• Read more about Story Tapestries: Arianna Ross and the ST Ensemble

Story Tapestries: Arianna Ross and The Ensemble executes performances and residencies that use the arts as a means to bridge barriers and help individuals foster a deeper connection to what they are learning and teaching. Story Tapestries creates international, dynamic programs that weave the power of dance, music, theatre, hip hop, rap, written word, visual art, and spoken word with any school subject. The artists are known for their ability to teach and perform for all ages with equal success because they custom design the programs to fit the needs of students and the subject.

• Read more about National Players

National Players is America’s longest-running touring theatre company and the signature outreach program of Olney Theatre Center, a Helen Hayes Award-winner and one of two state-designated theatres in Maryland. This distinctive ensemble stimulates imagination and critical thinking by producing classic plays and literary adaptations in invigorating ways for audiences of all ages. National Players serves all corners of Maryland and the country, and the ensemble performs for a diversity of audiences from students to the general public, the elderly, and the incarcerated. 

• Read more about Katherine Lyons

     Katherine Lyons is a Master Teaching Artist for the Wolf Trap Foundation conducting workshops and residencies for teachers and children in the Maryland/Virginia/ DC area and across the US.  As a Teaching Artist, she has worked with children Pre-K through High School for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Walters Art Gallery, Peabody Institute and Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts.