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SARAH ANDREWS is a Portland-based director, the Co- Founder of Crave Theatre Company, and professor at Portland Community College in the Multimedia Department. She holds a BFA in Acting from Central Washington University and is well on her way to earning a Masters in Arts and Culture Leadership and Management from Colorado State.

Some of Sarah’s notable directing credits include Heart Play with Beady Little Eyes, Thom Pain (based on nothing) and Crossing with Crave Theatre, as well as the world premiere of From the Ruby Lounge at Steep and Thorny Way to Heaven and the first all female production of Red. Additionally, as a passionate puppeteer and movement artist, Sarah has written, produced, and directed two puppetry productions: an original adaptation of Calderone's Life is a Dream, and the children’s show Pearl and the Five-Headed Dragon.

Sarah's artistic work has been featured by many local theatre companies including Tears of Joy, Staged!, Post 5 Theatre, Milagro, Lakewood, Oregon Children'sTheatre, defunkt theatre, Profile, and ART.

She also works in community-based performance projects such as Ellensburg, Washington's Buskers In The Burg and Seattle's Summer Solstice.When the opportunity arises, she also tries to find ways to volunteer with theatre projects in prisons here in Oregon state. She has also taught workshops on puppetry at the Kennedy Center Theatre Festival in Boise, ID.

Sarah is an artist who puts her soul into her work and she looks forward to exploring the creative possibilities the future has in store.