Ms. Purl attended Bennington College where she studied  literature, theatre and music. She then worked as a journalist and an actress (on "Days Of Our Lives").  She followed this up by writing her own radio drama, Milford-Haven USA, which was broadcast by the BBC.  Milford-Haven is now a series of novels, all of which are available in the HS Library. Ms. Purl also co-wrote the critically acclaimed Act Right - A Manual for the On-Camera Actor. 

Ms. Purl is very concerned with social issues, in particular the plight of battered women.  She works with Haven House, a  domestic abuse shelter in Los Angeles. Together with her friend Erin Gray, Ms. Purl produced the award -winning "Step Forward - To Your Local Shelter, " a series of one-minute episodes of a serial drama on domestic violence for radio and internet.

Tenth grade students and theater students in the HS experienced a three session version of  S.T.A.R. – Student Theatre and Radio - during which they wrote and performed a radio script.  Middle School drama students did a two session workshop called Act Right, Act Wrong.  Ms. Purl also met with HS Digital Film students and the Writing for Publications class.

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There was also an opportunity for students, parents, faculty, and staff to speak to Ms. Purl  at a Meet the Author Party in the HS Library after school on Monday, November 7th.