Sara King – Award Winning Broadway Performer

In today’s episode we sit down with the lovely Ovation Award Winning Broadway Performer Sara King, who is a fierce survivor of trauma in many forms. We talk about what it was like to play Cynthia Weil on Broadway’s Beautiful: The Carole King Musical and Carole seeing the show in full disguise. Outside of her performance career, we learn the heartbreaking story of Sara losing her beloved father to a pulmonary embolism when she was young, her and her siblings watching how her mom navigated the experience and then discovering her mother had a vicious form of cancer, that took her life far too quickly. Following the loss of her parents, many more members of her family began to pass away and the group discusses the effects of compounded grief and how it changes you, for better and worse. Laura and Sara bond over their shared experience of losing so many loved ones, as well as divorce and how it all can build resilience and fortitude, but also give you have a deeper appreciation for life. While the three of them get into some very heavy topics, everyone comes away with a deeper understanding of how hardship can ultimately help you stop and smell the roses! We had such a wonderful time talking to Sara and we know so many people will benefit from hearing her story. For anyone who has experienced loss or knows anyone who has, this is definitely an episode you do not want to miss! Sara's Bio: Born and raised on the East Coast, daughter to hilarious Greg, wild woman Carol and older sister to two equally goofy brothers, Sara found her way to the City of Angels by a fortunate stroke of serendipity less than a year before that small interruption commonly known as COVID-19. She spent the previous 10 glorious (and sometimes smelly) years earning her badge as a true New Yorker where she lived out her childhood dream of performing on the Great White Way. There she was grateful to have opportunities to make her Broadway debut, originate a role in another new Broadway show, book multiple TV appearances, participate in exciting developmental workshops and build a beautiful network of mentors and chosen family. She has toured extensively throughout the U.S. on multiple Broadway shows (one of which she stripped down naked every night- bonus points if you guess the show) and has had the pleasure of bringing new works to the UK, touring through England and performing in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Since her arrival in LA, she has not only scooped up an Ovation Award for best actress in a musical, but has fully built a life full of friendships, lots of hiking and yoga, hours perfecting recipes in her kitchen and paying way too much for car insurance.