Sarah Jo Adams

Actor Singer Dancer

Hey there! My name is Sarah Jo Adams (she/her), and I am a performer based in DFW. I am originally from ​Vanderbilt, Texas! I grew up on a ranch near the Gulf Coast in Vanderbilt, so nature is a huge love of mine. Not ​only did I spend lots of my time exploring and adventuring through the trees, I also raised Pigs, Rabbits, Goats, ​and Heifers.

While my hometown is a big part of who I am, theatre, dance, and art have been integral to my life from a very ​young age. My mother put me in dance class when I was two. My love for dance led to me signing up for Musical ​Theatre camp every summer from the third grade through my senior year of high school.

I graduated from The University of Texas at Arlington with a BFA in Musical Theatre and a minor in dance on ​May 10, 2024! One of my favorite projects at UTA was portraying Gynecia and serving as associate choreographer ​in our production of Head Over Heels. I have also worked at The Firehouse Theatre in The SpongeBob Musical’s​ ensemble and as Saturday Night Fever’s dance captain!

Choreographing, and associate choreographer work are a passion of mine. I have been a student choreographer ​with UTA’s dance company for three years. I have also done associate and dance captain work at UTA and The ​Firehouse Theatre.

In the summer of 2023, I was fortunate enough to study in Oberaudorf, Germany with the Musiktheater Bavaria ​program. My grandmother moved to America from Germany in the 1950's, so this was a life changing experience ​that both pushed me to grow as a performing artist, and allowed me to see the world as I connected to my ​heritage and family.

I love making art that empowers women. I also love to push boundaries in theatre, like breaking gender and ​sexuality stereotypes. My favorite experience of breaking these stereotypes was in UTA’s production of Cabaret, ​where I portrayed Rosie through a queer lens.

Coming up next in my life is my wedding! I will be getting married this November, 2024. We are then moving to ​Hawaii in January, 2025. I could not be more excited about this next chapter in my life.

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Photos by Jesse Scroggins, & ​Pendleton Photography

Photos by Cynthia Adams

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Check out these awesome articles about Head Over Heels!

“Sarah Jo Adams kept surprising as Queen Gynecia peeling ​back her character’s layers from stern royalty to flirty and ​giddy and ultimately, empowered.”

“Senior Musical Theatre Major Sarah Jo Adams ​agrees: "What I love most about Head Over ​Heels is the joy it brings with positive queer ​representation. We don't see happy endings ​for queer characters very often in the arts, ​especially in the theatre, but Head Over Heels ​allows for an acceptance of one's true ​authenticity."”