Andrea is an actor and teaching artist based in Atlanta. She works in various disciplines with all ages. She currently integrates theatre arts into programs including the Alliance Theatre Institute, Georgia Wolf Trap and Fulton County’s Teaching Museum. Andrea also partners with Out of Hand Theatre, Teller Productions, and Synchronicity Performance Group’s Playmaking for Girls. As a director and guest professor at Kennesaw State University, she educates undergraduates about Theatre for Young Audiences. Andrea has also performed on dozens of states across the country and uses her deep experience in arts integration to combine storytelling, role-playing, music, and puppetry with subjects like reading, science, and math.

Susie has been acting and teaching theatre arts for more than 30 years, with a long resume in television and film. She is currently the Director of Synchronicity Performance Group’s Playmaking for Girls community outreach program, developing curriculum and training a teaching staff of 15 female artists to empower teen girls in Georgia detention centers and DFACS Group Homes as well as refugee girls in their playwriting and summer programs. As a former program director for The Unusual Suspects Theatre Company in Los Angeles, Susie developed curriculum to help imprisoned boys write plays and perform in front of large audiences. Susie teaches Film acting classes and Meisner Technique acting classes to adults and children in Los Angeles and Atlanta.

Barry Stewart-Mann, MFA
ArtsNow Theater Consultant

Barry is a professional actor, storyteller and arts educator based in Atlanta. A graduate of Harvard University with an M.F.A. in Theatre from the University of San Diego, Barry is also on the faculty of Lesley University’s M.Ed. Program in Integrated Teaching through the Arts. Barry has performed at San Diego’s Old Globe Theatre, the Florida Shakespeare Festival, Arkansas Rep, and Studio Theatre in D.C., as well on such local stages as Theatrical Outfit, Theatre Emory, Horizon Theatre, and the Atlanta Shakespeare Theatre. Barry is a performer and teaching artist with the Alliance Theatre, Georgia Wolf Trap, Georgia Council for the Arts, Fulton County's Teaching Museum, and Atlanta Partnership for Arts in Learning. He also teaches workshops in drama integration at numerous colleges and universities.

Julie Galle Baggenstoss is a full-time teaching artist who uses dance as a vehicle to explore the world. She has spent over 20 years working nationally as a flamenco artist in K-12 schools and is a published scholar. Julie is an adjunct lecturer in the dance program at Emory University and a collaborator with Mathematics in Motion, which presents math-inspired choreographies. She is a former instructor at the Atlanta Ballet. She has choreographed and performed for clients, such as Georgia State University School of Music, the Atlanta Opera, the Rialto Center for the Arts in Atlanta, The Flame Foundation in Dallas, Coves Darden P.R.E., Coca-Cola, and Visa.

Laurin is a movement integration specialist with over ten years of in-classroom teaching experience and is focused on K-12 Teacher Professional Development and Teaching-Artistry in the classroom. Laurin is passionate about using movement to motivate and teach across all curriculums and was recently appointed the project manager for Georgia's Department of Education's Dance Standard revisions for K-12. Laurin holds a BFA in dance performance from Brenau University. She was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, and when she’s not dancing, you can find her spending time with family and collecting rare plants.