SHEILA SCOTT WILKINSON is
the Founder/Director of Theatre
Of Hearts/Youth First,
an organization providing multidisciplinary fine
arts educational workshops to school and community-based
sites throughout Los Angeles.
An acclaimed stage
and screen actress, Ms. Scott-Wilkinson trained
at the Frankfurt Conservatory of Music and
the London Drama Center. She starred
in stage productions throughout England in
theatres such
as London’s
Royal Court Theater, the Welsh National
Theater, the Liverpool Playhouse, and
the Theater
Royal in Windsor.
Most notably she starred in David Hare’s "Map
Of The World" at
the famed National
Theater of London. She also starred in
Peter Nichols’ "The
National Health," a Columbia Pictures
feature film, and three television series: "Diamond
Crack Diamond,"
"Special Branch," and "Marked
Personal."
She
received the Best Actress Award at the Jamaican
International
Film Festival for her role in "Pressure," the
first Black British feature film. She received
two Drama
Logue Critic’s Awards for her acting
in "The Book Of The Crazy and Jack Jackson’s
Piano Bar." Her work is referenced in Michael
Billing’s
The Modern Actor and Katherine Worth’s
Revolutions In The Modern English Drama and
At The Royal Court,
25 Years Of The English Stage Company. In 1992,
responding to civil unrest in Los Angeles,
she established the Youth First Artist-In-Residence
Program to prevent and intervene in youth-on-youth
violence. For her innovative citywide program
design,
she received a Los Angeles State of California
Resolution and Mayor Bradley’s Certificate
of Commendation.
Theatre Of Hearts/Youth First has
now served over 65,000 youth and is one of
Los Angeles’ most successful youth
arts education organizations in Los Angeles
county. www.theatreofhearts.org.
