Gerald Lee Ratliff is an award-winning author of numerous articles and textbooks in classroom teaching strategies and performance activities. He has served as national president of the Eastern Communication Association, Association of Communication Administration, and Theta Alpha Phi, the national theatre fraternity. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Award by both the Eastern Communication Association and Theta Alpha Phi, named a Fulbright Scholar to China, selected as a U.S.A. delegate of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to Russia, and has received multiple teaching awards for pioneering innovative curriculum design and instructional practices. He is currently active as a program consultant and frequent workshop facilitator.

Patrick Rainville Dorn has an MA in Theatre from the University of Denver and is also an Anglican priest. He has written more than forty published plays which have been performed thousands of times in the US, Canada, and Australia. In addition, Patrick has taught English and drama at Colorado Christian University and has directed plays for Colorado ACTS. As a theatre critic, he has reviewed hundreds of shows for a daily newspaper and his own blog. He also writes children’s books and fiction. When he’s not writing, Patrick serves as a chaplain and loves the opportunity in writing this book to help youth develop their moral compass.