Theatre performers sometimes talk about being “type-casted” in roles, where their onstage characters are similar to their own personalities.
Sarah Hartman plays the leading role in this spring’s play, Anne of Green Gables, and her fun-loving personality and warm heart seem to flow right from real-life to the stage!
Sarah is a junior Elementary Education major from Madison Heights, Virginia.
In addition to her work as the leading lady of the spring play, she is a sister of Alpha Gamma Delta and a Resident Assistant for Dunn Hall. She is also pumped to be going to the Bahamas with the education department this May.
The cast has been rehearsing for about 3 hours, 6 days a week for 2 months to prepare for their performance. In addition to learning blocking and memorizing a ton of lines, Sarah had several costume changes and fun technical elements (like smearing chocolate on her face and pretending to break a slate over someone’s head!) to master too.
“I am so excited to be playing this role,” said Sarah. “Aside from theatre, I also love long walks on the beach and making people laugh.”
Anne of Green Gables is based of the L.M. Montgomery book about a young, rambunctious, red-haired girl who comes to live with an old couple on Prince Edward Island, Canada. She is quirky, over-dramatic, and gets into a lot of sticky situations. The audience is taken on a journey from her childhood adventures at Green Gables through her growth into an intelligent young woman.
Catch the show March 26th-28th at 8 p.m. and the 28th at 2 p.m. in the Virginia Thomas Law Center for the Perfoming Arts! Admission is $3 for students with a Wesleyan ID and $7 for the general public.