Who We Are

Amy sawyers-williams, she/her, founder & artistic director

With an masters’s in applied theatre, Amy founded See Saw in 2017 to create more applied theatre in the NC Triangle. Read more…

Andrea Black, she/her, founder & artistic director of the sandbox

Andrea is a playwright and theatre maker who founded the first See Saw subsidiary company Sand Box. Read more here…

ellen brown, she/her, artist & Collaborator

Originally from Greensboro, Ellen relocated to Durham after having spent 11 years living, learning, and working as an arts educator in NYC. She has her MA in Applied Theatre from CUNY. Ellen teaches theatre at Durham Academy, and was instrumental in the founding of See Saw Projects.

April storm perry, she/her, prison project co-director

With experience working in the NY prison system, April was the catalyst for the 2018-2019 prison project. Read more here…