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Bio 
Naomi Ackerman
is an experienced actress whose credits include theater, musicals,
films and television. She was born in the US and immigrated to
Israel in her childhood. Naomi recently
moved back to Los Angeles with her husband and three children.
Naomi received a BA from Hebrew University and teaching
credentials from the David Yellin Teachers Seminar. She graduated
from the Nissan Nativ Acting Studio, and
successfully completed a level-two film acting course run by
RuthDichess.
Naomi has participated in various multinational theater
productions with Arab and Jewish actors from the region She was
one of the founding members of "View Points," an
Arab-Jewish theater group promoting tolerance and dialogue,
sponsored and produced by the Peres Center for Peace.
Naomi a stilt walker and professional clown ,created the
children's clown school for the Jerusalem municipality and was
part of the first groups of clowns in Israel to engage in medical
clowning. She has consulted with Dream Doctors, a project that
integrates professional clowning into the medical services
provided at Israeli hospitals.
Naomi wrote, directed, and performed the acclaimed one-woman show
"Flowers Aren't Enough", which has been performed over
1200 times globally. In March 2004 Flowers was performed at the
United Nations In honor of International Woman's day, in front of
the Commission for the Status of woman. Flowers has been
translated to Arabic and Spanish and is being performed in the
Middle East and Spain.
Naomi is founder and director of the Advot Project, a registered
501(c) 3 that uses theater to facilitate social change. Her
educational curriculum, "Relationships 101," is
currently being implemented in public and private high schools as
well as in juvenile detention camps in Southern California.
Naomi works as a free-lance consultant to organizations and
schools, adapting and creating drama techniques to deal with
identity, gender, and social justice issues. She is a social
activist, mediator and conflict-resolution specialist. Naomi has
worked for the past two decades using art to promote peace,
change, and encourage self-empowerment.
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