Background
Sawyer, Sally was born on January 3, 1931 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Daughter of William Walter and Olga Louise (Bleich) Hausen.
Sawyer, Sally was born on January 3, 1931 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Daughter of William Walter and Olga Louise (Bleich) Hausen.
Bachelor in Arts and Theater, John Wesley College, 1974; Master of Fine Arts in Theater, Wayne State University, 1986; postgraduate in playwriting, Wayne State University, 1987-1988; postgraduate, British American Acating Academy, London, 1982.
Director creative dramatics, Art-Start, Farmington Hills, Michigan, 1973-1978;
founder, director, Family Players, West Bloomfield, Michigan, 1974-1981;
freelance writer, Detroit Free Press, Home Journal and others, 1982-1989;
director, faculty, Cranbrook Theater School, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 1988;
director, writer, playwright, various community theater groups, Detroit, since 1989. Member adjunct theater faculty John Wesley College, Owosso, Michigan, summer, 1975. Teacher theater West Bloomfield Community Center, 1976-1980, Farmington Community Center, 1979-1980, Southfield Federation for Arts, since 1994.
Makeup artist Michigan Opera Theater performance Anna Bolena, Detroit, 1984. Travel writer for Eccentric Newspapers and Camden Communications, 1988-1991. Founder Michigan Playwrights, since 1992, president, 1992-1994.
Member The Dramatists' Guild Inc., Detroit Actors' Collective, Detroit Women Writers (developer Readers Theatre since 1991), Detroit Association Literature Writers.
Adopted d. William Walter and Olga Louise (Bleich) Hausen. Married Howard Jerome Sawyer, July 24, 1954. Children: Daniel William, Teresa Louise.