About me
Executive Director and Artistic Director Demitri Corbin is a veteran actor, director, producer, and playwright with 40 years of experience in stage, television, and film. He is the founder of Peachtree Theater Company and the co-creator of the Cardboard Fairytale Theatre Workshop. He is on the faculty of Illinois State University’s School of Theatre and Dance where he teaches Black Studies, Introduction to Theatre and Introduction to Acting for Non-majors. He has served on the boards of the Ojai Arts Commission, Ojai Film Festival, Ojai Center for the Arts and the community advisory board of Ojai Playwrights Conference. He holds a BS in Acting/Directing from ISU and is currently completing his Master of Science in Theatre Studies at ISU. Born and raised in Chicago, Corbin returns to Illinois after 25 years in California.