- Robin Sohnen, Executive Director
and Founder
- Julie Leigh Domeny , Development Director
- Dave Garrett, Artistic Director ~
Playwriting Instructor
- Daniel Judah Sklar, Playwriting
Instructor
- Rachel Wiesenborn, Study Hall Manager ~ Youth Service Center, San Mateo
- Danyelle Caruthers, Study Hall Manager, Juvenile Justice Center, San Francisco
- Ligia Andrade, HealthyChoices/Lifeskills Program Facilitator
Robin Sohnen
Executive Director, Founder
Before starting Each One Reach One (EORO) in 1998, Robin was
a theater artist, an event producer and a marketing specialist.
In 1987 she founded and directed Centre 4 Events, a Los Angeles-based
group that specialized in designing, producing and marketing
live theater as a unique and effective vehicle for companies
to communicate their message to employees and clients alike.
As the company's Director she produced over 50 theater-based
programs designed to improve internal relations, boost employee
moral, support recruitment efforts, and enhance company productivity
for organizations such as the Unocal Corporation, Merrill Lynch
Corporation, First Interstate Bank, Coca Cola, the Hollywood
Chamber of Commerce, Los Angeles Visitors and Convention Bureau,
SNK Home Entertainment Inc., Reebok, Sega, Mindscape, Electronic
Arts, and the Missing Children's Foundation.
After moving to the Bay Area in 1991, Robin worked as a
freelance producer, planning and staging public events ranging
in size from the City of Los Angeles Marathon to the Richmond
Neighborhood Community Festival, from the United Nation's
50th Anniversary dance and music concert in San Francisco's
Union Square, to the first Alzheimer's Foundation Walk-a-thon
in Los Angeles. Since 1986 Robin has been a mentor to young
people through Soka Gakkai International, an organization
dedicated to the development of peace, culture and education.
In 1998 Robin decided to start a non-profit organization to
address the escalating rate of incarcerating youth, especially
youth of color by exploring theater-based strategies that
could effectively break the cycle of violence and divert youth
from the adult prison system. Robin is a member of the Skyline
College Administration of Justice Advisory Committee and received
the 1999 National Council on Crime Delinquency New American
Community Award for EORO's creative efforts to reduce crime.
She is Commissioner for the Commission on Status of Women
of San Mateo County.
Julie Leigh Domeny
Development Director
Julie Leigh Domeny is a successful writer/grant writer/fund development specialist, based in the Silicon Valley community of Campbell, California. She studied costume design and visual merchandizing in San Francisco, California, then worked in theatre, films, commercials and retail settings for 20 years in the San Francisco Bay Area. As a writer, she displays a gift of perceptive story telling in her short stories and human-interest articles. As an accomplished public benefit fund development specialist, her development skills propel worthy non-profit agencies to achieve solid financial goals. Julie has 12 years experience in Board Development, Strategic Plans, Feasibility Studies, Capital Campaigns, Annual Campaigns, Grant Writing, Program Development, Marketing/Development Assessments & Plans, Event Planning, and more!
Dave Garrett
Artistic Director ~ Playwriting Instructor
Holding an MFA in Acting from UC Davis, Dave Garrett he has
worked as a mentor with Each One Reach One for the past five
years. He took on the role of Lead Instructor for the
first time in November of 2004. Dave is active in the local
theatre community as a playwright and actor. Two of
his short plays, "A Pocket Full of Memories" and
"I Left My Heart on the 38 Geary", have been produced
as part of PlayGround’s Emerging Playwrights Festival
(Best of PlayGround). His full-length play, "Never
Far From the Tree", was produced at the Exit Theatre
in San Francisco. Dave has acted with professional and
semi-professional theatre companies in Northern California
for the past 13 years. He served on the Board of the
Playwright’s Center of San Francisco for two years and
was the Artistic Director for Pass the Hat Presents.
Daniel Judah Sklar
Playwriting Instructor
Daniel Judah Sklar was born in Los Angeles, California, and
attended that city's public schools and the University of
California, Santa Barbara. He moved to New York in 1964 to
work for the Office of Economic Opportunity (the "poverty
program"), while studying acting and directing at night.
An incident in East Harlem inspired him to write his first
play, which in turn led him to playwriting classes at the
Ensemble Studio Theatre and at HB Studio. At the same time,
he helped to form Streetlights, the improvisational theatre
group, and began reading the plays of Lorca, O'Casey, and
Brecht.
Sklar has taught traditional drama for more than twenty years.
He spent several years as an artist-in-residence in various
elementary, junior high, and high schools in Georgia. His
work there gave him an opportunity to create a children's
theater in Macon. Sklar's Macon students wrote and produced
"The Mall," which included three related dramas,
six original songs, and a "Greek chorus." These
experiences, together with his subsequent work with T&W
and the 52nd Street Project in New York City, led him to develop
specific techniques for teaching children to write and perform
their own plays.
In 1991, Sklar published Playmaking. The book, a fictionalized
account of a residency at "P.S. 52" in the South
Bronx, combines a how-to guide to Sklar's techniques with
an engaging narrative. Playmaking won the American Alliance
for Theater & Education's Distinguished Book Award in
1992, and has been used by teachers nationwide.
Sklar recently taught in a special playwriting program for
Ojibway youth in Bemidji, Minnesota, and created a Saturday
playwriting workshop for high school-age kids at T&W.
After finishing their plays, Sklar's New York students then
staged them with the help of adult actors and directors; the
resulting production, entitled Drama P.M., was a smashing
success.
A sampling of Daniel's work include:
Free Ride, a play (Alliance Theatre Company, Atlanta).
The Sweetest Honey, a play (Nexus, Atlanta).
Lucky Lynda, a comedy (Wonderhorse Theatre, New York).
What Peaches!, a play (Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven; American
Renaissance Theatre and Ensemble Studio Theatre, New York).
A Hill in Hong Kong, The Hot Dog Man of Kathmandu, and Hippie
Hotel, one-act plays (Ensemble Studio Theatre).
Awards:
American Alliance for Theater & Education's Distinguished
Book Award (1992).
New York City Arts in Education Roundtable Sustained Achievement
Award in Theater (1993).
Rachel Wiesenborn
Study Hall Manager ~ Youth Service Center, San Mateo
Rachel Wiesenborn is a Para educator for the San Mateo County Office of Education. A life-long resident of the county, she runs the GED program at San Mateo’s Youth Services Center. She also supervises Independent Studies at the facility, serving a wide range of student needs- from finishing high school diplomas to taking on-line college courses. When she isn’t traveling, Rachel continues to pursue her own educational goals.
Danyelle Caruthers
Study Hall Manager, Juvenile Justice Center, San Francisco
Danyelle Caruthers was born in San Francisco, California and is currently attending San Francisco State University. She plans to graduate with a B.A. in Political Science in the spring of 2009. Danyelle has been volunteering for over 12 years and is currently Site Coordinator at Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center in San Francisco. In addition, she have previously worked and/or interned, Planned Parenthood Golden Gate, Marin AIDS Project, Love Savers of Marin, Marriage Equality California, and Marin Colon Cancer Alliance. She has experience in writing and presenting grants, organized presentations at high schools and treatments centers. She continues to further her career in social justice and public policy.
Ligia Andrade
HealthyChoices/Lifeskills Program Facilitator
San Mateo resident, born and raised in Redwood City, CA . Graduated from Notre Dame de Namur University with a B.S. in Human Services emphasis: Administration and Counseling. Finishing Master's in Public Administration May of 2008. Currently employed by San Mateo County Juvenile Probation. Has over ten years of experience working with "at-risk" youth in San Mateo County. Commissioner for the San Mateo County Commission on the Status of Women, and Co-Chair of the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Coalition of San Mateo County. Mother of two, and a strong advocate for the youth of San Mateo County.
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