Cara Bryn Saylor Polk
2023
Cara Bryn Saylor Polk passed away on the morning of April 11,2023, from heart failure while asleep in her bed. She was a resident of Legend of Lancaster. Born in 1943, in Danville, Illinois, Cara grew up in East Petersburg, PA. She graduated from Hempfield High School in Landisville, PA and from Smith College in Northampton, MA. She was awarded a Shubert Playwright Fellowship for an MFA at Villanova University. Cara devoted her life to the arts. While in college she was a Yale Drama Festival winner as a playwright. She spent several years in New York City acting and modeling before focusing on work as a writer. Notably, she served as head writer for the Muscular Dystrophy Association,...