ABOUT THE ARTIST

SARA JEAN FORD

Sara Jean Ford is an actor, singer, and writer. She made her Broadway debut starring as Christine Daaé in The Phantom of the Opera. Also on Broadway: Cats (Jellylorum), How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying (Smitty), A Little Night Music (Petra), and Finian’s Rainbow (Arlene). Off-Broadway: The Fantasticks (Luisa, Original Revival Cast), Anyone Can Whistle (June) at Encores!, and Eric Whitacre’s Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings (Pieta) at both Carnegie Hall and Disney Hall. National Tours: Wicked (Glinda/Nessarose cover) and The Phantom of the Opera (Christine Daaé). Regional highlights include Sunday in the Park With George (Dot), 9 to 5 (Judy), Sousatzka (Jenny, World Premiere), Candide (Cunegonde), and Little House on the Prairie (Nellie Oleson, World Premiere). She co-wrote and starred in The Aging Ingenue, a web-series now streaming on BroadwayWorld.com. She authored and produced an adaptation of Calamity Jane at NYC's 54 Below, and performs her solo concert Dream: The High Notes & Hijinx of a Broadway Soprano in playhouses nationwide. Raised in the recording studios of Los Angeles, Sara started singing professionally at the age of ten, providing background vocals for Michael Jackson’s HIStory album, Addams Family Values, Animaniacs, Lamb Chop’s Play-Along, and Harry Connick Jr. and Mötley Crüe’s Christmas albums. Ford also teaches Voice and Acting, serving on the faculty for Broadway Dreams Foundation and The Institute for American Musical Theatre. She graduated with a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University’s prestigious Drama program. sarajeanford.com