sarah jones

Actress Sarah Jones talks with Jenny Curtis about her role in the series ‘For All Mankind’.  She talks about the history of her performance career which started in dance before she successfully turned to acting with key roles in ensemble casts like Big Love.  Her mission to pursue dynamic female roles prevented her from initially agreeing to play Tracy in ‘For All Mankind.’ This changed however following persuasion from show creator, Ron Moore. From there it was about developing the to maximize its trajectory, just as she had done with other roles she had played in shows like The Path and Damnation. Deeply grateful for a career in storytelling, she aims to draw upon the artistic process to connect with the characters she plays. If audiences can then appreciate her work, she considers this “icing on the cake.”

Episode Timestamps: 

0:30 Host Jenny Curtis Introduces Sarah Jones 

4:18 Sarah explains some of the origins of For All Mankind, and the exciting journey of starting a series, and developing a character for years.  

7:10  Sarah initially turned Ron Moore down when he offered her this role in For All Mankind because she wanted to play a more interesting character. 

8:40 Sarah speaks about a new character being like a new relationship, where you can’t stop thinking about it. 

12:30  Her frustration with men never being asked  'how they do it all'.  

16:20 How Sarah's role on Big Love led to her the major shift to pursue acting.  

22:12  Sarah’s explains where the series’ Damnation was intended to go.  

23:07 The trajectory her character took in The Path.  

24:02 She talks more about her character's story arch in season 2 of For All Mankind, what it means to her to play a character that shows love to others, but also puts herself first.  

29:33 Sarah shares what it means to have a life in storytelling. She feels privileged to be a part of the work she’s doing and enjoys that might also impact others.  

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Host & Producer: Jenny Curtis

Executive Producer: Reenita Malhatra Hora

Music By: Celleste & Eric Dick

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Twerking for the revolution! Make it clap so we can heal! In this ep, we cry laughing with Tony Award-winning writer/performer Sarah Jones as she  embodies the voices of many different characters to help us all get to the root of what we're fighting for. She tells Alicia and Ai-jen how her family inspired the varied voices that brought her from downtown cafes to Broadway, and why making people laugh is such an essential part of her work.

Sunstorm is a project of the NDWA, in collaboration with Participant Media.

Sunstorm is executive produced by Alicia Garza, Ai-jen Poo, Kristina Mevs-Apgar, and Jess Morales Rocketto. Sunstorm is produced by Amy S. Choi and Rebecca Lehrer of The Mash-Up Americans. Producers are Jocelyn Gonzales, Shelby Sandlin, Mary Phillips-Sandy, and Mia Warren. Original music composed by Jen Kwok and Jody Shelton.

Sunstorm provides a platform for a diversity of viewpoints on policies and current events that are important to the National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA) and its members. Guests on Sunstorm do not represent or speak on behalf of NDWA.

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