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In June 2019, with Avant Bard. Sara played Arsinoe in 
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A Misanthrope--a new distillation of Moliere's The Misanthrope--by Matt Minnicino, directed by Megan Behm 


​Sara Barker takes an aggressive chance that pays off as the repressed divorcée Arsinoe.
-Washington Post
​Upcoming 
Suddenly Last Summer will be back!  Avant Bard Theatre  is grateful to mount the production again in May 2022 to return to the run that was canceled by the pandemic in March 2020. 

In March 2020, Sara played  Catherine Holly in

​Avant Bard Theatre's 
​Suddenly Last Summer, directed by Christopher Henley. The production was cut short due to the pandemic.
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Sara Barker is phenomenal as Catherine Holly...
-DC Metro Theater Arts

Williams illustrates the ways truth and power are always shaping one another, and this is exemplified in Barker’s performance as Catherine....
 [Catherine] only has her version of the truth, which may either condemn her or exonerate her, and every line in Barker’s reading reveals that understanding.
-Washington City Paper
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​Sara
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With Rainbow Theatre Project, Sara performed the role of Zelda Fitzgerald in Clothes for a Summer Hotel  
In all of the theatre productions that I have reviewed, I have never seen the equal of Barker’s performance 
- Maryland Theatre Guide

With Scena Theatre, Sara performed the title role, Lady Arbuthnot, in A Woman of No Importance.
Barker gives the most naturalistic performance in the cast; she makes Wilde’s text a pleasure to listen to. Each time she was on stage, her presence was a focused calm in the midst of the swirling action in the scene.
- DC Theatre Scene


"Sara has this ability to transform before your eyes. I've seen her age a decade in a second, or change genders with a single tilt of the head. This comes from building such a strong inner life for her characters. As her soul moves, so do we as audience members...her transformation is the catalyst for our own."
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-Amber Paige McGinnis, director

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About Sara.

"Sara is one of DC’s most accomplished actors. A company member of four DC area theatres, WSC/Avant Bard, Factory 449, Rorschach and the Klunch, Sara has been a fixture for a decade. She made her first big splash as Jackie in WSC’s The House of Yes, and since then racked up numerous credits, notably 4.48 Psychosis (Factory 449), Elizabeth in Mary Stuart, Orlando in Orlando, Desdemona in Othello (WSC/Avant Bard), and Closetland (Factory 449), among many others."
​-DC Theatre Scene

"Thanks to the expressiveness and poise of actress Sara Barker, this shipboard tableau is one of the most resonant moments in WSC Avant Bard's diverting and colorful 'Orlando.'"

-The Washington Post

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Resume.

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Washington, DC
  • Suddenly Last Summer - Catherine - Avant Bard 
  • A Misanthrope - Arsinoe - Avant Bard 
  • Clothes for a Summer Hotel - Zelda - Rainbow Theatre Project
  • A Woman of No Importance -Lady Arbuthnot - Scena
  • The Cherry Orchard - Madame Ranevsky - Faction of Fools
  • Emilie - Emilie - Avant Bard 
  • Edgar - King Lear - Avant Bard 
  • Othello - Desdemona - Avant Bard
  • Orlando - Orlando - Avant Bard
  • Mary Stuart - Elizabeth - Avant Bard
  • Six Characters in Search of an Author - Stepdaughter - Avant Bard
  • A Maze - Oksana - Rorschach
  • Truth & Beauty Bombs - Iris Anne - Rorschach
  • The Gallerist - Vanessa/Charlotte - Rorschach
  • The Storm is What We Call Progress - Lily - Rorschach
  • 4.48 Psychosis - Factory 449
  • The Nightmare Dreamer - Ensemble - Tattooed Potato
  • ​House of Yes - Jackie O. - Avant Bard
  • Henry IV - Hotspur - Avant Bard
  • The Miser - La Fleche - Avant Bard
  • The Cherry Orchard - Varya - Avant Bard
  • Lulu - Lulu - Avant Bard
  • Peace - Hermes/Gralea - Avant Bard
  • The Importance of Being Earnest - Algernon - Scena
  • Mother Courage & Her Children - Kattrin - Scena
  • Tomato Plant Girl - Little Girl - Imagination Stage
New York
  • Limitless Joy - Sara - International WOW Company
  • Pleaching the Coffin Sisters - Bevil - EST
  • King Lear - King Lear - The Brick Theater
  • The Winter's Tale - Paulina - Hipgnosis Theatre Company
  • The Taming the Shrew - Hostess/Curtis - Hipgnosis Theatre Company
  • Deep Wells, USA - Various - The Brick Theater
  • Death Might Be Your Santa Claus - Nurse Meg - Stillpoint Productions
  • Bedtime Solos - Woman - Soho Think Tank
  • Between Worlds - Laura - Chekhov Theatre Ensemble
TV/Film
  • Ping Pong Pigeons - Elena - Hollow Metropolis Films
  • The Whyte Album - Marie Claire - Noah Stern
  • Standard Deviants TV - Lady Macbeth - PBS & Cerebellum
  • Baggage - Crying Girl - Lucky 9 Studios
  • Skin to Skin: A Mocumentary - Brunhilde - Clando Films
Commercials/Industrials
  • ​Mano Swartz Commercial - Model - Mano Swartz
  • Aggressive Driving Commercial - Aggressive Clerk - 3rd Story Productions
Companies
  • Avant Bard
  • Rorschach
  • ​Factory 449
  • The Klunch











"As Edgar, Sara Barker was a penetrating and absorbing presence..."

- DC Metro Theater Arts

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Gallery.

Suddenly Last Summer
A Misanthrope
Clothes for a Summer Hotel
​A Woman of No Importance
Emilie
Emilie. Photo by DJ Corey.
Emilie. Photo by DJ Corey.
Emilie. Photo by DJ Corey.
Emilie. Photo by DJ Corey.
Emilie. Photo by DJ Corey.
Emilie. Photo by DJ Corey.
Emilie. Photo by DJ Corey.
Emilie. Photo by DJ Corey.
Emilie. Photo by DJ Corey.
King Lear
King Lear. Photo by DJ Corey.
King Lear. Photo by DJ Corey.
King Lear. Photo by DJ Corey.
King Lear. Photo by DJ Corey.
Othello
Othello. Photo by Colin Hovde.
Othello. Photo by Colin Hovde.
Orlando
Orlando. Photo by Colin Hovde.
Orlando. Photo by Colin Hovde.
Orlando. Photo by Colin Hovde.
Orlando. Photo by Colin Hovde.
Orlando. Photo by Colin Hovde.
Orlando. Photo by Colin Hovde.
A Maze
A Maze. Photo by Colin Hovde.
A Maze. Photo by Colin Hovde.
A Maze. Photo by Colin Hovde.
A Maze. Photo by Colin Hovde.
A Maze. Photo by Colin Hovde.
A Maze. Photo by Colin Hovde.
4.48 Psychosis
4.48 Psychosis. Photo by Colin Hovde.
4.48 Psychosis. Photo by Colin Hovde.
Lulu
Lulu. Photo by Colin Hovde.
Lulu. Photo by Colin Hovde.
Mary Stuart, The Importance of Being Earnest, Limitless Joy, Truth & Beauty Bombs (clockwise from left)
Mary Stuart. Photo by Colin Hovde.
The Importance of Being Earnest. Photo by Ian Armstrong.
Truth & Beauty Bombs. Photo by DJ Corey.
Limitless Joy. Int'l WOW Company.

"Sara Barker is the perfect Emilie: attractive, emotional, and intelligent to the nth degree."

​- DC Metro Theater Arts

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