body of water
Body of Water is a chronology of love, loss, and reconciliation that follows my journey as a landlocked distance swimmer struggling to find the way home. Set on the rugged coastline of Northern California, the 25-minute monologue weaves lyric storytelling, myth, and sacred text. Playful and poignant, it is an homage to my aquatic nature, my passion for the wilderness, and a life altered by chronic illness.
Body of Water performances are accompanied by conversations about longing, grief, hope, and healing.
To book a presentation for your faith community, school, conference, or other group, over Zoom, please be in touch here.
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what people are saying
A masterful writer and storyteller, Sara has created a luminous work about facing life’s seemingly insurmountable obstacles that flows seamlessly—like water itself—between the everyday, the ridiculous, and the transcendent. A much-needed story in these challenging times.
Helen Stoltzfus, Black Swan Arts & Media
A powerful, elegant, and poetic piece, Sara’s Body of Water is a pure expression of spiritual transformation and its movements between loss and liberation. Braiding multiple voices and perspectives, her story is one of grace and wisdom.
Marsha Rossiter, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Body of Water is an experience not to be missed. Refreshingly honest, relatable, validating, and above all else, healing.
Dr. Annie Brewster, Health Story Collaborative
At times poetically lyrical, at times laugh-out-loud funny, and always authentic and real, Sara’s story of letting go and moving forward inspires hope and faith for each of us.
Alissa Hirshfeld, Congregation Shomrei Torah
Body of Water is an exquisite and aching dive into the full-body wilderness of longing and belonging. Told in evocative, fluid layers, Sara illuminates a path of sacred becoming that is a masterful teaching for any of us facing hardship or uncertainty.
Kimberly Warner, Unfixed Media
Body of Water is a compelling and vibrant journey that gets to the heart of life’s mysteries.
David Gayes, Catholic Theological Union