Her first book, Acts of Gaiety: LGBT Performance and the Politics of Pleasure, received the Outstanding Book Award from ATHE, an Honorable Mention for the ASTR Barnard Hewitt Award, and was a Lambda Literary Award finalist. She is working on two manuscripts: Suzan Lori Parks on Stage and Screen and SCUM: The Life and Times of Valerie Solanas. Sara has served as President of WTP, Drama Division Delegate for the MLA, and Secretary of ATHE.