Sara Crawford
Marietta, GA
sara@saracrawford.net
Education
• Curent MFA student in Creative Writing (emphasis in Playwriting) Low Residency Program at University of New Orleans - Expected to graduate in 2012
• B.A. in English from Kennesaw State University - 2008
• A member of the 2008/2009 Horizon Theatre Apprenticeship Company (Playwright)
• Internship in arts administration with The Georgia Ballet (Spring 2008)
• Acting classes at Kennesaw State University (2003), TellTale Theatre (1996), and the Atlanta Workshop Players (1999)
• Ballet, tap, and jazz classes at the Dance Stop (1990-1999)
Writing Credits and Publications: Drama/Film
• Painted - upcoming production from Ziggy Lives Productions - Augusta, GA - June 2012
• The Spins (staged reading) - finalist in the Essential Theatre 2011 Playwriting competition - read in The Bare Essentials reading series - July 2011
• The Untimely Passing of Sniffy Sherbet - co-written with Johnny Drago - Working Title Playwrights 24-Hour Plays - July 2009
• The Economist - Horizon Theatre - January 2009 – 2008/2009 Apprentice Company Performances
• Leapfrog (short film) - Cat’s In the Bag Films - January 2009, accepted into the Macon Film and Video Festival, the Cartersville Night of Independents, and the Cherokee County Film Festival
• Pointe Shoes and Ink (staged reading) - Horizon Theatre - June 2008 – part of the New South Young Playwrights Festival
• Just Listen (staged reading) - Actor’s Express Theatre - May 2008
• Painted - KSU Underground Theatre - September 2007
• Painted (staged reading) - KSU Underground Theatre - June 2007
Directorial Experience
• Painted - KSU Underground Theatre - September 2007
• “Denial” by Matt Katis - KSU Underground Theatre - April 2007
Performance Experience: Film
• Girl/Redhead: 12:21: Digitribe Productions: Atlanta, GA (2010)
• Jennifer: Leapfrog: Cat’s In the Bag Films: Atlanta, GA (2009)
• Zombie: After: Digitribe Film Productions-Atlanta, GA (2006)
• Teenager: Dying to Get There: Cobb County School Films (2001)
Performance Experience: Stage
• Yitzhak - Hedwig and the Angry Inch - Ziggy Lives - Augusta, GA - June 2010
• Melissa - Turning Pastoral (staged reading) - KSU Underground Theatre and Film Movement - Kennesaw, GA - December 2009
• “Because he liked to look,” “New Orleans is the vagina of America”: The Vagina Monologues - Onstage Atlanta - Atlanta, GA - February 2008
• Katie - A Massachusetts Earthquake (staged reading) - KSU Underground Theatre - Kennesaw, GA - November 2007
• Constance Lawson - Death in England - Class Act Theatre - Marietta, GA - October 2004
• Shulie - School House Rock! Live! - Summer Stock Theatre - Marietta, GA - August 2004
• Vampire Bride - Dracula - Center Stage North - Marietta, GA - October 2003
• Disciple - Godspell - Cobb Childrens Theatre - Marietta, GA - May 2003
• Queen of Hearts - Alice in Wonderland - Cobb Childrens Theatre - Marietta, GA - November 2002
• Pilar - West Side Story - Summer Stock Theatre - Marietta, GA - August 2002
• Narrator - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Cobb Childrens Theatre - Marietta, GA - May 2002
• Jill - Once Upon a Playground - Sprayberry High School - Marietta, GA - November 2001
• Mrs. Darling/Lost Boy - Peter Pan - Cobb Childrens Theatre - Marietta, GA - May 2001
• Infantry - Nutcracker - Atlanta Ballet - December 1997
Writing Credits and Publications: Poetry/Other
• Driving Downtown to the Show - Book of Poems - to be published Spring 2012
• "Visiting," "For Frank," - Illogical Muse - Fall 2010
• "Coffee Roaster" - Aries: a journal from Texas Wesleyan University - Fall 2010
• Coiled and Swallowed - Book of Poems - Virgogray Press - September 2010
• Staff writer for HaveYouHeard.Net - music reviews - fall 2008 - spring 2009
• “Roots” - Share: Art and Literary Magazine - Fall 2008
• “Cement Steps” and “Bullfighting” - Share: Art and Literary Magazine - Spring 2008
• “Music Theory” - Illogical Muse: The Best of 2007
• “Spinning” - Share: Art and Literary Magazine - Fall 2007
• “Spinning” - Children, Churches, & Daddies - July 2007
• “Suburban Evening” - Children, Churches, & Daddies - June 2007
• “Bullfighting,” “Present Skin,” “Jigsaw Puzzles,” “Waking,” “Stage Makeup,” and -“Dreaming” - Ceremony Collected - Summer 2007
• “Airport” - Children, Churches, & Daddies - May 2007
• “Waking” - Ceremony - March 2007
• “Music Theory” and “Flask” - Illogical Muse - Spring 2007
Music Releases
• Pocket the Moon - Pocket the Moon self-titled album - June 2011
• Unsent Letters - solo/acoustic album - December 2009
• Snapshot - Novo Luna live EP - March 2009
• Ruby - Ruby EP - July 2006
Music Projects
• Pocket the Moon (band) - December 2010 to present - vocalist/piano/guitar/bass - two-person indie/alternative project with Geoff Goodwin that plays around Atlanta in venues such as The Earl, Wonderroot, Highland Inn Ballroom, and Smith's Olde Bar - toured Midwest/Southeast in 2011 - released debut album June 2011
• Solo career - July 2003 to present - singer/songwriter playing gigs around the Atlanta area such as Drunken Unicorn, The Five Spot, MINT Gallery, Hearth Atlanta, and Smith's Olde Bar - sometimes with backing band, The Cult Following
• Long Absent Friends (band) - keyboard player/vocalist - August 2009 to March 2010 - shoegaze/indie/alternative band that played around the Atlanta area in venues such as Lenny's, Red Light Cafe, and Smith's Olde Bar
• Novo Luna (band) - vocalist - August 2008 to September 2009 - blues/alternative band that played around the Atlanta area in venues such as Red Light Cafe, Mellow Mushroom, Jimmy's, and Cool Beans
• Ruby (band) - vocalist - April 2004 - February 2007 - rock/blues back that played around the Atlanta area in venues such as the Ten High, Mulligan's, Smith's Olde Bar, Red Light Cafe, and Sweetwater Bar & Grill
• Population 2 (band) - vocalist/guitarist - August 1999 - April 2001 - rock/pop band that played house parties and venues such as U.S. Play
Awards/Press Clippings
• Voted Best Vocalist in Creative Loafing's Best of 2011 issue
• Pocket the Moon voted Best New Local Act and Best Folk Act in Creative Loafing's Best of 2011 issue
• The Silver Tongue - Pocket the Moon album review - http://thesilvertongueonline.com/?p=28616
• Finalist in the Essential Theatre 2011 Playwriting Competition with The Spins
• Voted Best Local Songwriter in Creative Loafing's Best of 2010 issue
• BeAtlanta Acoustic House Show Review - August 2010 - http://www.beatlanta.com/beatlanta/2010/8/25/sara-crawford-michael-jefts-and-chris-mcdonald-for-a-beatlan.html
• Coiled and Swallowed - book of poems - review from Virgogray Press - http://virgograypress.com/2010/09/07/coiled-and-swallowed-by-sara-crawford/
Miscellaneous/Special Skills
• Theatrical Producer/Founding member of the KSU Underground Theatre and Film Movement, a student organization dedicated to producing student-written works
• Seven years of choral singing experience including involvement in Georgia All State Chorus (1998)
• Box office experience
• Backstage crew and tech experience - operating a fly rail, grip, wardrobe, operating a follow spotlight, operating a light board, set construction and painting
