Sarah Lash
| Sarah Lash | |
|---|---|
| Musical theatre actress · Singer · Dancer | |
| Personal information | |
| Based in | South Florida |
| Career | |
| Education | School in Deerfield Beach, Florida Boca Raton Community High School (2023) |
| Training | Showtime Performing Arts Theatre; Taylor Made Dance & Theatre |
| Years active | c. 2018–present |
| Performance | |
| Notable roles | Alyssa Greene (The Prom, Slow Burn Theatre Company, 2024) Dolly Levi (Hello, Dolly!, 2023) The Drowsy Chaperone (The Drowsy Chaperone, 2022) Heather Chandler (Heathers, 2019) |
| Companies | Slow Burn Theatre Company |
| Recognition & links | |
| Awards | Future Stars, best vocalist (2019) Dream Awards nominee (2023) |
| Website | Slow Burn Theatre cast page |
Sarah Lash is an American musical theatre actress and singer from South Florida. She trained and performed at Showtime Performing Arts Theatre in Boca Raton, where she played Heather Chandler in Heathers (2019). She went on to play Alyssa Greene in Slow Burn Theatre Company's production of The Prom at the Broward Center (2024).[1][2]
Early life and education
Lash went to school in Deerfield Beach, Florida, and then to Boca Raton Community High School, where she graduated in 2023. Outside school she performed at Showtime Performing Arts Theatre and trained at Taylor Made Dance & Theatre. In 2022 she was one of Taylor Made's senior studio captains, helping with the studio's day-to-day running, marketing and planning.[3]
Career
Showtime Performing Arts Theatre
Lash was a regular performer at Showtime in downtown Boca Raton. While still in middle school she joined the teen and adult cast of Rent (March 30 – April 14, 2019). A reviewer wrote that her improvised solo in "Seasons of Love" "garnered applause each and every night where the audience interrupted the song in mid sing when Lash hit her high 'whistle note'".[4][5] That year she won best vocalist at the Future Stars competition in Boca Raton, singing "In My Dreams" from Anastasia.[4][6]
In December 2019 she played the lead Heather, Heather Chandler, in Showtime's Heathers. Luanda de Hilster played Heather McNamara and Carmela Nussbaum played Heather Duke. The reviewer wrote: "Lash's condescension is impeccable and her voice acting is spot on routinely going from quiet hate, to screaming out commands to the other Heathers."[1]
Boca Raton High School
At Boca Raton Community High School, Lash played the title role in The Drowsy Chaperone (2022), opposite Eryk Dewire as Adolfo. A reviewer called her portrayal of "the drunken, frustrated Chaperone … a tour-de-force acting performance embellished with her angelic award-winning voice".[7] As a senior she played the lead, Dolly Levi, in Hello, Dolly! (2023), and was nominated for a 2023 Dream Award, the Palm Beach County high school musical theatre awards.[8]
Slow Burn Theatre Company
In spring 2024 Lash played Alyssa Greene in Slow Burn Theatre Company's The Prom, directed by Patrick Fitzwater, at the Amaturo Theater in the Broward Center for the Performing Arts (March 23 – April 7). Regina Brown played Emma Nolan, Alyssa's girlfriend, and Shelley Keelor played Alyssa's mother, Mrs. Greene.[2][9] Florida Theater On Stage called her "the lovely-voiced Sarah Lash", and wrote that she "shines in her angst-ridden song 'Alyssa Greene,' about the pressure her controlling mother puts on her".[2] Slow Burn lists her among its cast members.[10]
Selected credits
| Year | Production | Role | Venue / company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Rent (school edition) | Ensemble (soloist, "Seasons of Love") | Showtime Performing Arts Theatre |
| 2019 | Heathers | Heather Chandler | Showtime Performing Arts Theatre |
| 2022 | The Drowsy Chaperone | The Drowsy Chaperone | Boca Raton Community High School |
| 2023 | Hello, Dolly! | Dolly Levi | Boca Raton Community High School |
| 2024 | The Prom | Alyssa Greene | Slow Burn Theatre Company, Broward Center |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 David de Hilster.""Heathers": Off-Broadway at Its Very Best in Downtown Boca". luanda.dehilster.com(2019-12-24).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Oline H. Cogdill."Everyone, come to Slow Burn's The Prom". Florida Theater On Stage(2024-03-27).
- ↑ "Luanda Wins Taylor Made Scholarship & Named Head Studio Captain". luanda.dehilster.com(2022-05-30).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 David de Hilster."Luanda Thrives in First All Adult Cast". luanda.dehilster.com(2018-10-22).
- ↑ "Seasons of Love by the cast from Rent". YouTube (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre)(2019-06-05).
- ↑ "Sarah Lash Wins in Future Stars 2019 with "In My Dreams" from Anastasia". YouTube (Showtime Performing Arts Theatre)(2019-06-05).
- ↑ David de Hilster."Back Home". luanda.dehilster.com(2022-04-17).
- ↑ "Luanda Earns Dream Awards Nomination for a Second Year". luanda.dehilster.com(2023-05-10).
- ↑ Christopher McDaniel."Will You Go to 'The Prom' With Me?". South Florida Theater(2024-04-02).
- ↑ "Sarah Lash". Slow Burn Theatre Company.
External links
- Sarah Lash at Slow Burn Theatre Company