In 2006, Diane received an Honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts for her life long work in education and theatre.

At 15, Diane worked in an inner-city library where, against her employer’s wishes, she took books outdoors to read. Sitting on a neighborhood stoop, she performed her first story to kids who wouldn’t be caught dead in a library.

Upon graduating college, Diane enjoyed using performance techniques to teach life skills in R.I.’s first alternative high school.

As an assistant director of a Manhattan preschool, Diane observed, wrote and performed stories about the wisdom and manipulative skills of 3 and 4-year olds. She received highly competitive grants from the NY State Council on the Arts and the NY Department of Cultural Affairs to work with English-As-A-Second-Language students in all boroughs.

Diane returned to Rhode Island to spend 16 years as Executive Director of the venerable Looking Glass Theatre; a touring company for school audiences. While there she adapted excerpts from over 35 published children’s books. Working closely with NY publishers, she created the Learn to Read~Read to Learn Performance Series. She continued to receive grants nationwide for her innovative work in performance and education.

In 1999 she began touring ASK OLGA!, an original stand-up comedy routine on the effects media and culture hype have on young people. In her first three years of touring, she motivated over 3,000 students to participate in a letter-writing campaign demanding of Hollywood producers a higher caliber of films for young audiences. She sparked responses from both Paramount Studios and The Hollywood Producers Guild.

Arts Educator and Performing Artist Diane Postoian has made children her business for 25 years. Her lasting energy is fueled by her need to advocate for children’s voices and feelings. “I didn’t choose the job of entertaining. It chose me. My feeling about performing for children has always been to respect their integrity. Give to children a performance with commitment, depth and vision, and their expectation of what entertainment can be will surely rise.”