WHO WE ARE

	Lisa Citron Founder and Executive Director Ms. Citron, a former teacher, conceived and designed (OUT)LAWS & JUSTICE. Her recent work includes creating the millennium campaign for the City of Santa Monica, writing and producing a theatre piece for Santa Monica College to dramatize educator Howard Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences; and a Bay Area-wide campaign for the San Francisco Public Library, City of Poets, honored by the California Campaign for National Arts and Humanities.
	Alita Zurav Letwin Teacher/Trainer, Professional Development A senior consultant with the Center for Civic Education, Ms. Letwin has been a member of the Center's staff since 1972. She was co-chair of the Task Force on Minorities and Women in Law-Related Education. Letwin's most recent publication is the annotated bibliography, Literature for Children and Young Adults: Examining Issues of Violence and Conflict Resolution.
	Stephen L. Druker, Ph.D. Evaluation A recognized childhood education researcher who has performed evaluation programs in the U.S. and internationally, Dr. Druker is developing an array of long-term evaluation and assessment models, designed to make (OUT)LAWS & JUSTICE responsive to evolving student/teacher experiences and needs within different schools and school systems.
	Sherry J. Kerr, Ed.D. Sherry Kerr is a nationally recognized instructional arts consultant and educational drama methods specialist.  Dr. Kerr provides professional development, conducts university master classes throughout the United States and Canada, leads workshops and presents at conferences worldwide. Dr. Kerr teaches how cognitive development and brain function corresponds to the effectiveness of learning through the arts, with an emphasis on educational drama. Workshop participants come away with an understanding of basic brain structure and function, the critical role that emotion plays in learning and process drama strategies that engage students. Middle school teachers and teaching artists learn to design meaningful contexts for standards based core curriculum using highly motivating integrated arts strategies.  Students use their imagination, think critically, apply literacy skills, collaborate, and solve problems as they perform essential tasks. Dr. Kerr received her Ed. D from the University of California Los Angeles, and her B.S. from Louisiana State University. Her pre and postgraduate arts and drama studies were conducted at University of Central England, Oxford University, London Regents College, and the London Shakespearean Studio. Dr. Kerr’s has taught master classes at New York University, Harvard University, Brock University, Cal State University, Louisiana State University and Centenary College. Dr. Kerr has worked with many educational organizations, arts programs and has trained faculties in over 50 schools.

TEACHING ARTISTS
	Gina Marie Fields Gina Marie Fields is an actor and a storyteller. She has performed on stage and worked with children and teachers on and off stage for 18 years. She has worked with such notable theater groups as the We Tell Stories, The Imagination Co., Great Leap, San Jose Repertory's Red Ladder Theater Group, New Conservatory Theater and the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, among others.  She has taught storytelling, improvisational work, Shakespearean text, Education-in-AIDS and basic theater skills.  She is also a 'working actor' in Los Angeles, most recently seen on television in "Medium," "The Shield" and "Nip/Tuck."  On stage she has performed in "Twelfth Night" at the Globe Playhouse and "Icarus and Aria" at the Sacred Fools Theater and "Insurrection: Holding History" at The Celebration Theater. She received her B.A. in psychology, with an emphasis on children's studies and dramatic arts from University of California, Berkeley. Gina is overjoyed to be a teaching artist with (Out)Laws & Justice, which inspires teacher and empower children to find and use their own voice.
	John Freeland, Jr. John Freeland, Jr. is an actor, acting instructor and stage manager. He has performed on stage and worked with children and teachers on and off stage for over 25years. He has worked with such notable youth programs as Speak Up!, Towne Street Theatre Co.,  The Story Project, Inside Out Community Arts and the Virginia Avenue Project, among others.  He has taught improvisational work, techniques for developing plays to performance and basic theater skills.  He attended Wesleyan University Theatre studying acting and directing.
	Ruben Garfias A long-time member of the Los Angeles Music Center’s We Tell Stories. As actor and director, Garfias has worked with the Orange County Center of the Performing Arts more than 15 years, is an artist-in-residence of the Los Angeles Music Center’s Education Division, and directed Doug Kaback’s community-based play in Ignacio, Colorado.
	Elizabeth Karr Actress in film, TV, and theatre. TV appearances include WOMEN'S MURDER CLUB, HOUSE, ER, VERONICA MARS and SLEEPER CELL. Chairman of the Board of Classical Theatre Lab, Artistic Director of Cedarburg Productions and Company Member of Pacific Resident Theatre. Professional Teaching Artist with the Music Center's Education Division and Los Angeles County Arts Education Resource Directory. Designed and teaches a program where students create and perform original monologues based on historical and fictional characters for CCUSD and LAUSD. Elizabeth has produced numerous critically-acclaimed theatrical productions, TV Pilot for the Disney Channel (VIRTUALLY CASEY) and feature film RADIO FREE ALBEMUTH. Acting and audition coach for children and adults. Graduate of LACAC's Professional Teaching Artist Training Program. Elizabeth is married to writer/director/producer John Alan Simon.
	Peter Kors Brings a wealth of professional experience in theatre, music and performing arts education into the classroom. He has performed with the innovative children’s theatre group We Tell Stories and was featured in a number of productions with the Mark Taper Forum’s P.L.A.Y (Performing for Los Angeles Youth), where he played the title role in “According to Coyote.” As a theatre arts teaching artist, both in the classroom and as a presenter of Professional Development workshops, Peter is a veteran Master Teaching Artist on the roster of the Los Angeles County Music Center, and joined the roster at the Orange County Performing Arts Center as a Master Teaching Artist in 2003. A co-founder of the internationally acclaimed Dell’Arte School of Physical Theatre in Northern California, he teaches an acting class to high school students every summer at Inner Spark, the California State Summer School for the Arts at the California Institute for the Arts. A popular actor and storyteller with audiences throughout Los Angeles. He has been featured in films, on television—guest starring on “The West Wing” (NBC) and co-starring on “Bram and Alice,” (CBS) — as well as in interactive media, and as a voice actor in numerous films, commercials and television shows.
	Grace E. Lacques Having worked extensively as a youth drama teacher in the Los Angeles area for the past eighteen years serving ages 5-18, her specialty is physical theater, emphasizing universal gesture and movement as a means of artistic expression. Grace has taught and directed youth in the Catalina Summer Arts Production, the Los Angeles and Pasadena Unified School Districts and directed a year long collaborative production with at-risk-youth performed at a local chapter of the Los Angeles Catholic Archdiocese. For the past six years she has conducted workshops and presented more than 20 short plays at the Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena.