Our Team

Sarah Parsons is the Creative Producer/CEO of Outback Theatre for Young People, based on Wamba Wamba Perrepa Perrepa country in Deniliquin, NSW. This role sees her design and deliver creative outcomes with regional communities across a 30,000 square km area in the Southern Riverina, and further into remote and rural NSW through the Outback Outreach Project. Sarah has been the CEO of OTYP since 2015.

Most of Sarah’s arts practice to date has been dedicated to arts in counter-urban areas, and she is fiercely passionate about theatre for young people, community driven work, advocating for regional based practice and sustainable arts engagement in remote and regional Australia.

From 2018 to 2024, Sarah served as a Director on the Board of Regional Arts NSW. She is the former Chair of the Theatre and Musical Theatre Assessment Board for Create NSW and has previously sat on the ASSITEJ Advisory Group for Theatre Network Australia. Currently, Sarah is a member of the Regional/Regional Alliance through ASIALINK Arts. In the past, she has been engaged as Lecturer of Theatre for Young People at Charles Sturt University, Director of the Bathurst Youth Theatre, Education Facilitator for Jigsaw Theatre Company (Canberra), and Workshop Manager for Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP).

Sarah’s headshot was taken by Jillian Mundy on Lutruwita, Feb 2024.

Narelle brings a wealth of experience and creativity to the world of community arts and cultural development. With a background as a visual artist she has carved her path through various professional roles in Theatre, Cultural Development, Local Government, Circus, Galleries, Museums, and Regional Arts Development.

Passionate about fostering connections between regional communities and cultural practices, Narelle is unwavering in her belief that some of the most exciting creativity blooms in the heart of our regions. Based in Albury, she extends her influence across regional New South Wales

Narelle is a Creative Producer in her own consulting company, amplifying her commitment to harnessing the power of the arts and culture in regional Australia.

Alyson has worked around the world as a performer, theatre maker and community artist, with a particular focus on cultural development and social change. In Australia Alyson has made theatre with remote Indigenous communities, young people, people with disabilities and mental illness, prisoners and former refugees, as well as in Cambodia, Nepal, the United Kingdom and New York.

After living and working in Darwin and Sydney, Alyson is currently based in Albury, where she is a freelance theatre facilitator, director and producer. She continues to travel across Australia to deliver theatre programs in remote and regional places, as well as being a Teaching Artist for Sydney Theatre Company’s School Drama program.

In 2015 Alyson received the Australia Council of the Arts Kirk Robson Award, which recognises outstanding leadership from artists working in community arts and cultural development.

Louise Moriarty a seasoned arts and community cultural development expert with over 35 years experience. Throughout her career, she has passionately delivered more than 5000 workshops in a diverse range of disciplines, including circus, poetry, gymnastics, and musical creative collaborations. As a valuable team member, she has actively engaged audiences in community participation events, fostering a sense of togetherness through performance development, poetry and circus skills at over 100 festivals.

Currently, Louise resides in her Poet’s garden in Wilcannia. Her profound love for nurturing young minds and empowering children is evident in her mission to ignite their confidence through the self-expression. She recognises at this time the importance of arts for emotional well-being, especially in the remote Outback. Louise has worked in every state in Australia and overseas seeking to inspire and uplift individuals of all ages to play.