Sarah and the Dinosaur by Ingrid De Sanctis with Sarah Elizabeth Pharis including her writings from her blog

Developed through Fifth Wall Productions LLC, and Kickstarter, 2012

Productions at Eastern Mennonite University, ShenArts and Fire Exit Theatre in Canada.

Simply put, Sarah & The Dinosaur is a play about a girl, her cancer, and a dinosaur.  

 This is not your typical cancer play.  Sarah & The Dinosaur is an unorthodox, funny, heartbreaking, and honest narrative of one woman and her journey with cancer. Sarah is a kindergarten teacher who  must come to terms with the reality that the cancer in her eye has spread to her liver and no cure in sight. She must come to terms with living with cancer. In Sarah's world, this cancer has come to her in the form of a Dinosaur. It doesn't look like Barney. It follows her everywhere. It feels guilty. It wants to leave, but it is so hungry. Sarah and her Dinosaur struggle and fight with each other. They laugh and cry with each other, but in the end, they find a way to dance with each other.    

Sarah and the Dinosaur is based on the the late Sarah Elizabeth Pharis and her blog InfinitySquared and how she outlived the time she was given and faced cancer. 

ORIGINAL CAST

Sarah: Sarah Gant

Charlie: Braydon Hoover

DOCTOR/HEALER: Mark Collins

MOTHER :Barbra Graber

FRIEND/Co-WORKER: Heidi Hoover

SET DESIGN and PROPS DESIGN: Vandy Wood

LIGHT DESIGN: Sarah Yates

COSTUME DESIGN: Ingrid De Sanctis and Vandy Wood