Sarah Carleton is an actor and creative living in Western, PA. As a performer and a teaching artist Sarah continues to pursue projects that create unexpected collaborations and stories that provide bridges for people to connect across artistic mediums and different cultural backgrounds.
She has worked in traditional theater and film projects as well as creating new work. New work with collaborators has included work with soprano Lara Lynn McGill in performances mixing opera and acting in Song of Songs and The Heart of Shahrazad. Additional collaborations have included writing the libretto for composer Eliane Aberdam for a chamber opera entitled, In Our Own Voices, a piece exploring stories of transracial adoptees, which premiered in Rhode Island in 2019. Theater performance highlights include work for Theater for Young Audiences which can be seen in her role as MC in Jumping Jack Theater’s touring production of Cityscape and as Phoenix in Starshine! (both performances created for audiences who would benefit from a sensory theater performance), outdoor Shakespeare performances with Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Parks, and All the Fights! an original performance choreographed by José Pérez IV. Recent film work has included the award winning short film, Eddy’s Island written and directed by Fernando López and his short film Culantro Fino (2024 Cleveland International Film Festival Selection) described as, “The fallout of deportation leaves a mother and her biracial daughter searching for connection through the power of food.” And a film series entitled Evenfall, directed by Dustin Lee, that tells the story of a woman in search of her son in a post apocalyptic world. Filmed in various locations around Cleveland and the Hoover Dam, the series explores stories of hope and survival.
Interested in hiring me for an acting project or to teach a workshop, I’d love to hear more. To connect send a message here.
Represented by PCG Talent
