our mission
The Young Shakespeareans (TYS) engages and empowers
LAUSD’s Title 1 elementary and middle school children,
combining academic and life-skills with the challenges of performance and production
to inspire the conviction “If I can do Shakespeare, I can do anything !”
OUR TEAM
KENN HELLER
Executive
Director
ALISON KORMAN
Founder /
Artistic Director
PATRICIA DOKTOR
Development
Director
HEIDI RHODES
Assistant to the
Artistic Director
OUR PARTNERS
Dr. FRANCES VALADEZ
Principal
CARLOS
GONZALEZ
Principal
RACHAEL SAWYER
Principal
Dr. DENISE PRATT
District Manager
SO
SUNGWAN
Liaison Teacher
CRISTIN
BARBU
Magnet Coordinator
KAREN
LARA
Liaison Teacher
OUR TEACHING ARTISTS
ARIEL HART
CAROLINE SIMONE O'BRIEN
CARRIE GIBSON
MATT MORRISON
JANICE ROBINSON
MARY ELIZABETH CAVERLY
NED MOCHEL
OUR advisory COUNCIL
CRISTIN
BARBU
JANET
LOEB
JEFF
GARDNER
LAUREN
LOVETT-COHEN
JERRY GONZALES II
SO
SUNGWAN
DR. JULIO
HANSON
KAREN
WIRICK
OUR FISCAL SPONSOR
a 501(c)(3) non-profit and tax-exempt U.S. corporation, ID 95-4302067.
All contributions are acknowledged and tax deductible to the full extent of the law.