sarah underwood saviano
Actor ~ Musician ~ Director
Sarah Underwood Saviano received exclusive mention in Smithsonian Magazine when she was the evening's special invited guest performer for the renowned Green Mill Poetry Slam in Chicago, 1992. Sarah was invited back numerous times as a special guest solo performer for the Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival as well. Besides performing and recording professionally, Sarah traveled extensively with Meyer Sound as demo artist for the innovative sound design: Constellation.
"Sarah, your piece took me on a trip back to the village in the 60's. It's a wild ride. You can sing, you can blow, and you're funnier than a barrel of monkeys."
The late jazz guitarist Kenny Rankin
New Variety Cabaret, Chicago
“Underwood is the sax player with the band, and she did a superbly understated monologue about men's reactions to her musicianship. Working her themes slowly but brilliantly, she told us a most poignant and funny story about love, life, and loneliness. There wasn't a punch line in sight, and that made it work all the better.”
"She riffs over the narrative like a jazz player working the changes on a ballet."
Gary Scott, former Dean of Arts, Long Beach City College
Images - John Pike