The Young Shakespeareans
ALISON KORMAN Artistic Director / Founder
Alison is an entrepreneur and classically trained actor who, after working in Mexico and Senegal, returned to New York City's Metropolitan Opera and 92nd Street Y before founding her own arts management company, Korman+Company. During 25 years procuring and producing $5 million annually in still photography, she simultaneously performed off-Broadway and in various theatrical venues abroad. Living in Los Angeles since 1997, she has served as an Account Director for the Taproot Foundation, performed for hundreds of schoolchildren with the LA Assistance League’s Nine O’Clock Players, and began teaching Shakespeare to Title 1 elementary school children in South Los Angeles in 2009. She conceived the idea for The Young Shakespeareans Program in 2010, officially founded the organization in 2017, and has developed its curriculum in the conviction that unleashing the awareness and potential of Title 1 public school children transforms their lives while serving the broader community. Alison continues to perform in theatre, film and television. She received her degree in Special Education and Foreign Language from Washington University in St. Louis.
of John Adams Middle School
MADI GOFF
Madi is an actress, writer, and improviser living in Los Angeles. She is a member of Ripley Improv, the Impro Theatre main company, and an alumna of the Groundlings Sunday Company. Madi plays Dr. Hanna Brenn on HEARTBEATS, an improvised medical drama streamed on Ripley Improv's Twitch channel. Last year, her duo-improv show, The Madi Goff Show, ran for 28 episodes on OutPost13's Twitch channel. Madi is also an accomplished technical improviser and technical director. She streams and live-calls shows online as well as acts as technical director and improviser for live shows in LA and on tour. Madi teaches improvisation in the conservatory of the Impro Theatre School, teen workshops for Groundlings School, and one-on-one sessions for individual improvisers through her Patreon and, as Technical Director/Live-Stream Guru, she will be creating a 'Unified Virtual Stage' for TYS' Spring 2021 performances of "A Midsummer Night's Dream". See her website for more info: madigoff.com.
