About this project
Simply put, Sarah & The Dinosaur is a play about a girl, her cancer, and a dinosaur.
This is not your typical cancer play. Sarah & The Dinosaur is an unorthodox, funny, heartbreaking, and honest narrative of one woman and her journey with cancer. In Sarah's world, this cancer has come to her in the form of a Dinosaur. It doesn't look like Barney. It follows her everywhere. It feels guilty. It wants to leave, but it is so hungry. Through all of this, Sarah fights her Dinosaur and struggles to make peace with what it means to live with terminal cancer.
Woven into the play are original writings from Sarah’s blog, [Love X Infinity]2 where she chronicles her life with ocular melanoma. This is the story of her sometimes quirky, sometimes poignant, always courageous, soulful fight with cancer.
We are scheduled to premiere Sarah & The Dinosaur in March of 2012 at the Lee Eshleman Studio Theater at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, VA. This is our invitation to you to help support this production. We hope you are inspired to share this journey with us.
Your financial support will help to cover a part of the cost for: Actors, Directors, Designers, Crew, Sets, Costumes, Posters, Flyers, Marketing, and all that stuff that makes a production possible.
This play, our hope, and our determination are bigger than this cancer, but we need your support to make it happen. Please donate today.
Every little bit helps...
THANK YOU!
Please visit our website for information on our performance schedule, tickets, and other events.
Special Thanks To:
Trent Wagler and The Steel Wheels for use of the song "Dance Me Around the Room." You can learn more about Trent Wagler and The Steel Wheels HERE.
The Actors: Kirsten Beachy, Sarah Gant, Barbra Graber, Braydon Hoover, and Heidi Muller
Graphic artist extraordinaire, the lady Cloaks at deviantART. Check out her work HERE.
Additional Thanks To: Sera Petras, Peter Aaslestad, and Nelly Kate
- Video created by Sarah Elizabeth Pharis.
FAQ
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Sarah & The Dinosaur addresses adult themes and is recommended for children ages 12 and up. Please contact us if you have further questions regarding the age appropriateness for your child.
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Sarah & The Dinosaur runs approximately 80 minutes without an intermission.
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Please visit our website for more information on the play, tickets & performance schedule, cast & crew, and other exciting Sarah & The Dinosaur news.
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Tickets are available now and at the door. You may purchase them in person at Eastern Mennonite University's Box Office (located at 1307 Park Road, Harrisonburg VA 22802), or by calling 540-432-4582. The Box Office is located just inside the front entrance of the University Commons Building.
If you receive a voicemail message when calling, please leave a detailed message including:
Your name, the name of the show, your daytime phone number, the performance date/time, and how many tickets you would like. A Box Office staff member will contact you as soon as possible. Please note that leaving a message does not reserve your ticket.
Here is a link with more information about tickets and ticket prices:http://cms.emu.edu/box-office/events/sarah-the-dinosaur-by-ingrid-de-sanctis--march-2012/
Have a question? If the info above doesn't help, you can ask the project creator directly.
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A hearty thank you, our unending love, and a SARAH & THE DINOSAUR poster signed by the cast and crew. You also will be invited to submit the name of a loved one who has battled/battles with cancer. These names will appear in our program and on our website "Tribute Page."
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A hearty thank you, our unending love, a SARAH & THE DINOSAUR poster signed by the cast and crew, and one comp ticket to the play. You also will be invited to submit the name of a loved one who has battled/battles with cancer. These names will appear in our program and on our website "Tribute Page."
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A hearty thank you, our unending love, a SARAH & THE DINOSAUR poster signed by the cast and crew, a SARAH & THE DINOSAUR coffee mug, and two comp tickets to the play. You also will be invited to submit the name of a loved one who has battled/battles with cancer. These names will appear in our program and on our website "Tribute Page."
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Gifts of $1,000 or more will be rewarded with a HUGE thank you, our unending love, all of the above, and a signed print of original artwork by the real Sarah. You also will be invited to submit the name of a loved one who has battled/battles with cancer. These names will appear in our program and on our website "Tribute Page."
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Playwright/Director/Producer:
Ingrid De Sanctis currently works as an actor, director and playwright. She is the Artistic Director of Fifth Wall Productions LLC and a theatre artist who seeks work that is transforming for the soul and spirit.
Graphic Designer/Producer:
Sarah Elizabeth Pharis is a writer, artist, and Cancer Princess. She chronicles her life with ocular melanoma at [Love X Infinity]2, and sometimes she dabbles in graphic design and videography.
Scenographer:
Vandy Wood (not pictured) is an associate professor of design and the coordinator of the MFA design and TYA programs for the theatre department at the University of Central Florida. She is also co-editor for “Playing with Theory in Theatre Practice” published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2012.
Please visit our website to learn more about our cast and crew!
