Sarah Saviano

Sarah Saviano's professional work has spanned that of Director, Musical Director, Music Composer, and Performer as both an actor and musician. She played Harper in the National Tour of Angels In America directed by Michael Mayer. At the Goodman theatre in Chicago, she performed in Cry, The Beloved Country and The Good Person of Setzuan, both directed by Frank Galati. Other Chicago credits include world premieres at Victory Gardens Theatre: Rhonda in Rain, River, Ice, Steam and Louise Benedict in Rick Cleveland's Danny Bouncing, directed by Curt Columbus. She was nominated for a Joseph Jefferson award (Chicago's Tony Award) for her role as Louise in the long running Midwest premiere of Always,... Patsy Cline. California credits include Helen in A Taste of Honey directed by Kim Rubinstein, Frida in Tale of The Allergist's Wife, Pen in Current Nobody, "Kitty" Oppenheimer in The Love Song of J. Robert Oppenheimer at California Repertory. Sarah's film and video credits include work with Directors Ezra Buzzington (Cross Bones), Pawel Gula, and Darren Lynn Bousman. She was celebrated in Chicago's Screen Magazine for her work on ABC's Missing Persons opposite actor Erik King (Dexter). She is a professional jazz musician (saxophones, clarinet, and flute) and has performed onstage and/or recorded with Little Feat, Shaun LaBelle, The O'Jay's, Bob Weir, Heat, Jules Day, Kenny Rankin, and Robert Irving III. Sarah is on the faculty of California State University, Long Beach and Long Beach City College.