November 20, 2011 | by
Manny Strauss
A new feature of theatrewashington.org, Meet The Audience, introduces you to the dynamic theatregoers in our area. Click here to share your thoughts. Each week we will publish a response like this one from Sara Burnett. During the month of December, each audience member whose response is published on theatrewashington.org will receive a $20 TixCertificate to show our thanks.
- Name:
Sarah Burnett
- Age:
29
- Occupation:
Program Coordinator
- First show:
Little Shop of Horrors (high school production)
- First show in Washington area:
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Shakespeare Theatre Company)
- Favorite show in Washington area (so far):
I will always see Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind (multiple times) when it comes to Woolly Mammoth.
- Theatrical character with whom you most identify:
Katherina from Taming of the Shrew. People really can be sour and sweet all at once!
- Favorite playwright/composer:
Oscar Wilde
- Favorite pre- or post-show restaurant/bar:
Jaleo
- The importance of theatre to you:
Theatre is what connects me to art and culture. Theatre allows me to step out of my life and to experience something outside of myself; I love to be at the mercy the playwright, be it Shakespeare or Neil Labute.
- Name a theatre in the Washington area that you have never attended but have wanted to experience:
Ford's Theatre