In January 2017 Sarah Shively performed in a self-written and produced solo-show entitled THE BABY PROJECT for the Portland area Fertile Ground Festival. She again performed a reading of the work in May at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio. The play chronicles her personal journey toward pregnancy. Having moved from NYC to the PDX area two years ago with her family, she is establishing herself in the theatre and arts community as well as building a new client base for her coaching career. Her starring role is mommie to her four-year-old son.

As an actress Sarah made her Portland debut in 2016 with a reading of AGE OF AROUSAL by Linda Griffiths at The Headwaters Theater as part of the Come Inside, Sex & Culture Theater Festival. Also in 2016, she did a VO recording for an event video for Staten Island’s Snug Harbor and a pilot VO for the History Channel. Recent New York projects include VO work with Focus Features OnDemand and the National Psoriasis Foundation gala fundraiser. She wrote, directed and produced a short film entitled CONTEMPLATING EMILY that premiered at Outfest in LA  in 2006. 

Sarah is a member of the Portland Area Equity Liaison Committee and a member of the Portland Area Theater Alliance. She holds an MFA in Acting from UNC-Chapel Hill and is a member of the Actors’ Equity Association and SAG-AFTRA. She is a 2005 MacDowell Colony Fellow for screenwriting and was also the featured actress in Marilys Ernst’ OBIE award-winning video from the play Talk in 2002. 

Sarah has been an English Language Coach, Intercultural Trainer and Presentation Specialist for over 20 years. She is currenly working with international clients at Intel and Tokai Carbon. She is continuing her intercultural studies with classes at Portland State University and the Intercultural Communications Institute. Her interest in fundraising has led her to doing occasional work as a bid assistant for the Marquam Auction Agency in Portland as well as serving on fundraising committees for organizations that matter to her.