - her last live show before Covid.

From 2018-2020, Sarah was mentored by the incredible Canadian actor and director Sheila McCarthy. As the final project for the mentorship, Sarah wrote and starred in a short film called Good With Her, directed by Sheila! She went on to write, direct, and produce she her him, a short film starring Aisha Jarvis and CSA-winner Tricia Black, which premiered at the Reelworld Festival. Sarah was the Apprentice Artistic Director of The Musical Stage Company from 2022-2024.

As an actor, Sarah most recently worked on The Boys and lent her voice to Andrew Niccol’s upcoming film I, Object. As a creative, she recently directed Fertility for Light Echo Theatre, Legally Blonde the Musical for Randolph College, and movement directed Into the Woods at Sheridan College. Next up, she will be speaking at The National Centre for New Musicals with her company Theatre Making Movement and is the Associate Director of It’s a Good Life if You Don’t Weaken, a new musical featuring the songs of the Tragically Hip, making its World Premiere at Theatre Aquarius.

When she's not performing or directing, Sarah can be found running after her two boys Teddy and Max, frantically writing emails or grants for Theatre Making Movement, juggling writing projects for stage and screen, and guest teaching at Etobicoke School of the Arts. She is honoured (yes, honoured with a “u”) to be part of the incredible arts community in Canada!