Amy Escobar is a multi-disciplinary artist who works primarily as a playwright, performer and puppeteer in the Pacific Northwest.

As a playwright, Amy found the power to create space for herself in her community, as well as the autonomy and creative license she had been craving in her work. Influenced by her training as a puppeteer and her understanding of various facets of theater production, she seeks to create worlds that enthuse fellow artists as much as audiences.

​Her first evening-length work, Scary Mary and the Nightmares Nine premiered at Annex Theatre in 2017 and she earned a Gregory Award nomination for Outstanding New Play. She was the Rain City Projects sponsored playwright for the 2018 National Winter Playwrights Retreat and earned a 2018 4Culture Art Projects Grant in support of When You Wish Upon A Pizza, written in collaboration with the 14/48 Projects to provide free summer programming for families.

​Amy is a professional puppeteer with Thistle Theatre, working primarily in tabletop Bunraku with experience in Rod, Hand and Shadow Puppetry. Her work has been seen in schools and libraries across the Puget Sound and at the Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta. She has worked as a teaching artist and guest lecturer, dedicated to sharing the technical rigor, intricacies and beauty of the form.

She has contributed to over thirty new plays as an actor, director, designer, puppeteer, and devised ensemble member since attending Cornish College of the Arts to study Theater with an Original Works emphasis.