Forty years ago, the Lamp-Lite Theatre was born under the direction and inspiration of Sarah McMullan.

    Sarah moved to Nacogdoches from her native state of Mississippi where she founded the Hattiesburg Little Theatre and served as Arts/Entertainment Editor of the Hattiesburg American.

She has directed over 200 productions for the Lamp-Lite Theatre and has guest directed for SFASU's Summer Rep program in Rusk. She directed the Texas Sesquicentennial play Nacogdoches: Gateway to Texas as her contribution to the community history celebration. Sarah says she fell in love with the theatre when she first appeared on stage at the age of five in a Christmas play. Her love affair has continued throughout the years. She studied speech art as a child and began acting and directing in high school. She worked with Fletcher Collins at Mary Baldwin College in Virginia and holds a B.A. in theatre from the University of Southern Mississippi. She furthers her knowledge of current theatre by "field trips." At least once a year she travels to the East Coast, sampling the new theatre season in New York and Washington to select the best new plays for East Texas.

Occasionally, Sarah returns to her first love, acting, with appearances in the Lamp-Lite annual production of The Christmas Carol and appearances on stage at Lamp-Lite. She has guest acted at The Southern Playhouse (a summer stock theatre), in chancel drama in Washington, D.C., and at the Modern Language Association in New York and Chicago. She personally conducts workshops at the theatre and enjoys bringing out new talent as well as working with "old Pros".

Sarah has five grown children (three Lawyers, a doctor, and one actress) and eight grandchildren.