Debra Piver is a Resident Teaching Artist at Center Theatre Group and focuses on creating content and connections for Student and Audience Engagement programs. She previously served as the Associate Director of Education and Community Partnerships at Center Theatre Group and the Director of Education for both Cornerstone Theater Company and Literature to Life, Los Angeles. She is currently a lecturer at California State University at Northridge and has taught at Cal Poly Pomona, the University of Southern California School of Theatre, the University of Southern California Medical School, and worked as an artist-in-residence in both New York and Los Angeles public schools. Debra received her master’s degree in educational theatre from New York University and a bachelor’s degree in theatre with honors from Wesleyan University. She is proud to have been selected to be part of Lincoln Center Education’s Teaching Artist Leadership Lab 2019.