Dr. Samantha M. McDermitt, Esq.
Founder And Executive Director


Dr. Samantha M. McDermitt, Esquire, envisions broad and long-term goals for the Project, which include educational, entertainment, and general interest in not only Law and Theater, but also issues of Ethics, History, Social Concerns, and Politics. She believes it is through peaceful discussion, laughter, and understanding, that people, across cultures, societies, and groups, can come to know and respect each other, and to live together, in peace.

Dr. McDermitt is a professor, lawyer, author/playwright, researcher, and teacher of Philosophy, Law, Ethics, History, Government, Classics, Classic Civilisations, Comparative Religions, and Humanities. Over the past twenty-five years, she has taught at several universities, colleges, and one law school. She is the author of published works of academic interest, non-fiction, and fiction/plays and of lectures and conference presentations, in her disciplines.

The holder of four university degrees and post-graduate work, she is an alumna of Georgetown University, the University of Santa Clara, the University of Pennsylvania, and special, post-graduate programs at Harvard Law School. She is a devout believer in the dignity of all human beings, honest work, etc., and is a Citizen of the Planet and Perpetual (“Life-Long”) Student of Life. Among her many interests and hobbies, are the Theater and Drama, Writing, Art, Photography, and Bridge, and she has rediscovered a love of Travel.


Founding Members

Bren Wells
Ann Margaret Zelenka
Eddy McDermitt

Marietta Hedges

Eddie Page

Lindsay Williams
Arthur Roach
Paul Rodriguez


Brandy McCluskey
Ellen Young