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MAKE EM LAUGH
SARAJANE BRADFORD IS AN ACTRESS AND IMPROVISER RECOGNIZED FOR HER BOLD AND HILARIOUS PHYSICAL COMEDY AND ABILITY TO EBB AND FLOW BETWEEN VARIOUS CHARACTERS WITH DISTINCTION. SHE ONCE PORTRAYED AMELIA, THE DUKE, AND THE OFFICER IN A PRODUCTION OF COMEDY OF ERRORS, GOING SO FAR AS PERFORMING A QUICK CHANGE ON STAGE WITH BACK TO BACK LINES BY TWO OF HER DIFFERENT CHARACTERS. WITH A BACKGROUND IN MOVEMENT AS WELL AS A RANGE OF VOCAL VARIETIES, SHE IS A MALLEABLE PLAYER IN THE REHEARSAL ROOM WHO IS PREPARED TO COLLABORATE ON BIG, QUIRKY IDEAS.
THE GAME IS CHANGING FOR WOMEN IN ARTS. MORE OF THEIR STORIES ARE BEING TOLD. SARAJANE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF TELLING PART OF ANNIE JUMP CANNON'S STORY IN SILENT SKY, ONE THIRD OF A LIFE CHANGING FEMALE ASTRONOMER TRIO. SHE ALSO TOOK ON THE ROLE OF PERICLES IN SHAKESPEARE'S PERICLES, A ROLE TRADITIONALLY MALE. SHE STRIVES TO NOT ONLY TELL MORE EMPOWERING FEMALE NARRATIVES, BUT TO ALSO INSPIRE OTHER WOMEN WITH THE MINDSET THAT THEY ARE EQUAL AND WORTHY PLAYERS ON THE STAGE, IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA AND IN LIFE.
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CHANGE THE GAME
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SHOW UP FOR LIFE EVERY DAY
THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO IS SHOW UP.
ONE OF THE BEST PIECES OF ADVICE SARAJANE HAS EVER RECEIVED WAS "DON'T PUNISH THE ONES WHO SHOW UP BECAUSE YOU'RE UPSET WITH THOSE WHO DIDN'T."
SO SHE SHOWS UP. FOR HERSELF, FOR THOSE AROUND HER, FOR NEW OPPORTUNITIES, AND NEW SKILLS TO LEARN.
HER CREDITS INCLUDE THEATER, FILM, VOICEOVER, DIGITAL THEATER, BACKSTAGE, ETC. BECAUSE OF THIS.
“Sarajane’s involvement as a volunteer in our programs helped to create a major impact on the three hundred students that participated. I relied on Sarajane’s professionalism and strong interpersonal skills on a daily basis. Because of her strong work ethic, I was able to delegate important tasks and know she would go above and beyond to complete the assigned responsibilities.”
-Erik Smith
General Manager of New Swan Shakespeare Festival and Research Center
“She is a force to be reckoned with, both onstage and off. She has such a beautiful energy and her performances are always hypnotizing. She is such a delight to have in the rehearsal room and I really hope we can work together again in the future. I’m sure Annie would be proud to see how she’s portrayed. I certainly am. I am so proud to know her.”
-Molly O’Donnell
Director of Silent Sky at University of California Irvine
"When I saw her in an abbreviated Comedy of Errors, her performance was spectacular. She was engaged and hilarious and it was from that performance that I cast her in a production of Much Ado About Nothing that I directed last summer for the Orange County Shakespeare Festival. Sarajane was a delight in the production and a remarkable company member. She easily moved between the professional Equity actors as well as young high school student interns. She carries herself with an easy laugh and a generous spirit everywhere she goes."
-Jane Page,
Co-Head of Directing at University of California Irvine